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February 24, 2006
Hayley Tsukayama
Pending approval by the the Faculty Policy and Conference Committee (FPCC), Vassar College intends to add the phrase “gender identity or expression” to its employee anti-discrimination policies, extending official protection to transgendered individuals.
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The Miscellany News applaud the change of the anti-discrimination and harassment policies to include transgender identity and its student-led effort, as this addition has both a functional value in protecting all employees, as well as a symbolic value in recognizing an often marginalized group.
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Sam Bloch
The venerable Bardavon 1869 Opera House, located at 35 Market Street in Poughkeepsie, has hosted the Vassar Repertory Dance Theater (VRDT) Opera House Gala for 23 years, and will mark the twenty-fourth when its doors open for the VRDT March 3 and 4.
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Jimmy McCumber
The crew teams were shocked this winter when Coach Mike Alton announced that he was leaving Vassar midway through his sixth season as coach of both the men’s and women’s crew teams.
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Kerri Strug
In honor of the 2006 Winter Olympics and after much urging by the Classics Department, this year’s Mr. Vassar competition, hosted by yours truly, will include several modified Winter Olympic events.
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Fabian Arzuaga
A commission ordered by the Bush administration has been exploring new methods to gauge the academic quality of colleges and universities. One of their more controversial ideas is the implementation of standardized testing as a means of assessing a school’s teaching ability.
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Weintana Abraha
On Wednesday, Feb. 15, a lecture and conversation took place in Rockefeller Hall to discuss the rising tension regarding the ways in which the federal government is dealing with illegal immigration in the Southwest United States.
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Juliana Kiyan
Kyle Giunta ’08 was appointed Lathrop House President by the Vassar Student Association (VSA) Council on Sunday, Feb. 19, following the resignation of Doug Dalessandro ’07 from the position in late January.
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Ian Saxine
Currently, no Wal-Mart stores in the United States carry the morning-after pill, which is their choice, even if it seems like a foolish one to most people. I normally oppose laws that force stores to carry a product, except for the fact that pharmacies deal with people’s health, and in many small towns, Wal-Mart is the only pharmacy. So, I must reluctantly support this necessary attack on the free market.
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Secure e-mail, send on-line faxes, share VSpace files
Matt Leung
Love them or hate them, computers are a central part of a college student’s life. The following are some tips to help you make the most out of your computing experience at Vassar.
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Sarah Brown
According to Head of Dining Services Maureen King, students who eat on the run use approximately 500-700 take-out containers each day at the All-Campus Dining Center (ACDC). In an attempt to reduce this large amount of plastic waste, the Vassar Greens have devised a solution about which both environmentalists and economists can be happy.
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Ilyse Kramer
This year’s Mr. Vassar candidates have been described as an unpredictable bunch, which promises to be exciting for the audience. The candidates have distinguished themselves on campus due to their comedic abilities, acting and musical talents. Students are nominated for Mr. Vassar in the weeks prior to the event.
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Joshua Goodman
With the launch of Vassar’s weekly “Campus Coffee House” on Feb. 16, there are now several locations for students to grab a quick cup of coffee on campus. The introduction of yet another coffeehouse brings to mind an off-campus venue, which is often overlooked by Vassar, the Cubbyhole Coffeehouse.
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Mike Newmark
A review of the In Flames album
Come Clarity.
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Mike Newmark
Between Feb. 2 and March 30, the International Studies Department is sponsoring a screening of Moroccan films. Each of the films plumbs issues that are pertinent to Moroccan society, including religion, women’s roles, family dynamics and street life.
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Rachel Pittenger
Throughout her four years of playing for the Vassar’s women’s basketball team, Erin Harper ’06 has exhibited a wide spectrum of talents. With her record-breaking stats and her ability to make crucial baskets (as she did in her final game) Harper has proven her mettle.
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Steve Bonfiglio
Intramurals in 2006. It seems a lot like IMs in 2005, and is strikingly similar to IMs in 2004, but it’s not, not at all. This is 2006—we in the IM Office live in the here and now.
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Acacia O'Connor
In the world of competitive sports, there are no championships or events that even closely rival the Olympic Games. Like the nineteen Winter Olympic Games that have come before, this year’s games in Torino, Italy have had unforgettable moments that reminded us that glory, passion and pride are universal human concepts.
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Good Neighbors Committee coordinates tutoring, events
Jen Dixon
The Poughkeepsie Middle School is currently one of seven Dutchess County public schools identified by the New York State Department of Education as in need of academic progress. The school is currently employing various strategies to improve student performance, and students, faculty, and staff from a sub- committee of Vassar’s Good Neighbors Committee are participating in some of those strategies.
