As the recent acceptance and subsequent rejection of 76 Early Decision two (EDII) applicants made the Vassar campus painfully aware, the secon...

Some of us had rock collections as children, but few of us continued those collections as adults and -and even fewer have rock collections as impressive as Matthew Vassar's. His is not limited to rocks but includes minerals and fossils and is available for...

On Feb. 5 at 5:30 p.m., the Asian Students Association (ASA) celebrated the Lunar New Year by hosting their annual Lunar New Year Dinner, an effort ...

The month of February is typically the doldrums of the sports world. Yet this year, I have found a new way to fill the void of meaningful sports in February: European soccer. ...

In the United States, we value dominance in sports. Unfortunately, in the United States we value something else in sports: being American. ...

Sporting events do not take place in a vacuum. Game dynamics are an intricate interplay of location, athletes, fan participation and atmosphere. Vassar athletics are no exception: Games are influenced by fan participation and turnout. ...

Coming off a year in which he reached the NCAA Championships for the first time, men's fencing Captain Brian Rouse '12 enters his final season at Vassar with goals to repeat his career highlight. ...

Now in her 17th season as head coach of the men's and women's swimming and diving team, Lisl Prater-Lee has always been inspired by the potential of her Brewers. ...

This past weekend, the Vassar women's squash team hosted the Seven Sisters Championships, a competition that brings the Brewers together with teams with which Vassar shares a long history. Though Vassar placed fourth out of four in the compe...

Cydni Matsuoka '14, Captain of the women's basketball team, is no stranger to heroics. Twice this year the sophomore guard gave her team the ...

Over her three-and-a-half years at Vassar College, Caroline Shannon '12 has spent countless hours in the pool and on dry land preparing for meets. The fruits of this effort have been generous, with two times on Vassar's record board in the 200- and 400...

Reacting to Vassar's impressive victory over No. 4 New York University (NYU), new men's volleyball Head Coach Robert Wolter emphasized how his players achieved their first major objective of the se...

While one might expect Vassar coaches to be experts in just one sport, many demonstrate a surprising amount of versatility, teaching physical education classes in fields unrelated to their varsity duties. 'Every coach here has more than just their coac...

This Sunday, millions of people around the country will be watching Super Bowl XLVI. Some want to see the rematch of the Super Bowl four years prior. Others are interested in the new commercials that are set to debut. I, however, will be focusing much ...

The Brewers (10-7 overall) will host the Thoroughbreds (11-6 overall) in a matchup that will go a long way towards determining the teams that will earn spots in the Liberty League tournament. Both squads sit in a tie for fourth place at 4-4 in the conf...

It is one of the more depressing realities of sports that professional athletes, for the most part, rarely ever know when it is time to leave the game and move on with their lives. To be so mindful and introspective as to know precisely when one's tale...

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With the complete digital archives of The Miscellany News now available online, I was able to easily search through the history of food-related stories to find the most tantalizing tastes and unexpected finds. Some of the pieces were written ...

In their first home match of the season, the men's volleyball team upset No. 4 New York University (NYU) 3-0 (25-21, 26-24, 25-22), to improve to 2-1 on the season. The victory marked one of many triumphs for Brewer teams this past weekend, although th...

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For recent college graduates who are looking to make an entrepreneurial splash in the small business start-up scene, finding the funds to fuel their business plans is not always easy. However, Venture for America, a two-year program aimed at colle...

Vassar students often justify their absence from the gym by citing classwork or extracurricular obligations, but a select few have gone the extra mile by not only taking Life Fitness classes, but by teaching them. ...

The program 'Good Morning New York' on the Fox television station WYNW aired an interview that was exceptionally vitriolic towards the College. 'They just think that they can do this and not have to ...

The unprecedented string of laptop thefts committed last semester ended with the arrest of a student in December. Since then, one additional student has been arrested, with an on-going investigation into the possibility of other students involved with ...

Now that the New York Giants are a game away from winning their second Super Bowl in five years, sportswriters such as Bill Simmons and Rick Reilly have brought up the possibility that perhaps Giants quarterback Eli Manning will end up having a better ...

