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"Haley Schoenegge ’27 has accomplished many firsts as a Vassar athlete, holding more school records than one can count o...
03/29/2025

"Haley Schoenegge ’27 has accomplished many firsts as a Vassar athlete, holding more school records than one can count on a hand. On March 15, 2025, Schoenegge added to her firsts, becoming the first Vassar Brewer to win two National Titles when she won the women’s indoor mile at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at Nazareth University. Schoenegge posted a time of 4:47.04, a career best and good for the 11th-fastest time in NCAA Division III history. The time was over two seconds faster than the runner up, setting a Nazareth University facility record."
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Read Henry France’s “Brewers Ballin: Schoenegge wins another national championship” by clicking the link below.
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📸 Image courtesy of Haley Schoenegge ’27
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https://miscellanynews.org/2025/03/26/sports/brewers-ballin-schoenegge-wins-another-national-championship/

"On Feb. 14, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) Office of Civil Rights released a letter clarifying the Trump admini...
03/29/2025

"On Feb. 14, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) Office of Civil Rights released a letter clarifying the Trump administration’s position on schools’ obligations to adhere to nondiscrimination laws if they wish to receive federal funding. Known as the 'Dear Colleague' Letter (DCL), the memo singled out Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives as racially discriminatory for 'smuggling' racial stereotypes and discrimination into everyday curricula. Although a footnote clarified that the DCL does not have the force of law, it “advised” educational institutions—from preschool to postsecondary—to ensure their policies complied with the government’s interpretation of federal law no later than Feb. 28, two weeks after the memo’s release.⁠"
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Read Julian Balsley’s “No changes planned in face of Trump Dept. of Ed.” by clicking the link below.
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📸 Tori Kim/The Miscellany News.

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/03/26/news/no-changes-planned-in-face-of-trump-dept-of-ed/
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"The Vassar Student Association (VSA) recently passed a bill to provide free laundry for all students starting in Fall 2...
03/05/2025

"The Vassar Student Association (VSA) recently passed a bill to provide free laundry for all students starting in Fall 2025. This weekend, I caught up with a few campus washers and dryers to hear their thoughts on the big change."
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Read Nicholas Tillinghast’s “Washers and dryers weigh in on the free laundry bill” by clicking the link below.
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📸 Nicholas Tillinghast/The Miscellany News
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https://miscellanynews.org/2025/02/26/humor/washers-and-dryers-weigh-in-on-the-free-laundry-bill/

"The era of respectability politics, long on the decline, can officially be called dead. Loud voices and aggressive mess...
03/05/2025

"The era of respectability politics, long on the decline, can officially be called dead. Loud voices and aggressive messages that push for an absolute use of available powers have prevailed. America is currently ruled by right-wing populists who take accusations of power-mongering and immorality as points on their resume when polling their electorate. The Democratic Party, and America’s Left in general is in disarray, reeling from the transition from the Right hammering on the window to now clearing out the house of America’s political and cultural mainstream. Names being thrown out to combat this crisis in 2028 include career politicians such as Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer or previous Vice President and failed 2024 candidate Kamala Harris. I say it is time for something different. The left needs a populist candidate and platform, preferably from a political outsider."
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Read Ben Kaplan’s “The case for Stephen A. Smith and liberal populism” by clicking the link below.
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📸 Image courtesy of Gene Waddy ’27.
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https://miscellanynews.org/2025/02/26/opinions/the-case-for-stephen-a-smith-and-liberal-populism/

"On March 9, 2009, the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls found themselves in a double overtime battle, the score deadlocked a...
03/05/2025

"On March 9, 2009, the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls found themselves in a double overtime battle, the score deadlocked at 127-127. As the possibility of a third overtime loomed, Dwayne Wade stole the ball, raced down the court, launched a three-pointer off one foot and drained it, nothing but net. As the buzzer rang and the crowd exploded into a frenzy, Wade made a beeline to the scorers table, jumped onto it and declared, 'This is my house.'"
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Read Nicolas Villamil’s “Butler’s Heat legacy transcends rings” by clicking the link below.
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https://miscellanynews.org/2025/02/26/sports/butlers-heat-legacy-transcends-rings/

