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Day: April 5, 2017
More affordable housing projects needed
I’m from San Francisco, land of the techies. Years ago, I could have ended that sentence very differently. I’m from San Francisco, land of the hippies. San Francisco, land of…
Politicization of VSA should be questioned in election
This week, I and other writers for The Miscellany News have been given the unique opportunity to comment on the upcoming election. I don’t know about my contemporaries, but I…
VC Women’s Chorus delivers empowering performance
The Vassar College Women’s Chorus, affectionately called WoCo, held their biannual performance this past Saturday, April 1, in the Martel Recital Hall in Skinner Hall. From as far back as…
Medievalism explored in ‘Game of Thrones’ lecture
How does one sum up “Game of Thrones?” It’s like if you took “The Lord of the Rings,” got rid of all the endless tracking shots of New Zealand, added…
High-stakes, dark comedy inspires conflicting emotions
I was looking forward to seeing the new Power Rangers movie this weekend, and had planned to be writing a review of that, but instead I stayed in all weekend…
‘Ghost in the Shell’ revives classic, for better or worse
Cyberpunk is seriously one of the coolest, most over-the-top genres in the film industry. If you don’t get excited when you hear the words, “The sky was the color of…
‘Dough’ yourself a favor, skip out on this sweet treat
If food is art, then cookie dough is the Vincent van Gogh (or van Dough, if you will) of the food world—it evokes passionate thoughts and, while once thought of…
‘This Is Us’ warms the heart, tackles emotional truths
In a life full of what-ifs, there are a few things that I am absolutely positive about. Hearing your own voice on a recording is horrific, diagonally cut sandwiches will…
Spring clean and be savage: cut out your dearest friends
The start of the second half of the semester has brought along many interesting changes to campus; the mounds of snow have melted away, the days are longer, the Deece…
Vassar squirrels prove as trashy as all Founder’s Days
This year we’ve survived our share of Vassar epidemics. Remember when you couldn’t walk through the center TA path to get to the AFC? Or when paper mache German poems…