Two months left of freshman year?!

by Benedict on March 15th, 2012

Too soon! I thought last year went by too quickly but this first year at Vassar has flown by. In two days, I head back to campus for the last time this year. Wow.

This semester has been crazy. Coming back from Winter Break, I was no longer a baby freshman, but instead, a seasoned veteran freshman. Big changes, indeed! But, seriously, I knew my way around, have gotten comfortable with my activities on campus, and was excited to go.

More than anything, I couldn’t wait to begin my new classes. First semester, I took more numbers-based courses but this semester, I’m taking all humanities classes all the time. Go reading! The only numbers left in my coursework are the amount of candy bars compared to the amount of movie tickets I should by. Go economics!

I’ve also been spending a lot of time with my work as Class President. Each student that attends Vassar becomes a member of the VSA, or the Vassar Student Association. Students are represented by their class level (Go 2015!) and their house (Go Cushing!) to VSA Council, where student leaders work hard to represent the voices of our constituents.

As highlighted in our Mission Statement, Vassar prides its system of shared governance. Though the administrators are ultimately in charge of the direction of the school, it has been empowering to be given so many opportunities by the college to give input from the student perspective. In the fall, our President, Catharine Hill (aka Cappy), and the Dean of the College, Chris Roellke, hosted Town Halls in each of the Houses to talk about important campus issues.

That said, student government has been a lot of fun too. In the picture below, the Class of 2015 Council is setting up for 7 Deadly Sins, an annual event hosted by Jewett. Each of Jewett’s floors is transformed into one of the Seven Deadly Sins, with clubs and organizations hosting an individual sin. This year, the freshman class hosted Envy—thus the pictures of celebrities.