May 01, 2008
Backpage | True Confessions from the Class of 2008
Seniors bear their souls. Or at least what are left of them at this point.
Weekly Calendar 5/2-5/8
April 24, 2008
Backpage | First Year Freshman 15: More than just fat
Freshmen celebrate what they can remember from their first year at Vassar.
April 17, 2008
Backpage | Aramark is here to tray
Admission of past faults and promises of a better future from our campus food provider.
April 10, 2008
The other other secret committees
Vassar's unseen groups control campus minutia without you even knowing it. Well, until now.
April 03, 2008
Backpage | A History of Vassar pranks and their consequences
Weekly Calendar 4/4-4/10
March 27, 2008
Weekly Calendar 3/28-4/3
Backpage | Our theses, ourselves
February 28, 2008
Backpage | Vassar Admissions
Vassar Admissions has a beautiful new website filled with student bios and fun facts! The Backpage has the inside scoop on facts and stats that Admissions won't tell you.
February 21, 2008
Town House Co-Op construction reassigned to Habitat for Humanity
A change in plan resulting from the unreliability of construction companies takes future THs in a new direction. Fill out your application today!
February 14, 2008
The Misc's Guide to Valentine's Day
Molly Finkelstein
Figure out the right course of action as based on your Facebook.com relationship status.
February 07, 2008
Backpage | Vbay
Molly Finkelstein
Vassar, recently shown to be less endowed (financially) than Bryn Mawr and Smith, is in dire need of funds. Thus, Vassar College has decided to sell off some assets on "Vbay". Happy shopping!
February 01, 2008
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December 06, 2007
Backpage | Hook up: The Aftermath
November 01, 2007
Backpage | My First Week at the Mug: Reflections of a Mug Bartender
October 26, 2007
Backpage | Halloween 1907-2007: A Century of Hospital Visits
Pearl Stein '07 models the suffragette costume.Typhoid Mary spreads her disease.Locally grown candied beets....October 05, 2007
Backpage | Happy Coming Out Week!
September 28, 2007
Backpage | Overheard at Freshman Parents Weekend
September 21, 2007
Happy Yom Kippur Y'all!
The Book of Life meets the Book of Face.
Weekly Calendar 9/21-9/27
September 16, 2007
The Mug 2.0
Thanks to the Class of '06, Matthew's Mug has undergone a complete renovation.
Weekly Calendar 9/14-9/20
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Start planning your summer... almost
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April 29, 2007
Weekly Calendar 4/27-5/4
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These days, people don't like to vote- What's up with that?
April 19, 2007
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Weekly Calendar 4/20-4/27
April 12, 2007
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April 06, 2007
Some things to do this week
Backpage | New Courses Not in Catalogue
March 01, 2007
Weekly Calendar 3/2-3/9
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February 22, 2007
Weekly Calendar 2/23-3/2
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February 15, 2007
Weekly Calendar 2/16-2/23
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February 08, 2007
Weekly Calendar 2/9-2/16
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February 01, 2007
The Backpage
Senior Class Gifts at the College.
Weekly Calendar 2/2-2/9
December 07, 2006
Weekly Calendar 12/8-12/14
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Weekly Calendar 12/1-12/7
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Weekly Calendar 11/16-11/22
“Heathens All!” The Vassar College Thanksgiving Play
Betsy Rossberg
Ah, Thanksgiving, that holiday of meat, gravy, cranberries, and re-runs of The O.C. and Grey’s Anatomy. Doesn’t it just make you want to break out into song? Songs about reparations for the Native Americans for all the turkey the fat white Less-Native Americans ate at that feast of thanks and giving many years ago? That’s what we thought.
November 09, 2006
Weekly Calendar 11/10-11/16
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Backpage 11.10.06...November 03, 2006
Inauguration Weekend News Updates
Weekly Calendar 11/3-11/9
October 27, 2006
Weekly Calendar 10/27-11/2
The BackPage | A Broad Abroad: Impressions of the Czech Republic
BackpageBackpage...October 05, 2006
Weekly Calendar 10/6-10/12
The BackPage | As goes Harvard, so goes the nation
September 28, 2006
Weekly Calendar 9/29-10/4
The BackPage | Rosh Hashanah Resolutions
Happy New YearRosh Hashanah Resolutions...September 21, 2006
Weekly Calendar 9/22-9/28
The Matthew Vassar School of Learning
Poughkeepsie, NY—During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, painted copies and plaster casts were used to cultivate an appreciation of major works of western art, as well as a corresponding sense of elite culture to Americans who could not travel to see the original works firsthand...As the first U.S. college founded with both a permanent art collection and an art gallery, and with art among its core academic offerings, “It is no surprise that Vassar College collected and displayed both copies and casts from the very start,” said Jacqueline Marie Musacchio, an associate professor of art.
