Good coffee is not about your choices, it’s about your process
In my imagination, college students go on dates. Cafes (or “coffee shop,” if you prefer to invoke New York speech) serve as popular venues for these fanciful rendezvous. At Vassar,…
Opinions
Iowa cheated all of us, but Bernie especially
Those of us who consider Bernie Sanders to be the best candidate in the 2020 race won in Iowa. We were victorious, having won the popular vote by a margin…
Letter to the Editor
I read with interest your article titled “Developments to change local landscape” regarding the Arthur S. May school redevelopment. One critical component that did not come out about this project…
Quite Frankly
Dear Frankie, Since I’ve started attending Vassar, I feel like I have made good strides towards becoming a somebody. I’m happy with my progress. Yet recently, after having pulled myself…
Confessions of a former Warren supporter
Let me begin by stating that, no matter the results of the primary, the Democratic party must unite behind whoever wins the nomination. In the event that Senator Elizabeth Warren…
Big tech, big oil unite to destroy the planet
School is back. Syllabi have been distributed and class schedules finalized, so the average Vassar student is sure to be scouring Amazon for used textbooks. What this online search replaces,…
Letter to the Editor
As indicated in the January 30 edition of The Miscellany News, Vassar’s Inn & Institute (I/I) project is facing some serious hurdles before any demolition or construction can begin. Alas,…
Quite Frankly
Hey Frankie, How do you tell people to just stop talking, please? Sincerely, Silence Seeker Dear Frankie, I live in a house with very thin walls, and my neighbors are…
How to write an opinion, not just have one
Over winter break I read a 600-page novel called “Ada.” It had beautiful prose, multilingual jokes and an intricate-bordering-on-incomprehensible plot, all of which I thoroughly enjoyed. I realized however, the…
Let’s can Cannes: Buying an internship is just ludicrous
The Cannes Film Festival Internship claims, “It’s so much more than an internship!” That’s because it’s also a scam. As a sophomore who hopes to make a career of media…