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Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY
Volume CLI | Issue 20
April 11, 2019
ICE raids escalate across Hudson Valley Tiana Headley Reporter
didn’t know the extent to which people were living in fear and suffering in my own community, and it was heartbreaking to hear that a place where I feel so safe and comfortable could be so hostile to others,” local New Paltz activist Ronnie Yastion shared in an email. Since President Donald Trump’s
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January 2017 crackdown on undocumented immigrants, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents’ raids have escalated across the country. The Trump administration has asserted that immigrants pose a threat to American citizens, and pledged to deport three million undocumented immigrants with criminal records in 2017. Panic has spread throughSee DEPORTATIONS page 3
On April 2, President Elizabeth Bradley announced the appointment of T. Barton Thurber as the new director of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, effective as of Aug. 5, 2019. Thurber comes to the institution wielding extensive experience in the world of collegiate galleries.
Multilingual program Thurber appointed Loeb director connects across borders Holly Shulman Arts Editor
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n 2015, the United Nations recorded an unprecedented influx of forcibly displaced individuals into Europe. On April 20, a boat of 700 capsized in Libyan waters, some 180 km south of Italy’s Lampedusa Island. Only 50 were saved. On Aug. 28, Austrian officials uncovered 71 refugee carcasses in a refrigeration truck on the Hungarian-Austrian
border. On Sept. 5, a protest march of more than 1,000 refugees erupted after the Hungarian government refused to provide trains to Austria and Germany. On Sept. 15, Hungary, alongside other European countries temporarily restating border controls, erected a fence along its Serbian border, terminating two decades of open borders in the EU. Inconsistent border controls across See CONNECTIONS on page 3
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ach year, thousands of starry-eyed prospective students meander across Vassar’s campus, accompanied by even starrier-eyed parents. Some are attracted to the school’s small class sizes, others to the beautiful campus or open curriculum. A select group applies because of the promise that here, they will spend four years in a place where they are never more than five minutes from Picassos and O’Keefes, Pollacks and Rot-
hkos—the list goes on. At Vassar, students enjoy unfettered access to The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, a museum that The New York Times once described as “one of the great college collections” (The New York Times, “ART REVIEW; The Hudson Valley, Inside and Out,” 07.30.1999). The Loeb, a Vassar institution since it opened in 1864 under the name “Vassar College Art Gallery,” has been in a state of flux this year (The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, “About the FLLAC,”
12.08.2010). Last fall, James Mundy, the Anne Hendricks Bass Director of the Loeb, announced his impending spring retirement. The search for his successor concluded on Tuesday, April 2, when President Elizabeth Bradley announced via email that T. Barton Thurber, the current Associate Director for Collections and Exhibitions at the Princeton University Art Museum, has been selected to fill the post. Thurber will assume his new position on Monday, Aug. 5. See LOEB DIRECTOR on page 8
Women’s tennis keeps on rolling As four recipes display, green can go gourmet Kelly Pushie
were able to host an opponent in Poughkeepsie. he women’s tennis team is Vassar started off the match Tamika Whitenack riding the wave of a domistrong, posting victories at all Guest Columnist nant five-game winning streak in six singles positions in straight which they’ve dropped only eight sets. Sophomore Frances Cornhen I talk about food, I combined matches across singles wall, playing at No. 1, had a strong inevitably start talking and doubles play. Ranked number 6-2, 6-3 win. Sarra Yekta, anoth- about colors. I often praise the or38 in the nation, the Brewers want See TENNIS on page 19 ange foods, professing my love of sweet potatoes, carrots, butternut squash and satsuma mandarins. Red is another treasured color, represented by strawberries, raspberries, tomatoes and bell peppers. But at the end of the day, I find that the best food color is green. Green boasts the cruciferous wonders of broccoli and brussels sprouts, the emerald beauties of green grapes and kiwi, the mighty avocado and, of course, the myriad of leafy vegetables commonly referred to as greens—spinach, collards and kale, to name a few. String beans, snap peas, zucchini, cucumbers, asparagus and celery are other lucky members of the green food family. To this list I add my favorite Asian vegetables: bok choy and gai lan (Chinese broccoli). In the fruit department, we have Anjou pears, honeydew melPictured above, Joyce Park of women’s tennis returns a serve in a recent match. VC has won five straight, on, Granny Smith apples, limes. including its first three in conference. In those three wins, the team has lost only three total matches. What’s more, the bounty of Guest Reporter
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to keep it in high gear and shoot even higher up the rankings. This past weekend, the Brewers faced RPI for their third straight Liberty League contest, having won the prior two against Ithaca and William Smith 9-0 and 7-2, respectively. After seven straight away contests, the Brewers finally
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President Bradley responds to SJP OPINIONS op-ed in Letter to the Editor
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Dabbling in knightly strife: MRST major HUMOR reveals day in feudal life
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green food extends far beyond fruits and vegetables. Many culinary herbs are also green; I think of basil, oregano, rosemary, mint. With regard to protein, I adore pistachios, pumpkin seeds and edamame. The color green even lays claim to one of the trendiest superfoods of our time: matcha. Green is such a notorious food color, it even manages to be featured in Dr. Seuss’s classic children’s book, “Green Eggs and Ham.” The diverse array of green foods allows for a wide variety of recipes that feature green ingredients. I find great visual satisfaction in creating dishes that center on a singular color, and green food is perfect for such masterpieces. Furthermore, the verdant versatility of the following recipes reveals the ability of green foods to satisfy at any meal of the day. Be it a nutrient-packed breakfast smoothie, delicate lunch salad, nourishing dinner stir-fry or an ethereal matcha dessert, green foods deliver flavorful and fun fare for all occasions! See GREEN on page 10
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