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Lights flash. An alarm blares. Students stumble out of bed, hastily pulling on shoes and jackets before heading down the dorm stairs and out into the frigid night. Many mutter,…
Laurel Hennen Vigil is a sophomore majoring in Sociology with a correlate in Creative Writing. She hopes to someday be an investigative reporter. When she’s not studying or working on the Misc, Laurel loves to read, journal, run, and hike. Originally hailing from the sunny climes of Oakland, California, Laurel is enjoying the novel experience of seasons, but misses being able to go outside between November and March without a parka on.
By Laurel Hennen Vigil – 5 months ago
Lights flash. An alarm blares. Students stumble out of bed, hastily pulling on shoes and jackets before heading down the dorm stairs and out into the frigid night. Many mutter,…
By Laurel Hennen Vigil – 6 months ago
[Content warning: Mention of sexual violence] [Editor’s Note: Due to the highly personal nature of this event, The Miscellany News chose not to report on the specifics of what speakers…
By Vassar College Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign – 6 months ago
In a historic vote last May, the Campus Investment Responsibility Committee (CIRC), which is made up of faculty, students, alums and administrators, and makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees…
By Laurel Hennen Vigil, Dylan Smith, and Clark Xu – 6 months ago
[Nov. 6 Editor’s note: Following the publication of this article, a few of the Trustees chose to submit their own bios to The Miscellany News with further details that they…
By Laurel Hennen Vigil – 7 months ago
The average American meal travels roughly 1,500 miles before reaching your plate, criss-crossing the nation’s innumerable highways and railroads to be processed, packaged, distributed and sold. That means the corn…
By Laurel Hennen Vigil – 7 months ago
Hundreds of members of the Vassar community–students, faculty, staff, parents, alumnae/i and trustees—gathered on the weekend of Sept. 23 and 24 to celebrate an event that occurs only once every…
By Laurel Hennen Vigil – 7 months ago
[Content warning: Mention of antisemitic hate speech] After a nation-wide, yearlong search, Vassar recently welcomed a new Rose and Irving Rachlin Director for Jewish Student Life, Elizabeth Aeschlimann, who will…
By Laurel Hennen Vigil – 7 months ago
While Hurricane Irma ravaged the Caribbean and Florida, Houston, TX began the long struggle to recover from the catastrophic flooding that occurred during August’s Hurricane Harvey. This was the storm…
By Laurel Hennen Vigil – 8 months ago
On Aug. 19, 2017, the 2017-18 Vassar Student Association (VSA) President Miranda Amey ’19 announced that she would be stepping down from the position, as she won’t be on campus…
By Laurel Hennen Vigil – 12 months ago
Shahid Naeem had a bad feeling. The third year political science major, who has served as the Vassar Student Association (VSA) 2016-17 Chair of Finance, had a gnawing suspicion all…