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Vassar considers smoking ban

DEC suggests unification of smoking policies

After a request from the Committee on College Life (CCL), the Drugs and Alcohol Education Committee (DEC) has created a recommendation for ways to significantly reduce the areas where smoking is allowed on campus. Full story

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Video | Faculty-Student Basketball Game Preview: Faculty Team

Interviews with members of the faculty team

Check out members of the faculty team playing in this Thursday's Faculty-Student Basketball Game for the Class of 2010 Senior Class Gift. Hear about their basketball experience, what their advantages are, and why they think they'll win Thursday's game. 1 comment

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Video | Faculty-Student Basketball Game Preview: Student Team

Interviews with members of the student team

Check out members of the Student Team playing in the Faculty Student Basketball Game.  Hear about their basketball experience, their advantages against the Faculty Team, and why they think they'll win Thursday's game. 1 comment

Student Faculty Basketball Game

Faculty-student basketball game to help fund Senior Class Gift

Community to come together at tonight’s basketball game

Sports, academics and philanthropy will combine tonight at 6:30 p.m., as Vassar’s students and faculty members face off in a game of basketball. The proceeds from this first-ever Faculty-Student Basketball Game will benefit the Class of 2010 Senior Class Gift...

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Faculty delay vote on athletics proposal until next meeting

Proposal discussed at last meeting, but not voted on

The Athletics and Physical Education Department’s proposal to give students academic credit for varsity sports is one step closer to passing after the issue was brought before faculty members on Feb. 17.

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ACDC changes location of cashiers to dining entrance

New cashier location may reduce cases of theft, says Walker

For students who have eaten at the All Campus Dining Center (ACDC) lately, they have probably noticed that the location of the cash register has changed. Instead of cashiers seated at one or both of the desks to either side of the plasma screen TV by the entrance to the cafeteria, cashiers now sit at a table in the lobby.

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Soup and Sandwich

Back to basics: rethinking soup and sandwich

Meals Under $20

Sometimes you really can’t beat a classic. Four weeks into the semester, with midterms looming on the horizon and the ability to spend long hours in the kitchen dwindling, everyone could use a bit of simple comfort.

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Why Vassar chose ‘units’ over credit hours

Vassar College veers away from many of its peer institutions in the awarding of academic credit by using the “course unit” to measure academic course credit rather than the credit hour. In order to fulfill the requirements of a bachelor’s degree, Vassar students are required to complete a minimum of 34 units of class work, which...

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Faculty must vote in favor of athletics proposal at next meeting

Staff Editorial

Earlier this month, the Committee on Curricular Policy (CCP) voted to forward a proposal for approval to the faculty that would allow athletes to obtain half an academic credit for their participation in a varsity-level sport. The proposal—which has been a project of the Vassar Student Association (VSA) and the...

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ViCE should regulate portion of budget specifically to collaboration

When I was asked to write an editorial for the Miscellany concerning Vassar College Entertainment’s (ViCE) budget from the perspective of co-President of Hip Hop 101 I knew immediately what needed to be said. Come May, I will have been co-President of Hip Hop 101 for three years and that experience has given me an up-close and personal perspective

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VRDT brings unbridled comraderie to Bardavon

Once a year, Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre’s (VRDT) assemblage of pliés and leaps, jazz shoes and ballet slippers, and emotive and technically intensive choreography makes its way from its home in Kenyon Hall to Poughkeepsie’s Bardavon Opera House.

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Joss showcase gives bands jamming outlet

Ask most musicians at Vassar and they’ll tell you that campus bands get the short end of the stick. A single sound system is shared by the entire campus, limiting the number of shows possible at one time. Plus, band practice space is almost nonexistent.

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Volleyball takes invitational

This past weekend, the men’s volleyball team hosted their third annual Vassar Volleyball Invitational. For the third consecutive year, Vassar dominated the field and swept the tournament. In the championship match, the Brewers defeated Nazareth College 3-0 (34-32, 30-28, 30-16).

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Despite season's successes, polo falls in preliminary tournament

The Vassar women’s polo team hoped for their particularly successful season to culminate in a trip to the Northeast Intercollegiate Regional Tournament, to be held at Cornell University on March 12-14. The team stands at 2-7 for the season, and has so far beaten such formidable opponents as Yale University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass).

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Video | Faculty-Student Basketball Game Preview: Student Team

Interviews with members of the student team

Check out members of the Student Team playing in the Faculty Student Basketball Game.  Hear about their basketball experience, their advantages against the Faculty Team, and why they think they'll win Thursday's game. 1 comment

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Video | Faculty-Student Basketball Game Preview: Faculty Team

Interviews with members of the faculty team

Check out members of the faculty team playing in this Thursday's Faculty-Student Basketball Game for the Class of 2010 Senior Class Gift. Hear about their basketball experience, what their advantages are, and why they think they'll win Thursday's game. 1 comment

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