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Day: May 23, 2026
Class of 2026 reflects on four years at Vassar
Prior to starting their freshman year at Vassar College, most students take a tour of the campus. Spending hours in planes, trains and automobiles, optimistic high school students walk down…
EiC hides from saying goodbye
I have been procrastinating writing this retrospective. Truthfully, I have been procrastinating many of the things that will make up the “lasts” of my Vassar career: turning in my final…
That time my pink eye made the front page
You can imagine the shock, dear reader, when the story of my pink eye appeared on the front page our first semester. It was November. It was probably chilly out…
Promising to stay curious
Last week, my friends and I were close to skipping down the TA path in pure bliss, making our way to the Lisa Kudrow talk. As an avid “Friends” fan,…
I sure will misc you
In the last year, my answer to “What are your plans tonight?” has become a nearly automated response: “The Misc.” “Sorry, I’m busy, I have the paper!” “Production night, per…
Former Editor-in-Chief tells all
I am going to begin with an anecdote my mother has told me to never admit. Sorry, Mom. During my first week at Vassar, I went to Professor Amitava Kumar’s…
Think critically, question everything
The more articles I have not written for The Misc, the more material I have for this one. I write this piece thinking about all the columns I decided against—those…
Senior stands on the precipice, content
My mother made me a writer at a young age. She isn’t one. She didn’t even have any favorites that she shared with me, either. She just made me read…
Games lover games on
I have lived on the back page of the paper for almost four years. There’s very little I’ve done for four years at Vassar. I’ve known The Misc longer than…
Goodbye Misc, thank you for the conversations
Not knowing where to begin this piece, I took a trip down memory lane trying to remember what I wrote for The Miscellany News my first year at Vassar. Turns…