Instead of taking advantage of the obvious, Lauren Oyler’s style of thinking and joking is more critical—critical in a way I consider intrinsically optimistic. Her work is instilled with a…
Muhammad Ali said it best: “Champions aren’t made in gyms…” He was right, especially when it comes to cornhole. Instead, they are made behind the dumpsters of the Athletics and…
I hate open-ended assignments. This hate is just one facet of my deep-seated desire to avoid making decisions. Sitting here attempting to reflect on the entirety of the last four…
In my four years at the Misc, I have copy-edited and made posts about hundreds of articles, yet I have never written one myself. However, I knew that I wanted…
To the Misc: The summer after my first year at Vassar, I felt so disconnected. I looked back on the beginning of my time at college and saw a blur…
During my first year at Vassar I was also featured in the commencement issue, so I guess my life really has come full circle. In that issue I detailed my…
Le printemps vera, we said, and it did. Creeped up on us in greens and pinks and purples and buttercup yellow. Around December, I start to really miss the smell…
I have been thinking about inheriting, holding paper and emptying shelves. I once had pages and plastics scattered about my desk, strewn open for a quick reference, some blanketed with…
“Even though I felt awful, and I knew beforehand that I was going to feel awful, it was still an exciting thing. I look back on it and I still…
