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Day: April 24, 2024
The case for peasant girl summer
As the end of the year draws closer, an eternal question looms: what kind of summer will we be having? Hot girl summer? Coastal grandmother summer? Tankini summer? We at…
Quiz: Which career is the best fit for you?
Ahem. Hello there! Good day, and welcome to my office. Yes, that hanging plant is new. Thank you for noticing. Anyway, you’re here because you want my fabulous career advice.…
Meet Dave, the guy who always has fewer finals than you
“Huh? A final? What’s that?” In the days leading up to Study Period, you may notice a student who sits in the Retreat and appears to have absolutely no work…
Reflections from the Opinions Section
This is my last article for The Miscellany News. I graduate in less than a month and move on to my next chapter. As I get closer to May 19,…
Social media can enable an empathy revolution
The paradoxical anti-sociality of social media is well-documented. For example, a recent 2023 study shows a heightened level of loneliness in social media users motivated by maintaining social ties. Despite…
Letter to the Editor: Student support for BDS silenced by College
[Disclaimer: VSJP has adopted certain grammatical and stylistic choices in this article as a political tool of resistance.] To the Vassar Community, As israel continues its campaign of genocidal violence…
Faculty and students unite to form IM soccer team
Outside of Vassar’s varsity athletics scene, there is a strong intramural (IM) sports community on campus, which includes a diverse range of sports. While it is mostly students who participate…
Demystifying Vassar’s rugby teams
Imagine this: It is a perfect September day in 2021 just after my first-year orientation week. My eyes lock onto the blue sky as I exit the one and only…
Boston sports lover discusses fair weather fandom
I have always feared being a fair weather fan. It is a hard-hitting insult levied in the game we sometimes play as sports enjoyers: Who likes, or loves, our team…