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April 10, 2008
Exclusive Interview with M.I.A.
M.I.A. speaks about her early influences, newest album, and favorite song "Amazon".
Construction on third roundabout begins
Brian Farkas
This third roundabout will be located at the intersection of Collegeview and Raymond Avenues, and will be larger than the other two now at Vassar’s main gate and the intersection of Raymond and College Avenues, which opened in 2006.
VSA elections pushed back to accommodate Davison residents
Julianne Herts
At an emergency council meeting on April 10, the Vassar Students Association (VSA) decided to delay its 2008 elections until April 30th.
Parents Coming! | Weekend has everything from magic to Marco Polo
Mike Ilardi
Lara Weissman
Parents are on their way to shower you with hugs and criticize your untidiness. But have no fear: there is a marathon of activites planned to keep your parents away from your room and out of your fridge.
Social justice meets criminal justice
Stephanie Damon-Moore
Prison Focus Week aimed to raise awareness about problems within the penal system and culminated with the ninth annual Green Haven-Vassar Reunion, which united people with past or present involvement in the Vassar prison program
Feminist writer for The Nation
Mike Alberti
Katha Pollitt, the popular and award-winning feminist columnist for The Nation, will speak at Vassar on Tuesday, April 15.
A Look into Vassar Science | Panel of scientists, writers discuss importance of science jounalism
Acacia O'Connor
A Look into Vassar Science | Building project to renovate, add to science facilities
Erica Hersh
Since Spring 2004, plans have been brewing for a project that will change the face of Vassar’s campus. Though still in its planning stages, the project seeks to renovate the existing science buildings and possibly build one or more new science facilities on campus.
Haiti Project brings aid to village, insight to student
Emily Strasser
Vassar Students spend time in Chermaître, Haiti to learn from and work with the community.
Vassar Technology Today | Think you're alone when you're not online? Think again
Matthew Leung
If you have a robustly secured personal computer behind a firewall with no vulnerabilities, how much personal information and user activity information is still vulnerable to outside snooping? More than you think.
Penetrating Questions | Sexercises you can do everywhere you go
Jina Ashline
What are some simple and easy ways to enhance my sexual experience and pleasure without breaking the bank or my back?
Dynamo keeps actors, audience intrigued
Sarah Rebells
The Dynamo Theater Lab, the ensemble theater group and senior project has been staging one high caliber, experimental play after another for the past six weeks, with only a few days to rehearse for each one.
Orson Welles’ radio martians take the stage
Laura McCoy
What would you do if you turned on the radio and heard a newsflash about an alien invasion of Earth? Vassar students have fuses the radio script and samples from Naomi Iizuka’s 2000 biographical play about Welles, also entitled “The War of the Worlds.”
Modern FLLAC collection reaches out to Japan
Gülfem Demiray
After two years of hard work and cooperation, the Francis Lehman Loeb Art Center (FLLAC) selected 86 pieces of artwork and has sent them on a five-museum tour in Japan.
Music Box | M83
Mike Newmark
M83’s sole core member, Anthony Gonzalez, calls Saturdays=Youth his paean to being a teenager and the discovery that comes with it.
M.I.A | ViCE, students prep for year’s biggest concert
She’s political; she’s a dancehall queen; she’s M.I.A. Most Vassar students have probably heard her music blasted in Matthew’s Mug on the weekends, and now 1,000 of them will see her perform live in the west side of All Campus Dining Center (ACDC) on Friday, April 11, thanks to Vassar College Entertainment (ViCE).
Men’s volleyball wins NECVA Championship | Brewers to play in National tournament this weekend
Elizabeth Pacheco
For the first time in program history, the Vassar men’s volleyball team will compete in the Molten Division III National Championship Tournament.
Athlete of the Week | Mason and Nissen impressive on the rugby patch
Elizabeth Pacheco
Two players—Nick Mason ’08 and Julia Nissen ’11—have been instrumental in propeling the teams forward in the spring seasons.
Sports Briefs | Men's tennis team aces opponents in spring season
J. CarltonThe Miscellany News...Vassar athletics discusses LGBTQ
Elizabeth Anderson
Recently, men's rowing team member Nick Perry '10 created an LGBTQ athletes and allies group to work with the Athletic Department to reduce and prevent homophobia and heterosexism in athletics. The group will provide a community to students who belong to both the athletic and the LGTBQ community who may feel overlooked by belonging to both.
Overtime | Farewell Isaiah and good riddance
Kyle Nelson
After scandals and bad blood, the New York Knicks finally have new leadership and renewed hope for the future.
Teams want to go back to 'little pink shorts'
Elizabeth Pacheco
On campus tours, when tour guides cite maroon and gray as the school colors, they share the joke that men’s teams didn’t want to wear pink when the school first went co-ed. Look out tour guides, that may be changing.
VSA passes budgeting changes
Jesse Small
Julianne Herts
Academic departments and programs that used to rely on the Vassar Student Association (VSA) for funding have had to look elsewhere since the creation of the College Academic Fund in November 2007.
Two weeks’ notice: VSA changes election regulations
Elysia Glover
Members of the Vassar Student Association (VSA) Council spent their weekly meeting on April 6 debating several changes to the rules that will govern campaigning in the upcoming spring elections.
The other other secret committees
Vassar's unseen groups control campus minutia without you even knowing it. Well, until now.
McCullough brunches with history class
Brian Farkas
Hayley Tsukayama
Not many Vassar students are awake at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays. But history students were eager to make the trek over to the Alumnae House on Sunday, April 6 for a conversation with best-selling historian David McCullough.
Sustainability Committee sparks energy challenge
Jesse Small
Hayley Tsukayama
What would you do with $16,000 a month? According to the College Committee on Sustainability (CCS) member Libby Murphy ’08, the College spends that much in energy costs per month to power eight of the College’s residential halls.
Ten ways to reduce your energy use
Some tips to make your lifestyle a little greener.
Staff Editorial | Bookstore process should be transparent, student-centered
Since the December announcement of the bookstore’s move, two unofficial advisory groups—the Bookstore of the Future Committee and an advisory group looking at space issues on campus—have been formed, despite the fact that the Bookstore Advisory Committee (BAC) still exists.
The Voting Booth | Clinton’s perseverance stems from feminist determination
Allison Good
Hillary Clinton is struggling in the polls and has had to deal with numerous crises in her campaign. However, she is staying in the race for the long haul, showing her spirit and courage against long odds.
The Green Glance | Corporatism threatens sustainability at Vassar
Nathan Zucker
Major corporations are working hard to prevent community commitments to sustainability, since such a revolutionary change would hurt the transnational businesses that exploit the environment for economic gain.
Disregard for opinions reveals student apathy
Ben Reichman
The apathy of the Vassar College campus astounds me. Perhaps we have chosen to forget that this school was itself founded on a politically transgressive act—Vassar was the first all-women’s school of the Seven Sisters to be officially chartered as a college in 1861.