"Growing up in a big sports household, weekends meant gathering around the TV with my dad, grabbing Fritos and watching ...
03/05/2025

"Growing up in a big sports household, weekends meant gathering around the TV with my dad, grabbing Fritos and watching whatever game was on. The channel was never the question—until now. Streaming has become the new normal, and as the years pass, the convenience of traditional cable is eroding. Every league, team and tech giant seems to be moving onto different streaming services, leaving me bouncing between ESPN+, Apple TV+, Peacock and others just simply watch a game. It feels like the sports world has embraced streaming and plunged headfirst. As a fan, I am trying to figure out if I am sinking or swimming."

Read Holland Kaplan's "How sports streaming has turned fans into subscription jugglers" by clicking the link below.

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/02/26/sports/how-sports-streaming-has-turned-fans-into-subscription-jugglers/

"I was walking out of Gordon Commons with my girlfriend the other day. Someone was walking a few feet before us and push...
03/04/2025

"I was walking out of Gordon Commons with my girlfriend the other day. Someone was walking a few feet before us and pushed open the door without looking back. My girlfriend said something like, “people are so rude here!” which has become her catchphrase at this point."

Read Jacob Cifuentes' "Can we do better: Is empathy a sin?" by reading the link below.

📸: Image courtesy of Berk Meral/The Miscellany News.

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/02/26/opinions/can-we-do-better-is-empathy-a-sin/

"To the Vassar Community, We are writing with a public health notice. As you may know, cases of avian flu (bird flu) hav...
03/04/2025

"To the Vassar Community,

We are writing with a public health notice. As you may know, cases of avian flu (bird flu) have been detected in the United States recently, and we have been taking full precautions against it on campus. Recently, a new strain of the flu has been discovered: piscine flu, also known as fish flu. Symptoms of piscine flu include coughing, sneezing, staring at people with your mouth open like a fish, developing gills and fever."

Read Josie Wenner's "[Students] Public Health Notice - Fish Flu" by clicking the link below.

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/02/26/humor/students-public-health-notice-fish-flu/

"If you were part of the New York City club scene in the ’80s or ’90s—which no students reading this were—you would have...
03/04/2025

"If you were part of the New York City club scene in the ’80s or ’90s—which no students reading this were—you would have known Chloe Dzubilo. Or, as poet and blogger Jeremiah Moss said, 'If you didn’t know her, you noticed her.' You might have seen her performing at clubs, or milling about the crowd, educating people on HIV. You might have seen her name listed as editor in a magazine you opened, or her face on the cover. But if you were not there, in and at that moment, you likely have never had the opportunity to notice her at all. It seems as though knowledge of Dzubilo is as ingrained in the scene as she was."

Read Nikola Parker Cooperman's "An artist you never got to know: Remembering Chloe Dzubilo" by clicking the link below.

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/02/26/arts/an-artist-you-never-got-to-know-remembering-chloe-dzubilo/

"If you have ever taken an evening stroll by the AULA and heard the echo of hands clapping and heels stomping to the voi...
03/02/2025

"If you have ever taken an evening stroll by the AULA and heard the echo of hands clapping and heels stomping to the voices of Shania Twain, Shaboozey or Keith Urban through the brick walls and windows, you have likely stumbled across Vassar’s new and only line dancing organization: the Do Si Darlings. Founded at the start of the spring semester, the club invites any and all skill levels to spend one night a week spinning and shuffling to pop and country music in a positive, low-pressure environment. On February 19th, I spoke to the Do Si Darlings’ founder Marley Correll ’28 about her motivations for this new group on campus.⁠"
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Read Sydney Jones’s “Do Si Darlings: The new line dancing club on campus” by clicking the link below.
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📸 Sydney Jones/The Miscellany News

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/02/26/features/do-si-darlings-the-new-line-dancing-club-on-campus/
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"On Wednesday, Feb. 19, Dr. Ira Helfand delivered a lecture in Rockefeller Hall to a group of concerned students, profes...
03/02/2025

