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…
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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…
Senior Retrospective: Rhys Johnson
Unlike some of my more gifted friends, I have never been blessed with a particularly vivid memory. During conversations with fellow seniors about our time here, I have found myself…
Senior Retrospective: Nicholas Crooks
It’s absolutely terrifying how quickly time flies. It feels like just yesterday that I had arrived in my dad’s truck, lanyard around my neck, excited for my orientation and beginning…
Senior Retrospective: Kïarã Bhagwanjee
Michelle Obama made a timely appearance on my Instagram feed today announcing the release of her biography, Becoming. In her caption she wrote, “…think about your own story and trust…
Senior Retrospective: Frank Najarro Izquierdo
It’s raining outside. I’m sitting in the new Deece watching people go by, getting eggs, bowls of fruit, and giving each other goodbye hugs; the summer looms, hidden behind the…
Senior Retrospective: Matt Stein
Since this is my senior retrospective and will be handed out during commencement, I should make a few things clear to my family first. 1. I’m bi. It’s not technically…
Senior Retrospective: Clark Xu
Vassar is a happy place for squirrels. The campus is designed for pedestrians, not cars. There are a lot of trees. And free trash. But not everybody would say that…
Senior Retrospective: Hannah Nice
“Hey, don’t I follow you on Instagram?” In 2014, on a crisp fall day, I stopped a girl in my ART 105 section outside of the library. For a few…
Senior Retrospective: Josh Schwartz
I didn’t realize how much of my identity was tethered to studenthood until I was forced to face a future without school. Throughout my (nearly) twenty-two years, the thing that…