By: Molly Turpin

Vassar’s sesquicentennial celebration will commence on Jan. 18, 2011. The Miscellany News suggests you prepare yourself. While the College gets ready for the commemoration of its 150th anniversary and the chance to look forward to the next 150 years...

By: Aashim Usgaonkar, News Editor

Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the eight senior officers are the top administrators of the College, each leading a certain administrative division. The senior officers chair many of the key committees, on which student representatives sit, and work c...

By: Molly Turpin

Sesquicentennial. It’s not a word that is bandied about too often, but get ready to hear it virtually on a daily basis. The repetition will make picking up the spelling and pronunciation that much easier. As the College’s 150th anniversary app...

By: Molly Turpin

Unless you spend a lot of time with the Vassar Student Association (VSA), the inner workings of the Council can sometimes seem a little inaccessible. However, while there are 24 members of the Council, all Vassar students are members of the VSA and all VS...

By: Molly Turpin

  Though you will undoubtedly become a pro within a week of starting classes, at first glance your course schedule may seem...

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The Vassar Student Association (VSA) Executive Board represents every Vassar student. The Board consists of the President and five vice presidents, each charged with working towards improvements of a specific area of the College. They serve as liaisons to...

By: Angela Aiuto and Matthew Brock

Vassar began the 2009-2010 academic year still picking up the pieces from the economic collapse. With its endowment over $200 million lighter than in 2008, it was clear that the Vassar community was not finished making sacrifices....

By: Andy Marmer

Athletics have become a fundamental aspect of College life for Vassar students; with 25 varsity teams, a series of club teams and various recreational activities offered throughout the year, Vassar students can find plenty opportunities to be up and activ...

By: The Editors

Vassar College has over 125 VSA-certified organizations offering students opportunities to explore any interest at any level. Whatever you are interested in—be it singing, finance, debate, writing, photography, activism, juggling, politics or the ou...

By: Ruby Cramer, Editor in Chief

Your first months at Vassar will without a doubt be some of the most exciting and exhilarating of your life—they may also, however, be the most confusing. Wonder what UpCDC is? Want to know how to find a professor's e-mail address? ...

By: Ruby Cramer

When one considers the issues that lie ahead for the 2009-10 academic year, it is difficult—perhaps almost impossible—to not think first to the economic health of the College; following the global recession last winter, Vassar, like all its pe...

By: Ruby Cramer, Editor in Chief

Your first months at Vassar will without a doubt be some of the most exciting and exhilarating of your life—they may also, however, be the most confusing. Wonder what UpCDC is? Want to know how to find a professor's e-mail address? Or how about wher...

By: Lila Teeters, Contributing Editor

The majority of Vassar students live in one of the College’s nine residential houses during their first three years at Vassar. Incoming students are randomly assigned to one of these houses—with the exception of the women who ask to live in th...

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Every student attending Vassar is a member of the Vassar Student Association (VSA). Six students in particular, however, who make up the VSA Executive Board are instrumental in acting on behalf of the entire student body; the VSA President and the five VS...

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It may seem simple to upperclassman, but—for someone who has never seen TR, BH, NRO or Cor Seq1 on a schedule before—deciphering a Vassar Ask Banner schedule the first time might be a daunting, if not slightly confusing, task. Below you will f...

By: Elizabeth Pacheco

Athletics have become a fundamental aspect of College life for Vassar students across campus; with 25 varsity teams, a series of club teams and various recreational activities offered throughout the year, Vassar students can find plenty opportunities to b...