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Crew to transition to club team next year, say administration, Athletics Department

Amidst rumors this week surrounding the future of the Vassar crew program, it was announced today that over the course of this year and next, the men and women’s rowing team will transition from a varsity to a club sport, saving Vassar money in its Athletics budget, which—like all areas of the College—will need to reduce its spending in the face of the global economic decline. Full story

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Video | Word on the Street: Dutchess County Voting

Dutchess County elections did not go as smoothly for Vassar students as they would have liked. Find out whether students are voting in Dutchess County and what students think of those who do. Word on the Street November 4 from The Miscellany News on Vimeo. Full story

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Hill replies to Staff Editorial, promises 5 percent pay cut

I write in response to the editorial of Oct. 29 calling for the “symbolic act” of a salary reduction for the senior officers of the College. First I would like to express my appreciation to the editors of the The Miscellany News for recognizing the work our senior officers do daily to “maintain our community whilst preserving the economic health of the College."

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Compensation

Officers gave to Annual Fund last year in lieu of pay cuts this

At the demonstration organized by the Campus Solidarity Working Group (CSWG) on Wednesday, Oct. 14, students, staff and faculty members marched across campus with a rallying call directed at President Catharine Bond Hill: “Who needs a pay cut?” yelled a demonstrator, and the crowd responded in unison.

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Vote Here

Vassar students’ right to vote locally challenged at polls

When Vassar students went to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at Arthur S. May Elementary School, many had their eligibility challenged because of discrepancies between the addresses under which students registered and the addresses where they currently live.

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Halloween shows slight increase in EMS calls from '08

This Halloween saw more calls to Vassar College Emergency Medical Services (EMS) than any other night in the history of EMS’s record keeping. There were 20 calls to EMS, four of which had to be passed straight to the Arlington Fire Department because EMS was too occupied to take them.

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VSA Survey to focus on economy this year

On Wednesday, Nov. 4, the Vassar Student Association (VSA) Executive Board released its annual VSA Survey. The survey—meant to gauge student opinion on issues the Executive Board has been grappling with—has in the past garnered data that has helped precipitate “concrete policy changes,” said VSA Vice President for Operations Brian Farkas ’10.

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Features

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Chicken, chard and polenta serve up plenty of flavor

To view this recipe in images, visit the Miscellany's photojournalism blog Exposure to see Scout MacEachron's photoessay for this meal. Alas, I’ve waited as long as I could: chicken. It’s that quintessential fowl that everything exotic “tastes like;” the perpetual favorite of picky eaters; the true gastronomic blank canvas; it’s more popular than just about any food you can imagine and as versatile as duct tape. 1 comment

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Senior geology major Reitman spends a summer in the Gobi

What do Kingston, N.Y. and the Gobi desert have in common? Just ask Nadine Reitman, a senior who spent the summer conducting paleo-bio-geographic research on the Gobi-Altai Terrane in Southeast Mongolia. In laypersons’ terms, Reitman spent four weeks figuring out what kinds of organisms lived in that particular “block of the earth’s crust” 400 million years ago.

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Hill replies to Staff Editorial, promises 5 percent pay cut

I write in response to the editorial of Oct. 29 calling for the “symbolic act” of a salary reduction for the senior officers of the College. First I would like to express my appreciation to the editors of the The Miscellany News for recognizing the work our senior officers do daily to “maintain our community whilst preserving the economic health of the College."

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Staff Editorial | In face of changes to curriculum, students must utilize peer liaisons

By now it’s no secret that the College has asked all academic departments to consider how they can save money within their program—whether through fewer team-taught courses or more cross listing—the curriculum, like all arenas of the institution, will have to make sacrifices in order to help the College reconfigure budget allocations and nurse losses to the endowment.

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Arts

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Bahrani to discuss new independent film

A North Carolina native is making waves in the international film community. Ramin Bahrani’s bold and independent films have earned him acclaim worldwide, and The Chicago-Sun Times’ Roger Ebert even said that “Ramin Bahrani is the new great American director.

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Interactive murder mystery invades parlors of Main Building

We all know, or are at least vaguely familiar with, the story: Six colorful guests arrive at a dinner party only to find out that the host has been murdered. Who did it? Where? With what? From the classic murder-mystery board game first published in 1949, to the endless spin-offs and the hilarious ’80s film, there is no doubt that Clue has become a pop culture staple over the past few decades.

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Sports

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Crew to transition to club team over next two years

Amidst rumors this week surrounding the future of the Vassar crew program, it was announced today that over the course of this year and next, the men and women’s rowing team will transition from a varsity to a club sport, saving Vassar money in its Athletics budget, which—like all areas of the College—will need to reduce its spending in the face of the global economic decline. 29 comments

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Volleyball named Invitational Champions

After a 0-4 performance in last year’s Vassar Volleyball Invitational, the women’s volleyball team won the title at this year’s event, improving their regular season record to 20-8. En route to their Invitational Championship, Vassar went 3-1 defeating Sage College, University of Rochester and the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia before eventually losing to Stevens Institute of Technology.

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Butterbeer Brewers take to their brooms at Middlebury

Imagine yourself taking a quick study break to stare pensively out the window. Suddenly, a shimmering, hot pink object hurtles through your field of vision, leaving you stunned as you watch a single broom fiber float back to earth.Chances are you just witnessed one of the famed and historic Butterbeer Broooers taking her broom out for a practice flight.

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Multimedia

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Video | Word on the Street: Dutchess County Voting

Dutchess County elections did not go as smoothly for Vassar students as they would have liked. Find out whether students are voting in Dutchess County and what students think of those who do. Word on the Street November 4 from The Miscellany News on Vimeo.

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A visit to Poughkeepsie's Rural Cemetery

A crisp, colorful October day is certainly one of the finest for visiting a cemetery, and no finer cemetery than the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, where several important figures from the history of the College currently reside, including the founder himself.

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A tour of Vassar's history | The life of Matthew Vassar

This is the first in a series of audio-slideshows about the history of Vassar College based on a walking tour with Dean Emeritus of the College Colton Johnson. In this segment, Johnson narrates the life of the College's founder up to Vassar's commitment to found the College. 1 comment

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