Hill addresses final Convocation
President Emerita Catharine Hill gave her final Fall Convocation address on Sept. 7, speaking alongside Interim President Jonathan Chenette and VSA President Calvin Lamothe ’17. The speeches focused on financial…
Day: September 14, 2016
Noyes House Team says, “We Got You”
“Can I say ‘what the hell?’” President of Noyes House Takunda Maisva ’19 looks concerned and points to the phone placed in the middle of the table, recording the conversation.…
Curatorial debut by Vassar alum
In 2014, art critic Jerry Saltz published a Vulture.com article entitled “Zombies on the Walls: Why Does So Much New Abstraction Look the Same?” in which he laments a recent…
Men’s soccer kicks off season with 5-0 streak
Junior Hayden VanBrewer challenges a William Patterson player during the Vassar College Classic on Sept. 10. Vassar ended the weekend 2-0, placing them on a five-game win streak. Photo courtesy of…
In silencing survivors, UKentucky threatens free speech
Trigger warning: Please be advised that the following editorial covers sensitive topics including sexual assault and harassment. The University of Kentucky intends to sue its own student-run newspaper, the Kentucky…
VSA reimagines Serenading ritual
First-year students and seniors mingle on the residential quad after the Sept. 10 Serenading event. This year, seniors gave the first-years flowers in Vassar colors to thank them for their…
Vassar alumna goes from The Miscellany News to Mic
This week we’re catching up with Marie Solis, a 2015 Vassar graduate and an alum of The Miscellany News! While at Vassar, Marie was an English major with a Hispanic…
Digging out Roman pasts from historical ruins in Italy
“Tazio, stai diventando un italiano,” said Gabriele, my Italian field director of the San Martino archaeological site after the farewell diner. I laughed, remembering. For a year, I lived an…
Panama beyond the Canal
Whenever I told people that I was going to Panama, they always asked if I was going to the canal. And while I did go to the Miraflores Locks and…
Visiting the Woolf museum
Virginia Woolf’s house from the perspective of the traditional English cottage garden. The garden itself was mostly Leonard Woolf’s passion project and was known to host writers like T. S.…