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Updates for April 30, 2009
Fecal coliform concentrations found in New Brunswick stream
A hike between the intersection of Route 1 and Route 18 in New Brunswick reveals that the unnamed, unmapped stream shifts colors like a chameleon, varying in hues from a bright orange to a swampy pea soup. An official from the Middlesex County Public Heal…
Nursing School increases awareness, graduates 148
On May 9, the School of Nursing will add 148 graduates to the 1000 it has graduated since its founding in the 1970s….
Best In Show
Junior and Senior graphic design students put their final projects on display
From April 20 to April 23, the Graphic Design Senior Show was displayed at Diboll Art Gallery in the Monroe Library. The show featured the final senior projects through individual installations and a display of their projects during the past year….
Dirty Bourbon River Show on Tour
Mainguy says goodbye to teammates and coaches
Five years, 147 games and 120 plus credit hours later, Christine Mainguy, is saying goodbye to her teammates, coaches and friends as she prepares to graduate
Cates chosen to play in international tournament in Argentina
Cameron Cates, general studies business freshman, has just received his passport in the mail; but, he isn’t traveling outside the U.S. on vacation this summer. He’s playing basketball….
Delahoussaye becomes starter for ’Pack mid season
When Brien Delahoussaye picked up a bat for the first time 15 years ago, he knew exactly where he belonged: on a baseball diamond….
STAFF EDITORIAL: A.S., reconsider the smoking ban
Next month, our elected representatives at Associated Students will be introducing a bill to heavily regulate the conduct of students who choose to smoke. The proposed changes, drafted by the Environment and Safety Committee, would isolate users into desi…
Updates for April 29, 2009
Organizations come together to host benefit dinner for FPC
On Thursday April 23, the Community Oriented Organization Partnership (COOP), an umbrella group encompassing multiple community-oriented Vassar organizations, including Community Action, Hunger Action, TONCA, the Vassar Prison Initiative and Operation Don…
Historic Benjamin Franklin statue returns after year of restoration
“The rapid progress of true science now occasions my regretting that I was born so soon,” wrote Benjamin Franklin in a letter to Dr. Joseph Priestley in February 1780. “It is impossible to imagine the height to which science may be carri…
Vassar tries to maintain promise to need-blind, despite fiscal crisis
Since the financial crisis hit last year, the College has been trying to work out the details of meeting 100 percent of financial need for all of its students. Not only has Vassar’s endowment taken a significant hit, but the families of many student…
