Funny while female: Williams fuses identity politics, humor
It’s been a tough couple weeks for Jessica Williams. After Jon Stewart announced his exit from The Daily Show, all eyes turned to the 25-year-old She’s withstood a flurry of…
Day: February 25, 2015
After months, Safety and Security unionizes
After two failed attempts in the past 15 years, Vassar’s Safety and Security officers have successfully formed a union and have ratified a contract. The officers have made several attempts…
Performance series complicates ‘hometown’
The number one question freshmen get asked during their first week at Vassar is “Where are you from?” Although this seems like a simple answer for first years, the meaning…
Teams step up to Polar Plunge
Nine souls braved the elements last Saturday at the 17th annual Fishkill Polar Plunge. Freshman Carolina Alvarez, junior Lucy Brainerd, sophomore Rory Chipman, junior Elias Kim, junior Sebastien Lasseur, freshman…
Faculty Policy reasonable, but bypasses student voices
In the past week, The Miscellany News received a draft of a document which would change the College’s policy on consensual relationships between faculty and students in a significant way.…
Faculty relationships re-evaluated
The College has recently drafted a new policy forbidding consensual sexual and romantic relationships between students and faculty members. The subject is currently undergoing discussion and revision by the Faculty…
For the Vassar student, unforgiving lessons in modern love
The only two dating apps I have ever used—Tinder and Friendsy—can be found under the “games” category on my phone. Most of the time, this is how my friends and…
The faces behind one of students’ favorite Arlington haunts
Walk into Fresco Tortillas for Mexican food and you’ll get a taste of China too. There is a prominently raised menu of Tex-Mex cuisine, but you’ll also notice details that…
Among library’s million volumes, a budding zine collection
“Wait here! Let me go get Heidy, it’s really her baby.” When Research Librarian Carol Marshall returned to the research desk, she was trailed by Heidy Berthoud, Head of Acquisitions…
Hosting class in her apartment, Kane redefines homework
It is an almost universal epiphany of all preschoolers that teachers, amazingly, do not live at school. Though it is true that they have lives outside of the classroom, somehow,…