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February 17, 2006
John Palmer
Names and contact information of four Vassar students were published on the Nationalist Socialist Movement website
Overthrow.com on Feb. 7.
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The ViCE concert featuring Wyclef Jean and Blackalicious was a successful venue to bring together the Vassar campus and its neighbors, while treating everyone to an evening of music and dance.
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Student witnesses Danish cartoon protests
Andrew Birkhead
I had only been living in Amsterdam for one week as part of my study abroad program, when I received an e-mail from the American Consulate General in Amsterdam informing me that “a demonstration against the cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohamed will be held near Dam Square in Amsterdam” on Feb. 8.
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Mary Jo Salter, Brad Leithauser discuss Sontag and Iceland
Marcella Veneziale
Writers-in-Residence Mary Jo Salter and Brad Leithauser will lead seminars throughout the year with Vassar students, whether officially enrolled in composition classes or pursuing independent work, and will also give a reading on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 6 p.m. in Sanders Classroom 212.
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Jimmy McCumber
The Vassar men’s volleyball team has struggled at the start of their season, but both players and coaches have high hopes for the remainder of the year and playoffs.
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Spencer Tunick, Ted Kooser among first to participate
Molly Finkelstein
In an effort to maximize the utility of the borderline celebrities who come to speak here, the College has decided to implement the Vassar College Celebratory Arts Program.
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Aaron Biberstein
Anita Varma
A swastika was found on a first floor Raymond House wall last week. It was scrawled in pen and was discovered by a student Thursday, Feb. 9 around 3 p.m. This is the second instance of a swastika found on a dorm wall this year.
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Nola Solomon
Residential Life chose to select a non-internal candidate for the position of Josselyn House Intern for 2005-2006. This decision prompted discontent from some Joss residents last week.
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Juliana Kiyon
Starting Feb. 13 and continuing for the rest of the week, the Office of Fire Prevention and Control (OFPC) will be conducting random fire safety inspections inside residence halls and throughout senior housing.
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Ian Saxine
The latest flap in the world’s driest tinderbox, also known as the Middle East, has been over a number of cartoons published in a Danish newspaper.
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Nate Kimball
On Wednesday, Feb. 22, Vassar will celebrate its sixth annual Multi-Cultural Awareness week and All-College Day. The theme for the week is unity, and activities are aimed at bringing students and community together.
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Ilyse Kramer
Vassar experienced political science in action when senior fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C. and director of their Global Economy Project Sarah Anderson gave a lecture on Free Trade, sponsored by the Political Science Department on Wednesday, Feb. 8.
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Joshua Goodman
Valentine’s Day festivities on campus included a series of official events, some aimed at entertainment and others at education.
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Jen Dixon
The theme for this Founder’s Day 2006 will be Alice in Wonderland, which beat out other contenders such as Peter Pan, Muppets, and Super Mario Brothers at the Founder’s Day Committee’ meeting on Feb. 9.
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Martha Knauf
The North Atrium of the College Center was transformed into a makeshift memorial for victims of domestic abuse on Feb. 8.
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Sam Bloch
Renowned poet, actor, and musician Saul Williams delivered a two-hour spoken word performance in the Students’ Building on Monday, Feb. 13., taking audience questions throughout.
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David Knowles
A review of
The Lovvers LP by AIDS Wolf.
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Mike Newmark
A review of
The Life Pursuit by Belle & Sebastian.
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John Santos
Thanks to some enterprising Philosophy professors, Vassar is fortunate enough to own a copy of
The Ister on DVD, safely cached in the library
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Judy Pittenger
Judson Winton ’05 is living evidence of the great talent to come out of the Vassar men’s basketball program. Today, Winton is playing for the Castlebar Comets, a semi-professional team in Ireland.
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Acacia O'Connor
On Friday, Feb. 10, Vassar got its own taste of craziness at the Brewer men’s game against Hamilton. The turn-out of students and Poughkeepsie community members was partially due to the fact it was deemed “Crazy Fan Night” by the Student-Athlete Mentors.
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Danny Fahey
The Athletics Department is under perpetual renovation—both physically and psychologically. One of the most defining renovations in the history of Vassar sports was the adoption of male athletes into its program, which came with Vassar’s turn to coeducation in 1969.
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February 10, 2006
Vice brings high-powered performers at high cost.
