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Day: May 21, 2023
Class of ’23 celebrates final weeks at Vassar
Families from around the country and the world flew in to watch their beloved Class of 2023 seniors graduate in Vassar’s 159th Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 21, 2023. Speaking…
Students celebrate ‘Lost at Sea’ Founder’s Day
Vassar students, faculty and alumnae/i gathered on April 29 to celebrate the Vassar tradition, Founder’s Day. This year’s theme was apt for the rainy Saturday, as students dressed for “Lost…
Start your summer right with these Arts Editor favorites
Film: “Punch-Drunk Love” directed by Paul Thomas Anderson “Punch-Drunk Love” follows Barry Egan (played by Adam Sandler), an unmarried businessman who struggles with loneliness, anxiety and emotional outbursts due to…
Professor Prairie Rose Goodwin finishes first full year at Vassar
This semester, Professor Prairie Rose Goodwin finished her first year as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science. A Vassar alumna, she graduated in 2012 as a computer science major…
Drawing three different maps of the Library
“Study week” is the official term for the nebulous time period that might better be called “hang out in the library week.” Studying comes and goes—library navigation is eternal.…
How to say goodbye to Vassar as a senior
Saying goodbye is probably one of my least favorite things…probably my least favorite. I hate saying goodbye at the end of dinner, at the end of a party and most…
Vassar athletics excel in Spring 2023 season
This spring, Vassar athletic teams did not disappoint. Throughout the semester teams excelled on a national stage and went further in conference competition than ever before. Men’s Volleyball …
Senior Retrospective: Outgoing Editor-in-Chief writes goodbye letter to The Misc
Dear The Miscellany News, I’ve written multiple drafts of this retrospective, but none of them have felt quite right. At first, I thought it was because I hadn’t yet found…
Senior Retrospective: Knitting together a newspaper: Thoughts from a past EiC
This semester, the final spring of my senior year, I learned how to knit. On a dark Sunday evening sometime in February, my friend Taylor sat down next to me…
Senior Retrospective: I hope I am more than a mark on a wall
One of my grad school application statements begins like this: “Late at 3 a.m. in The Miscellany News’ office, I skimmed the walls of my office where former Editors-in-Chief had…