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November 04, 2006
Inaugural Weekend 2006
Hannah Rosenblum
A photo essay of inauguration weekend events.
November 03, 2006
Inauguration Weekend News Updates
Weekly Calendar 11/3-11/9
Tennis continues dynasty with fifth state title
Emma Carmichael
Five straight Liberty League titles. Five straight New York State Championships. NCAA team qualifiers four of the past five years. With stats like in these, it seems that Vassar College’s women’s tennis team has earned the right to be considered a dynasty.
Athletes warned about Facebook
Elizabeth Pacheco
For students across the nation, The Facebook has become a common feature of both college and high school culture. What was first a simple means of communication between college students is now a widespread online community. Earlier this year, students’ eyes were opened to the site’s potential dangers when a news feed that tracked the movement of every single Facebook member was added.
ViCE books chart-topping hip-hop sensation Lupe Fiasco
Acacia O'Connor
By what miracle did Vassar College Entertainment (ViCE) book such a giant star, you ask? Good timing, and a bit of luck.
Black Is Black Ain’t exhibit opens in FLLAC
Rachel Pittenger
The new exhibit Black Is Black Ain’t brought film and race relations together at its opening in the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center (FFLLAC) on Oct. 31. The exhibit, named after a 1994 made-for-television documentary directed by Marlon Riggs, explores the history and art of African-American movie posters. Separate Cinema, the local organization that compiled the exhibit, is dedicated to celebrating African-American contributions to the film industry.
New senior seminars for anti-thesis English majors
Joshua Goodman
In these final weeks of the fall semester, many senior English majors are rushing to finish their thesis projects and papers. This is the first academic year that English majors are not required to write a thesis.
Vassar Sailing Club gets second wind
Greg Armstrong
The Vassar Sailing Club, an organization that has long sat in a defunct state, is setting sail anew this year, revitalized and under new leadership. Plagued for years by organizational issues and a lack of fully functioning equipment, the club has been all but out of operation until this year.
Vassar Technology Today | Third-party solutions: Your virtual bodyguards
Matthew Leung
The proverbial “free lunch” offered by peer-to-peer applications such as Kazaa and Limewire is very tempting to scores of Web users. Not long ago, record companies started suing users who illegally download music through these applications. As evidence, record companies compiled detailed lists of those illegal activities with specifics such as time, location, and names of downloaded songs. It was not difficult for these companies to invade the privacy of their customers, because most sensitive information is exposed when a standard unprotected connection to the Internet is made.
November 02, 2006
Staff Editorial | Youth voter apathy a concern nationwide
Vassar is definitely a politically active campus. But when it comes to voting, Vassar students fall into the category that politicians and pundits alike love to criticize: the youth voter.
Eye On America | Iraq not yet ready for withdrawal of U.S. troops
Ross Weingarten
For years, those who object to the war in Iraq have been clamoring for the return of deployed American troops. It now seems that the time is fast approaching when they will get their wish.
Views On Vassar | Opening doors for each other more than just common courtesy
Tendai Musakwa
Vassar students open doors for each other at almost every entrance on campus. I watch in amazement as the huge All-Campus Dining Center (ACDC) door is propped open by a single female while 16 people enter, and then someone else takes over this temporary doormanship. As I head toward my next class, a boy in a t-shirt in the pouring rain holds the door for me. I am still 15 yards away and the chiming of the library bell signals that both of us are late.
Object Lessons | Securing reproductive rights begins with grassroots activism
Carolyn Bradley
Nothing passes for political sophistication on the left quite like the view that reversing Roe v. Wade would actually help the pro-choice position. Here’s how this counterintuitive theory goes: If the abortion issue were removed from the courts to the political arena, Republicans would be robbed of an abortion politics that amounts to little more than fiery rhetoric and token gestures.
New rules may strip Mug of character
Evan Casper-Futterman
There are some big changes happening at Matthew’s Mug, and it may not be the den of iniquity within the palace of hedonism that is Vassar for much longer. Alcohol withdrawn. On-site Aramark presence. Talk of profitability, and lack thereof. Rumors of renovation and revitalization. Rumors of an administrative agenda to strangle it into non-existence.
Letters to the Editor : Graduates can help reform education
Renovations to Matthew’s Mug on hold
Mike Alberti
Matthew’s Mug patrons looking to sip drinks in a newly remodeled setting will have to wait. Following the suspension of hard alcohol last semester in response to the Mug’s troubled finances, renovations originally planned for this past summer have now been delayed indefinitely, pending increases in funding.
Vassar gears up for Nov. 7 elections
Nadine Reitman
The 2006 midterm elections are just around the corner, and the Vassar College Democrats are ready to get everyone (including the candidates) pumped up. In the Nov. 7 elections, members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are up for re-election, as are some local politicians.
Vassar hosts conference on diversity among faculty
Shahreen Saifi
In an effort to embrace different cultures and to reflect them in its academic courses, Vassar College is hosting this year’s conference for the Consortium of Faculty Diversity at Liberal Arts Colleges (CFD) on Friday, Nov. 3.