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Vice brings high-powered performers at high cost.
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Fabian Arzuaga
College students and their families will soon feel the impact of the narrowly passed Budget Reconciliation bill when interest rates for federal loans rise this July.
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The Miscellany News would like to express its pleasure with this year’s selection of gifts that enhance students’ on-campus social experience as well as their off-campus pursuits.
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Ilyse Kramer
Nutritionist Amy Kennedy has proven popular among students. Despite the high demand of students seeking nutritional information, Kennedy only comes to Vassar four times a semester and sees ten students per visit.
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Sam Bloch
An interview with Blackalicious' The Gift of Gab, who will be opening for Wyclef Jean on Feb. 11 at Walker Field House.
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Maryrose Myrtetus
The Vassar women’s lacrosse team was honored as the Most-Improved in any division in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) last year. Now, they’re pumping up for another impressive season.
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Molly Finkelstein
T here are few things worse than being alone on Valentine’s Day. Since the chances of you finding your soulmate in the next three to four days are fairly slim, there are some alternatives to being single.
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Hayley Tsukayama
Two student task forces born out of controversy last semester are beginning to redress the issues that created them. Concerns over the content of Vassar Student Association (VSA) organizations’ publications and the atmosphere within Baldwin Health Center led the VSA Council to establish two task forces to examine these issues.
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Lauren Sutherland
On Sunday, Feb. 5, the Vassar Student Association (VSA) passed a motion made by VSA Secretary Laureen Cantwell ’06 to allocate $200 of discretionary funding to the the Special Events Committee of Winterfest 2006, which will establish a budget number and account for the committee.
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Nola Solomon
The unprecedented graduate student strike that began on Nov. 9, 2005 at New York University (NYU) has not yet reached an official resolution. The strike began when the University decided not to renew a contract with the Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC) for a graduate student union.
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Ian Saxine
Palestinians have legitimate grievances. But how far are they willing to go to alleviate them? Although they have suffered greatly, nothing that has happened in Palestine can possibly justify putting Hamas’ agenda of blood and terror into practice.
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Nate Kimball
After returning from Junior Year Abroad (JYA) adventures, students gathered in Jewett House on Feb. 3 to present photos and stories of their travels. The event provided a glimpse of what to expect for freshmen and sophomores planning to go JYA.
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Emma Epstein
Exactly 20 years ago on Feb. 10, the Board of Trustees and Search Committee announced that Frances D. Fergusson would become the ninth president of Vassar College.
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Kyle Nelson
Hiraku Shimoda may be a new professor, but he is a familiar face in the Vassar family. A member of the Class of 1995, Shimoda spent his undergraduate days at Vassar and enjoyed his experience enough to return.
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Freddy Deknatel
many concerts arranged by Vassar College Entertainment share one thing: they are often smaller shows at venues like the Student’s Building, the Chapel, and the Mug with a more limited crowd size in mind. This Saturday, Feb. 11, that trend will shift as Wyclef Jean and Blackalicious perform at Walker Field House, the first act to do so since the Roots played there in 2002.
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Abby Loomis
The Vagina Monologues will be performed on Feb. 16, 17, and 18 at 8 p.m. in the Shiva.
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Mike Newmark
A review of the album
Security Screenings by Prefuse 73.
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John Santos
In the next two months, the Russian Department will screen all of Andrei Tarkovsky’s works in Blodgett Auditorium on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. As with their screenings of Russian movies last year, it is apparent that this is a labor of love by the Russian professors, made out of a simple passion for Tarkovsky’s movies.
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Rachel Pittenger
The recent celebration of the 25-year anniversary of Title IX is proof that women’s sports have come a long way. However, the threats facing the Seven Sisters Tournament could mean eliminating a stage on which female athletes are able to celebrate this progress and pride every year.
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Acacia O'Connor
Until Feb. 4 and Feb. 5, overtime games had punished Vassar’s men’s basketball team. The team, which lost two hard-fought league games in overtime previously, finally broke the curse with a come-from-behind win at Clarkson University. This win, though a team effort, was partially due to the resilience and effort of Will Kieffer ’07.
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Sarah Palermo
Roman Czula, who began as Head Coach of men’s tennis at Vassar College in 1975 and has led the Brewers for 22 seasons, has announced that he will retire from coaching, effective immediately.
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Jimmy McCumber
This year’s Super Bowl match-up was a surprise to many, with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who were once the lowest seed in the American Football Conference, playing National Football Conference representative Seattle.
