The U.S. Department of Education on Aug. 19 proposed a rule that would require college accreditors to scrutinize faculty intellectual diversity, grading practices, graduate earnings and colleges’ enforcement of free…
For the third year in a row, the Vassar Student Association (VSA) has cut the budgets of Jewett, Josselyn and Lathrop Houses. According to the annual budget, Jewett’s and Lathrop’s…
Vassar College announced on Monday, Aug. 31, its rollout of a new electronic health records system (EHR) operated by Point and Click Solutions, which includes an optional artificial intelligence (AI)…
My family jokes that my Bar Mitzvah was the last party before COVID-19 closed down the world. The primary focus of a Bar Mitzvah is the Torah reading and the…
[Disclaimer: This article is part of our April Fools’ Day issue.] The life of a writer is no easy life. Simply ask Ernest Hemingway. We at The Miscellany News have…
In the early 20th century, few groups defined the struggle against hatred to the extent of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Founded in 1913 in response to the lynching of Leo…
In March 2014, militants from the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIS) captured the Syrian city of Raqqa, turning it into a hub for their operations across the…
[Correction (March 21, 2026): This article has been edited to clarify that Vassar’s program with The Hebrew University takes place in Jerusalem, not Tel Aviv]. As I enter the second half…
On Jan. 7, 2026, federal law enforcement, while conducting an immigration roundup, executed 37-year-old Renée Good. Good had been attempting to drive away from the officers when one stepped up…
On Jan. 7, 2026, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attempted a kidnapping operation in a suburb of Minneapolis. In the ensuing demonstration by peaceful protestors, Renée Good, a 37-year-old mother…
