The Cine-Files: Nobuhiko Obayashi’s 1977 horror film ‘House’
Some may think that Halloween is officially over; the pumpkins have disappeared and the costumes have returned to the backs of our closets. However, “spooky season” lives on in the…
Day: November 10, 2021
Exploring ‘Larks’ Tongues in Aspic,’ King Crimson’s Dissection of Rock n’ Roll
London progressive rock band King Crimson is name-dropped more than actually heard. For years, critics describing edgy, instrumental-heavy, guitar-forward “progressive” bands would cite King Crimson as an influence. While Crimson…
Rapper Sematary fails to satisfy with mixtape ‘Screaming Forest’
Sematary is a rapper. He’s also his own executive producer, merch designer, music video director and sole founder of the micro-label Haunted Mound; in other words, he plays all the…
Writer Claire Messud delivers William Gifford Lecture
On the evening of Nov. 2, novelist and essay writer Claire Messud delivered the 2021 William Gifford Lecture in Sander’s Spitzer’s Auditorium. Messud’s novels include “The Emperor’s Children,” a New…
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Ewie! Ewie! Ewie! I’ll flush it down the loo-ey! – Anna Kozloski
Pascale Sablan initiates lecture series honoring Vassar architect
Something remarkable about Vassar’s campus is the building labels. Written into the architecture, they remind us of how these buildings house important histories. We might think of the Main Building…
The Art of lying… to yourself
Now we all know that I am a very honest person, especially when it comes to my love for lying. During my time writing for The Miscellany News, I have…
The Nature Report: Mr. Jack Frost has arrived on campus
Say you go out on a nice Tuesday morning. You see something under the building shadows that gives you chills. That right there is evidence that someone has been strutting…
Dutchess County election review
On the heels of last year’s Democratic successes nationwide, Dutchess County Republicans enjoyed a great share of victories in this off-year election. Historically, the opposing party tends to outperform its…
My Military Experience
I never wanted to enlist, but I did. I served four years in the United States Army as an engineer diver. I went to basic training in Fort Leonard Wood,…