"On Wednesday, Feb. 19, Dr. Ira Helfand delivered a lecture in Rockefeller Hall to a group of concerned students, professors and other members of the greater Vassar community. Bekir Hodzic ’26 and Rahul Raghuraman ’27 introduced Helfand, a member of the International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which won the Nobel Prize in 2017. Helfand is also former president of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), a founding partner of ICAN and recipient of the Nobel Prize in 1985. Additionally, he is the co-founder and former president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, the U.S. affiliate of the IPPNW."⁠
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Read Ian Watanabe & Soren Fischer’s “Nobel peace prize winner warns students about nuclear war” by clicking the link below.
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📸 Soren Fischer/The Miscellany News

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/02/26/news/nobel-peace-prize-winner-warns-students-about-nuclear-war/
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"On Saturday, Feb. 22, the Bike Shop transformed into a worthy rival of Bob Boilen’s cubicle as Vassar Tiny Desk recorde...
03/02/2025

"On Saturday, Feb. 22, the Bike Shop transformed into a worthy rival of Bob Boilen’s cubicle as Vassar Tiny Desk recorded three new episodes. The Strong House basement pipes supported a tangle of string lights, accessorized with rubber duck charms. On the walls: spray-painted bunny faces, Bike Shop’s operating schedule, cardboard cut-outs of piping plovers, posters for the Vassar Student Labor Dialogue, student artwork and a tool board. My observation spot, mindfully out-of-shot, was the dumping ground for mic stands, spare tires, locks, cowboy boots, camera bags, a Minion plush and empty Yerba Mate tins."
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Read Charlotte Robertson’s “Vassar Tiny Desk returns to recording” by clicking the link below.
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📸 Charlotte Robertson/The Miscellany News

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/02/26/arts/vassar-tiny-desk-returns-to-recording/
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"The NBA celebrated its 50th annual All-Star weekend in San Francisco, and many viewers, players, commentators and NBA l...
03/01/2025

"The NBA celebrated its 50th annual All-Star weekend in San Francisco, and many viewers, players, commentators and NBA legends were thoroughly disappointed, again. The 2024 All-Star game in Indianapolis completely face-planted: The once-exciting NBA Dunk Contest turned into yet another mediocre showing, and the All-Star game finished with a mind-boggling score of 211-186. It was fairly obvious to fans that none of the players were taking the game seriously; no defense was being played and some players were simply lethargic on the court. When asked about this, Golden State Warriors superstar guard Steph Curry said, 'We need to change. We need some new life, new juice in the game.'"

Read Armaan Desai's "NBA All-Star weekend unveils new, controversial format" by clicking the link below.

📸: Image courtesy of Erik Drost via Wikimedia Commons

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/02/26/sports/nba-all-star-weekend-unveils-new-controversial-format/

"Sometimes, Vassar invites academics and creatives to come give talks to the Vassar community. Other times, the Vassar c...
03/01/2025

"Sometimes, Vassar invites academics and creatives to come give talks to the Vassar community. Other times, the Vassar community decides to bring scholars to itself.

Such was the case with a recent talk by writer and thinker Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs, author of “Survival is a Promise: the Eternal Life of Audre Lorde.” Supported in tandem by the Africana Studies and Women, Feminist, and Q***r Studies Departments, Gumbs came to Vassar last Wednesday to discuss her recent book, which Publishers Weekly named a Top Ten Book of the Year."

Read Aurelia Harrison's "Dr. Gumbs discusses Audre Lorde, builds community" by clicking the link below.

📸: Image courtesy of Aurelia Harrison ’28.

