Senior Retrospectives: Steven Park
Steven Park is a cognitive science major with a correlate in both biology and computer science. During his four years at The Miscellany News, he has served as the science…
Steven Park
Giving back: Why we need to take better care of Vassar
As students who live at Vassar for nine months every year, we probably have the strongest opinions when it comes to the topic of its dorms and apartments. From the…
Correction from the Editor
On April 3, 2019, The Miscellany News published an article submitted by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) that implicated President Elizabeth Bradley of conducting business with an “apartheid state,”…
Baldwin diagnoses all Vassar students as terminally ill
Vassar College has recently announced that it will tragically close its doors for good after Baldwin Health Services reported that the majority of students on campus seem to be terminally…
“How cute”: Obsessive infatuation promotes disrespect
[TW: This piece contains discussion of animal cruelty and abuse.] Given the current state of the world, things look rather bleak. The bad news never seems to end as stories…
Scientist vs. publisher: Sci-Hub reveals flaws in academia
At first glance, 23-year-old Alexandra Elbakyan seems like a typical science graduate student. Born and raised in Kazakhstan, Elbakyan spent her childhood reading books about dinosaurs and evolution and later…
Americans fight for right to commit vehicular homicide
Last Friday, a large crowd of angry, white protesters assembled outside the steps of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., as part of an ongoing nationwide movement to change…
Electric vehicles alone will not solve climate change
For a species heading toward eventual planetary self-destruction at the hands of climate change, we sure love to drag our feet when it comes to stopping this cataclysmic collision course…
Millennials should ‘kill’ more industries
Did you hear the terrifying news? The United States is under attack by a dangerous group of serial killers who are single-handedly crippling the economy and destroying the moral fiber…
History of women in science deserves heed
For some unfathomable reason, modern society in the 21st century seems to be stuck with the antiquated notion that science is a field primarily for men. While we have made…