Sports Editor Corey Cohn provides an update on upcoming sports events and games. ...

Ethan Shanley, '12, can play. Does this means scoring 18 points in the Vassar men's basketball teams first win against Union College since 2008-09, or performing on his trumpet for the popular on-...

Whether you wanted to or not, on the evening of Jan. 8, 2012, you most likely were forced to confront some form of the phrase 'TEBOW!!!!' That's because Tim ]]>; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 1.2690137 Sports 'TEBOW!!!!' That's because Tim Sam Scarritt-Selman Sports http://www.miscellanynews.com/2.1580/graham-brings-defensive-recruiting-skills-to-men-s-lax-1.2690130 Jessica Tarantine

Hailing from Defiance College, where he was the program's first-ever head coach, men's lacrosse Head Coach Marc Graham took the reigns of the team just four weeks ago, becoming the eighth head coach in program history. ...

While most Vassar students enjoyed nearly a month away from Poughkeepsie to relax and recuperate for the upcoming semester, a prominent minority returned early to practice their sport and represent the College in interscholastic competition. The w...

With eight players returning, six incoming freshmen and a new head coach, the Vassar men's volleyball team will combine veterans and newcomers in an attempt to improve on last year's fourth place United Volleyball Conference (1.2690121 Sports Jesse Hartman Sports http://www.miscellanynews.com/2.1577/weekly-calendar-01-26-02-01-1.2690119 Alanna Okun
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The Humor and Satire section's guide to this week's events at Vassar. ...

Words with Friends, in its way, feels oddly democratizing. You can play people from high school you haven't spoken to since they tried to copy your ensayo during your AP Spanish exam; you can play ...

When they're good, they can make your paper shine like Poseidon's belt. When they're bad, they can make your paper shine like Poseidon's notoriously unshiny vomit. But did you know that a title ca...

On Jan. 18 the English Wikipedia, Google, Reddit and several thousand other online sites protested the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Pro...

Recently on SayAnything you may have seen a video of an interview with a queer liberation activist named Ryan Conrad. Conrad is a co-founder of Against Equality, an organization that opposes the 'mainstream' gay rights movement. ...

Throughout history, those in power have used the 'divide and conquer' technique (based on gender, race or ethnicity, religion, etc.) to thwart the unity of ordinary working people, though of course, racism and other forms of discrimination are not simp...

Just as members of the Vassar community depend on restaurants such as Twisted Soul and Bacio's as a refreshing change from campus dining, their dependence on us is often overlooked. ...

Professor of Chemistry Marianne Begemann '79, the new dean of Strategic Planning and Academic Resources, knows the College inside and out. ...

84 students stayed in Noyes House this past winter and many others stayed in the Terrace Apartments and Town Houses, with a total of 300 students spending some portion of their break on campus. ...

Are you reading this in a printed newspaper? If so, chances are it's one of the few analogue texts with which you'll interact today, thanks in part to Vassar's computing network and the Computing...

From the canals of Bruges to the cobbled streets of L'viv, every fall and spring semester students choose to venture out of the Vassar campus with its quaint charm to explore the globe. And while often attention is placed on their alluring adventures f...

Despite the wintry weather and eviction notices by the Town of Poughkeepsie Police, protesters part of the Occupy Poughkeepsie movement, pictured below, hold strong to the tenets of their mission. ...

The film starts with ominous music, and depicts a bleak but beautiful landscape. The screen shifts and the title, 'The Thing in the Lake,' appears. As the black-and-white short film continues, it artfully details a scientist's descent into madness. Thi...

Graves, a mezzo-soprano and drama major, has continued to explore her passion for performance while at Vassar. She has always been especially drawn to musical theater, because it combines her two loves of singing and acting. ...

The Office of the Registrar has decided to implement additional hours to improve availability for the student body. Registrar Colleen Mallet implemented the new hours after careful investigation and planning that she has conducted since August 2011. ...

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