Mayor-elect Rob Rolison discusses local crime rates
courtesy of Rob Rolison In the last issue of The Miscellany News, an analysis of Mayor-Elect of the City of Poughkeepsie Rob Rolison’s policies and plans for Poughkeepsie’s future explored…
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Reaffirming community support crucial in wake of video
In September, a reporter from the online journal service Project Veritas posed as a student and surreptitiously took a video of interim Title IX coordinator and Assistant Director of of…
Community works to equip migrant women with job skills
Last Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the ALANA Center, Rural & Migrant Ministry, Daughters of Sarah and Poder Latin@ hosted a fundraiser for rural women. Selling Jamaican, Mexican…
VC should rethink interactions with greater community
The tangible divide between Vassar and the surrounding Town of Poughkeepsie is clear in the minds of most students. Living on campus means living inside the mythical “Vassar bubble,” in…
VAST’s educational efforts venture into community
Courtesy of Poebe Magee “What they’re trying to do, I told Phoebe that, in Louisiana, that’s how I became the person that graduated from high school,” VAST student-worker Cody…
New library director looks to connect with community
After a year-long search, Andrew Ashton has been selected to become the College’s new Director of the Libraries. The Director of the Libraries oversees all operations and activities for all…
New security director looks to rebuild community trust
As announced in an all-campus email this summer from Dean of the College Christopher Roellke, the College has officially appointed Arlene Sabo as the new Director of Safety and Security.…
Alumnae/i strive to provide opportunities for students
One of Vassar’s hallmarks is its uniquely involved student community; I remember my admissions interviewer, who had just graduated nine months before, telling me that Vassar was a place that…
A Raymond Ave. staple, My Market considers student needs
Nearly 15 years ago, Alli Safari came to America as an Iranian refugee; today, he owns My Market and calls Vassar students his family. He stands behind the deli counter…
Alum enlists VC women for community development
Many students aspire to work for a non-profit organization and better the world they live in, but few decide to create an organization of their own. Women’s Power Space was…