Senior Retrospectives: Bryan Ruby
After transferring to Vassar, leaving school, planting roots in the music industry and returning to graduate, Bryan Ruby reflects on a collegiate career full of unexpected twists. It was 2:08…
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Senior Retrospectives: Charlotte Varcoe-Wolfson
When I was growing up, my family had a book that listed many miscellaneous things, and then stated, “But the important thing about worms is that they wiggle.” As I…
Senior Retrospectives: Jesser Horowitz
I can’t remember how many times freshman year I wanted to transfer. It had a been a difficult, two-semester transition: Vassar wasn’t my first choice school, and I was still…
Senior Retrospectives: Jimmy Christon
One time, in a film class that I took my first year, we were doing small group discussions and I got in a disagreement with someone. At one point in…
Senior Retrospectives: Kimberly Nguyen
On the first day of Orientation, when everyone told me that college just flies by, I didn’t believe it. In the moment, time doesn’t seem to move at all. Each…
Senior Retrospectives: Noah Purdy
Noah Purdy is an art history major with correlates in Greek and Roman Studies and French and Francophone Studies. During his four years at The Miscellany News, he has served…
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…
Senior Retrospectives: Tamar Ballard
I’m writing this while sitting in my room in SoCo 3. It’s humid, even with the fan on. I’ve sat in this spot on my bed so much that my…
Senior Retrospectives: Talya Phelps
Talya Phelps is a film major with a correlate in educational studies. In her four years at The Miscellany News, she has served as Editor-in-Chief, Contributing Editor, Senior Editor and…
Vassar vet responds to moral injury lecture
On April 25, 2019 Georgetown Professor of Philosophy Nancy Sherman gave a lecture titled “Moral Injury and Resilience through a Stoic Lens: Homecomings for Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans.” In her lecture, she…