State of the Union: the geese really should migrate at somepoint, right?
I walked out of my house today, Jan. 27, and was met by a soothing tropical breeze. My phone said it was 29 degrees, but my body felt ready for…
Humor & Satire
Boy Meets Road Trips: it’s safer to drive while awake
With a new semester spread out before us like a damp quilt left in the polar vortex, everyone wants to focus on the near future, specifically the summer. Personally, I…
The Miscellany News Guide to: living in perpetual fear
The older I get, the more terrifying the concept of flying becomes to me. I remember being eight and holding my Mom’s hand as the airplane took off, taking great…
Winter Break is way, way, way, way, way, way too long
Winter break has come and gone and now I’m a second-semester senior. This could not be more terrifying. I’ll probably be showing up to most classes unshaven and reeking of…
The Miscellany News Guide to: Successful (?) Networking
There are a series of steps you must take to be successful after Vassar. First, check the box: YES, you will be attending the Vassar networking career reception in NYC.…
Cow bones taste really good if you cover them in sugar and don’t have a strong moral compass
10 a.m.: I wake up, filled with both vim and vigor and also an irrepressible desire to eat my body weight in gummy worms, an urge that I have been…
Traveling becomes instantly less fun when I punch you in the face (sorry, guy on crutches)
5:55 a.m.: My flight from Portland lands in Newark. I inexplicably got upgraded to first class, where they served me wine in a plastic cup before the plebs in...
My name is not Tabitha: The Misc’s guide to transparency
To my fellow Vassar elite? Vassholes? Vass-classmates? Vassaridianites? To whatever it is we pretentiously call ourselves: Hi. In case you didn’t know, classes are almost over. We’ve reached the point…
Ask Lily: Canadian Lovers and weird amounts of turkey
As evidenced by the masses at the Deece rocking leggings as pants on Sunday evening, Turkey-Week (or, let’s be honest, half-week) may have rounded up the Freshmen fifteen to the…
I am trapped in a dark pit of despair and loneliness (ha, ha)
Three of my housemates are in long-distance relationships. This column is for them. I have done two separate stints of distance and still have not recovered. This column is for…