Vassar College

Violence Against Women Act Has Requirements for Colleges

Allison Dunne — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:55:07 +0000

The House of Representatives last week passed an expansion of the Violence Against Women Act after Senate passage earlier in February. President Obama is expected to sign the expanded version of the 1994 Act shortly.

Westboro Picket of Vassar Draws a Large Crowd

Allison Dunne — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:58:24 +0000

Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church members picketed Vassar College Thursday, condemning the school for embracing the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender student community. Upwards of one-thousand counter-protestors gathered on the Town of Poughkeepsie campus, to affirm social justice and denounce hatred.

Amanda Moody is a junior at Vassar. She participated in the counter-protest, as did her mother, father, and younger brother.

Vassar College celebrates diversity

Hank Gross — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000

TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE – Hundreds of Vassar College students, intent on celebrating diversity, overwhelmed a brief protest by the hate-monger group Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, KS. A small group of church members came to the Mid-Hudson Valley Thursday with plans to protest at the West Point funeral of Gen. Normal Schwarzkopf as well as picket a Vassar College in Poughkeepsie.

They got nowhere near the Schwarzkopf funeral.

The college protest was aimed at damning the school for its inclusion of gay students.

Pastor Delivers Keynote Address at Vassar Counter-Protest

Allison Dunne — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:47:49 +0000

Westboro Baptist Church members picketed two Hudson Valley locations Thursday. Member of the Kansas-based Church picket military funerals, college, and other places they say promote a gay agenda.

Westboro Church Plans Pickets at West Point, Vassar

Allison Dunne — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:33:43 +0000

Westboro Baptist Church members have two pickets planned for today in the Hudson Valley - one on each side of the Hudson River. The anti-gay Church established by Pastor Fred Phelps is known for its pickets of military funerals and liberal-arts colleges.

Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre's 31st Annual Gala at The Bardavon

Sarah LaDuke — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:45:00 +0000

The Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre's annual gala performances at The Bardavon is in its 31st year. The events celebrate both brand new and classic works by a very talented company of dancers.

There will be two performances at The Bardavon this weekend, one at 8pm on Saturday and one at 3pm on Sunday.

Linking Dr. King's Dream to Obama's Inauguration

Allison Dunne — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 23:34:44 +0000

As President Barack Obama was sworn in for a second term today, the nation celebrated the life of civil-rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And January First marked the 150^th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing hundreds of thousands of slaves.

Gloria Steinem at Vassar College

Ian Pickus — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:35:00 +0000

Gloria Steinem co-founded Ms. Magazine in 1972. She was one of its editors for 15 years and continues to serve as a consulting editor for Ms., and played an integral part in the magazine’s move to be published by the Feminist Majority Foundation. In 1968 she helped found New York magazine, where she was a political columnist and wrote feature articles.

Professor Shirley Johnson-Lans - Chair of Economics, Vassar College

Brian Shields — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:45:00 +0000

For more on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on health care reform, WAMC’S Brian Shields spoke with Vassar College economics professor Shirley Johnson-Lans, author of The Health Economics Primer, who says the upholding by the court of the individual mandate requiring those who can afford it to buy health insurance is the backbone of the Obama plan.