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/02/26/features/dr-gumbs-discusses-audre-lorde-builds-community/

"Vassar’s Race and Racism in Historical Collections Working Group held a workshop on Wednesday, Feb. 19 revisiting the B...
03/01/2025

"Vassar’s Race and Racism in Historical Collections Working Group held a workshop on Wednesday, Feb. 19 revisiting the Black Studies sit-in that took place in Main Building 55 years ago this past fall. The workshop was part of the Working Group’s mission to re-analyze and educate current students about the complex racial history of Vassar. The Working Group invited students to a crowded Class of ’51 Reading Room to explore the historical context of the sit-in and the reactions to it from the College community and those around the country. Students were given access to copies of numerous documents from the College’s historical archives, including the demands of the Student Afro-American Society (SAS), who organized the sit-in, as well as newspaper clippings covering the event."

Read Hadley Amato's "Event revisits 1969 Main Building occupation" by clicking the link below.

📸: Image courtesy of The Miscellany News.

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/02/26/news/event-revisits-1969-main-building-occupation/

"Name: Adelaide (Addie) Wiener Year: JuniorTeam: Women’s swim and diveStats: Junior swimmer Addie Wiener took home gold ...
02/28/2025

"Name: Adelaide (Addie) Wiener

Year: Junior

Team: Women’s swim and dive

Stats: Junior swimmer Addie Wiener took home gold for the third straight year, winning the 500-yard freestyle event once again at the 2025 Swimming and Diving Liberty League Championships. Wiener posted a time of 5:06.03 which was over four seconds faster than her preliminary time and bested the field by over a second. Not only did Wiener bring home gold in 500 free, she contributed to the silver-medal-winning 800-yard freestyle relay team."

Read Henry France's "Brewers Ballin: Wiener three-peats in 500-yard Freestyle" by clicking the link below.

📸: Image Courtesy of Adelaide Wiener '26.

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/02/26/sports/brewers-ballin-wiener-three-peats-in-500-yard-freestyle/

“'We weren’t in the canon.'For author and educator Torrey Maldonado ’96, interests in storytelling and the incorporation...
02/28/2025

“'We weren’t in the canon.'

For author and educator Torrey Maldonado ’96, interests in storytelling and the incorporation of underrepresented voices underpin a variety of his professional pursuits. A native of New York City, Maldonado was born and raised in the Red Hook housing projects of Brooklyn. Describing how his local library was a welcoming space in a Zoom interview with The Miscellany News, Maldonado emphasized that the narratives contained inside were incomplete nonetheless. Referring to superhero stories featuring mostly white characters, he noted: 'So when you get to it, to the root of it, I, as a Black boy, I, as a Puerto Rican boy, was still thinking that the other was the hero, that the other was better than me, that the other had abilities that I didn’t have.'”

Read Allen Hale's "161st Commencement Speaker Torrey Maldonado ’96 talks representation, schooling" by clicking the link below.

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/02/26/news/161st-commencement-speaker-torrey-maldonado-96-talks-representation-schooling/

📸: Image courtesy of Torrey Maldonado ’96.

"[Disclaimer: The views Vice Chairman Jefferson expressed are his own and not necessarily those of the Federal Open Mark...
02/28/2025

"[Disclaimer: The views Vice Chairman Jefferson expressed are his own and not necessarily those of the Federal Open Market Committee or the Federal Reserve System].

When Federal Reserve (Fed) Vice Chairman (VC) Philip Jefferson ’83 came to Vassar College as a first-year in 1979, he planned on studying banking and finance, but as he said at the Economic Department’s annual Martin H. Crego Lecture in Economics on Wednesday, Feb. 19, “I encountered one problem: Vassar did not offer any banking or business courses.” Jefferson thus settled on economics. The Federal Reserve Vice Chairman was not disappointed—“I was hooked, and I have been studying economics ever since,” he said. To Jefferson, one of the country’s leading economic educators, first in academia and now in policy, his passion for learning has not wavered. The lecture drew a standing-room-only audience of students, faculty and journalists from major publications ranging from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) to Reuters, underscoring the significance of Jefferson’s insights at a pivotal moment for economic policy."

Read Henry France, Casey McMenamin and Trygve Aarestad's "Fed Vice Chair speaks at Crego Lecture" by clicking the link below.

📸: Henry France/The Miscellany News.

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/02/26/news/fed-vice-chair-speaks-at-crego-lecture/

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