Meigs ’16 New website transforms online job search
Taleo, Brass Ring, LinkedIn—any student in search of an internship or post-graduation job knows the unfair, confusing, and outright ridiculous world of career vetting. Making one stand out is hard…
Day: November 19, 2014
Conversations about race should not center white voices
Recently, The Miscellany News was approached by MTV producers to spread the word about a new casting opportunity. Attached to the email was a flyer which promoted a casting for…
Gender inequality takes on violent forms
Of the largest global populations, a shocking gender imbalance is emerging as the by-product of centuries of perverse societal constraints and practices. China and India harbor cultures of anti-female sentiment…
Marketing relies on gender norms
Some of my very first memories include me playing with a Little Tikes beauty salon and my brother playing with a tool workshop. I played with Barbies and he played…
BurgerFi image conceals ethical dilemma
Vassar students are eating up a greenwashed atrocity marketed specifically to an eco-minded student body. On Oct. 1, The Miscellany News covered the opening of BurgerFi , the new burger…
Relationships with music fall flat in wake of digital age
Recently, there has been a great deal of discussion regarding Taylor Swift’s decision to pull her entire catalog from the music streaming service Spotify and what this move signifies for…
Pham to explore intersection of gender theory with fashion
Minh-Ha Pham, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Visual Studies and Asian American Studies at Cornell University, will be coming to campus to deliver a lecture. The Women’s Studies…
Senior piano virtuosos build on shared musical experience
Jessie Lanza ’15 and Jane Cardona ’15 will be performing on Nov. 22 at 1:30pm in Skinner Hall through the Music Department. Lanza, soprano, and Cardona, piano, decided to do…
Student orgs bring dynamic slam poet to perform at VC
What is it that encompasses the meaningfulness of words, the rhythm of poem, the energy of rap, the dynamic of tones, gestures and facial expressions, and the sheer influential power…
Small ensemble joins forces for pithy piece
Woodshed, a student-run, experimental theater organization, will be presenting “Snow Hen” at the Shiva Theater on Nov. 21 and 22. The cast, only comprised of three students, Mariah Ghant ‘17,…