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Superstar ‘dorm kid’ tells of studio time with the Fugees, charity time with Brangelina
Freddy Deknatel
Shooting for the stars of student appeal, Vassar College Entertainment (ViCE) has booked the once-again Fugee Wyclef Jean to play Walker Field House with Blackalicious on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 8 p.m.
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February 03, 2006
Nola Solomon
Doug Dalessandro ’07 has resigned as President of Lathrop House for unspecified reasons. Vassar Student Association (VSA) president Rick Rodems ’06 announced Dalessandro’s resignation at the Jan. 29 VSA Council meeting.
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Sarah Brown
While a few students stayed on campus over break, most left for the duration of the five-week vacation. According to area vendors, the annual mass exodus has a large impact on the way local businesses function.
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With the future of federal aid unclear and the costs of higher education consistently climbing, affordability is at the forefront of students’ minds. It will become increasingly important that the College take steps to secure its own future.
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Show pulls contemporary prints from Art Center’s vast collection
Marcella Veneziale
Presses, Pop, and Pomade: American Prints Since the Sixties, the current feature exhibit at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, traces printmaking in America from the 1960s through the 1980s, with a stop at the show’s end in more recent years.
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Acacia O'Connor
The Walker Athletic and Fitness Center (AFC) has been one of the busiest and most-frequented locations on campus since students returned from winter break. The noticeable increase in use by non-athletes as well as the beginning of spring sports practice keeps the AFC filled to capacity for several hours each day.
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Molly Finkelstein
After 20 years of service as Vassar College President, Frances Daly Fergusson (henceforth “Fran”) is passing the torch to Catharine Bond Hill (henceforth “Cappy”). The official school constitution calls for Fran to teach Cappy the ways of the school and the secrets of the presidency.
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Lauren Sutherland
The Sophomore Class Gift Committee announced that the Class of 2008’s class gift will be the establishment of an Internship Grant with the intention of enriching and broadening the experiences of Vassar students, and the Class of 2006’s gift will be a renovation of Matthew’s Mug.
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Evan Dec
In its last meeting of 2005, the Vassar Student Association (VSA) Council unanimously passed a series of amendments to the VSA Election Bylaws, the document which establishes procedures for VSA elections. These changes, recommended by the Constitutional Review Committee, were made to clarify the language of the document.
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Nate Kimball
This past week, three Vassar Student Association (VSA) organizations were fined. The Class of 2008 was fined $25, Lathrop House suffered a $144 fine, and the Town Houses received a fine of $72. The reasons prompting the fines were all VSA attendence-related.
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Juliana Kiyan
While many students were happy to finish their last finals of the fall 2005 semester on Dec. 21, New York City was in the middle of a 60-hour transit strike. Many members of the Vassar community had to brave their way from Poughkeepsie into the paralyzed city, spending extra money, time, and energy.
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Hayley Tsukayama
Five students from Tulane University—all freshmen or sophomores—attended classes at Vassar for the fall semester. Now, four of the five Tulane students who attended Vassar are back in New Orleans.
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Nate Kimball
Significant changes to the Vassar food service were made over winter break. Director of Food Service Maureen King said that the changes were in response to the surveys completed by students, requesting healthier options and a wider variety of food choices in the dining centers around campus.
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Matt Leung
Even as Vassar aims to make computing easier with a new library printing system and an all-campus wireless network, the basics of moving electronic documents still leaves some students befuddled.
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Andrew Block
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Ian Saxine
In a time of human suffering, individual contributions can make a difference.
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Mike Newmark
A review of the new Cat Power album
The Greatest.
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Marcella Veneziale
A review of
House Arrest by Animal Collective's Ariel Pink.
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Mike Newmark
In late 2005, FM3 unveiled the Buddha Machine, an iPod-sized audio playback device that contains nine different ambient loops built into its silicon chip.
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Steven Buonfiglio
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Sarah Palermo
The chemistry between players and coaching staff plays a significant role in how successful a season will be, but how much of a role do student-athletes have in selecting these influential individuals?
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Danny Fahey
After experiencing a low in the first half of their season with four straight losses, the Vassar women’s squash team won their fourth Seven Sisters Championship on the weekend of Jan. 21-22.
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John Palmer
The Vassar Board of Trustees unanimously elected Catharine “Cappy” Bond Hill as the tenth President of Vassar College, to succeed President Fran Fergusson July 1. Hill is currently the provost of Williams College, where she has taught economics since 1985. The Board of Trustees announced this decision on Jan. 10.
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