Vassar hosts state legislative forum for women’s rights
“I just wanted us to remember that this was a women’s college,” President Elizabeth Bradley acknowledged, a recognition that was met with the whoops and claps of those in attendance.…
Day: April 18, 2019
Activism addresses egregious MidHudson health care
[TW: This article discusses suicide, depression, and inappropriate medical and psychiatric treatment.] When Rachel Sipress ’21 checked themselves into MidHudson Regional Hospital on Saturday, March 31, they had no idea…
Author Jamaica Kincaid muses on landscape, memory
[Correction (Thursday, Apr. 18): We issued a reprint of this edition of The Miscellany News due to an error in identifying the individual on the cover photo, which was for…
Noteworthy newcomers show off in debut NBA season
As the final buzzer sounded on the NBA regular season, the journeys of 14 teams ended early. The beginning of the playoffs exhibits a new generation of players like Jamal…
Quite Frankly
Have a question you want answered? Submit your quandaries at http://bit.ly/2RFnXfk Hey Frankie, You ever feel like your life is just a never-ending list of responsibilities and things to do?…
Lecture honors contemporary Haudenosaunee artists
In today’s world, it seems that non-Natives view the terms “contemporary art” and “Indigenous art” as incompatible. As a result, Native American artists often struggle to find their identities as…
Don’t drop the mic: Oregon State must hire beloved Parker
“For the third time in the modern era, it is my joy and honor to say,‘The Beavers are the National Champions!’” If you are not a sports fan from the…
Horoscopes
Aries It’s easy to procrastinate. None of us like doing work, so why are we still doing it? Ponder all of your life choices every hour of every day of…
VSA Updates
Updates from the VSA meeting of April 14, 2019 Consensus Agenda – Passed Pre-Approved Allocations: 93.95/93.95 from Capital to Big Night In for horseshoe game set and water guns for…
International Studies excursion contextualizes Brexit
In 1987, 62 faculty and students undertook the first INTL 160 study trip in Vassar history to investigate Gorbachev’s glasnost reforms in the Soviet Union. In 2019, 30 Vassar students…