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Vassar students experience Haiti before and after earthquake

January 27th, 2010 by Elizabeth Jordan, Online Editor

Four Vassar students traveled to Haiti during Winter Break and ended up being a part of one of the worst natural disasters the small country has seen in over 200 years. Photos by Jared Augenstein, Nicole Krenitsky and David Bridgman-Packer.

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To read the accompanying article by News Editor, Jillian Scharr, see “Vassar students witness Haiti.”

Photoessay | The Skinner Greenhouse

December 7th, 2009 by Elizabeth Jordan, Online Editor

The Skinner Greenhouse, as presented in photographs by Madeline  Zappala ‘12.

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The Skinner Greenhouse is home to the plants of the Building and Grounds Department.  Originally built in the ’50s, it was used to store cut flowers. Now the College uses it to grow herbs for the dining hall and annuals for the flower beds around campus, according to an interview with Head Gardener Martin Pinnavaia.

To learn more about Pinnavaia and his work at the Skinner greenhouse, read Matthew Bock’s article, “Pinnavaia presides over the Skinner Greenhouse.”