September 14, 2006
Weekly Calendar 9/15-9/21
The BackPage | Want Not, Waste Not: A Miscellany News Guide For Recycling
Want Not, Waste NotrA Miscellany News Guide For Recycling...September 08, 2006
Weekly Calendar 9/8-9/14
Freshman Week-ish: A Retrospective
Freshman week is a rite of passage. This year’s froshies somehow got stuck having classes in the middle of theirs, but whatevs, too bad. We at The Miscellany News hope you still had a memorable time—if you can remember it at all. If not, here’s a rundown on what probably went down:
April 28, 2006
The Vassar Board Game: The Last Hurrah
It’s almost graduation—time to try leaving Vassar for the year (or forever). But before you can go, you must complete all the tasks on the board. Be sure to watch out for Security! Good luck getting out!April 21, 2006
Summer Jobs
Weekly Calendar 4/21-4/27
April 14, 2006
Making do with what you have: Passover Edition
So, it’s Passover time and you’re stuck here at Vassar. Well, pull yourself up by the bootstraps, grab your V-card and head over to ACDC, because we here at the Backpage have created the perfect Passover seder utilizing only foodstuffs that can be found in our lovely campus dining center.Weekly Calendar 4/14-4/20
April 07, 2006
Parents on the Street
Weekly Calendar 4/7-4/13
March 31, 2006
March 03, 2006
The Vassarer
Molly Finkelstein
Weekly Calendar 3/3-3/9
February 24, 2006
Mr. Vassar competition takes on the Olympics
Kerri Strug
In honor of the 2006 Winter Olympics and after much urging by the Classics Department, this year’s Mr. Vassar competition, hosted by yours truly, will include several modified Winter Olympic events.Weekly Calendar 2/24-2/30
February 17, 2006
Artist outreach program comes to Vassar
Spencer Tunick, Ted Kooser among first to participate
Molly Finkelstein
In an effort to maximize the utility of the borderline celebrities who come to speak here, the College has decided to implement the Vassar College Celebratory Arts Program.Weekly Calendar 2/17-2/23
February 10, 2006
How Not to Be Alone on Valentine's Day
Molly Finkelstein
T here are few things worse than being alone on Valentine’s Day. Since the chances of you finding your soulmate in the next three to four days are fairly slim, there are some alternatives to being single.Weekly Calendar 2/10-2/16
February 03, 2006
College has qualms about new president, calls MTV
Molly Finkelstein
After 20 years of service as Vassar College President, Frances Daly Fergusson (henceforth “Fran”) is passing the torch to Catharine Bond Hill (henceforth “Cappy”). The official school constitution calls for Fran to teach Cappy the ways of the school and the secrets of the presidency.Weekly Calendar 2/3-2/9
December 09, 2005
Amid student protests, final exams modified
Molly Finkelstein
After a large student protest, which the administration mistakenly believed to be about final examinations, College officals have taken action to promote alternative testing methods.Weekly Calendar 12/9-12/15
December 02, 2005
New Junior Year Abroad programs focus on exploration
Molly Finkelstein
As the application deadline for permission to go abroad approaches, the Study Away office is promoting their newest JYA programs.Weekly Calendar 12/2-12/9
November 18, 2005
The FATastic 4
Molly Finkelstein
There’s only one group of super heroes who can save Thanksgiving...Weekly Calendar 11/18-11/24
November 11, 2005
Following in steps of NJ, Vassar seeks motto
Molly Finkelstein
What's a motto? Nothing, what's a motto with you?!Weekly Calendar 11/11-11/18
November 04, 2005
Yale Restricts Tailgate Parties, Vassar Fears Backlash
Wealthy alums worry about ability to survive blow to time-honored ritual
Yale is banning drinking games from tailgate parties at this year’s football game against Harvard and will shut down all tailgate parties after halftime.Weekly Calendar 11/4-11/11
October 28, 2005
Design your own Supreme Court Justice!
The Supreme Court needs a new Justice and it's your choice what he/she/ze is going to be like.Backpage Calendar
October 07, 2005
Penance: A Guide for Gentiles
A Jew's take on absolving guilt, the "goyim" way.Jew on the Street
Backpage Calendar
It's all that and a bag of nuts!September 30, 2005
Vassar Students: They're Just Like Celebrities!
A photo essay on life at VassarBackpage Calendar
It's good to the last dropSeptember 23, 2005
A People’s History of Vassar College
Throughout the history of Vassar College, there have been many people whose voices have not been heard. These desperate students have long struggled to have their stories told, their stories of strife and longing and desperation.Backpage Calendar
September 15, 2005
Hipper Than Your Mom: Dad Chic
There’s a new craze sweeping the Vassar campus, and by default, the upper-middle class portion of the world.Weekly Calendar 9/16-9/22
Get your calender on.April 29, 2005
Vassar for a lifetime
It’s spring, which means it’s time to graduate, move to Brooklyn, and promise to keep in touch. But how? The alumni magazine is an invaluable resource to sons and daughters of Vassar looking to keep tabs on the exciting lives and successes of their former classmates.
Backpage Calendar
Events calendar for the week of April 29 through May 5, plus an extended a capella joke.
April 08, 2005
Backpage Calendar
Events calendar for the week of April 8 to April 14, plus some warnings for parents' day weekend.
Parent’s Weekend Spectacular: Lil’ Geniuses
Backpage child psychology correspondents David, Molly, and India didn’t get to be the parenting experts they are today without any training. They learned the hard way as the first three contestants in the MacArthur Foundation’s “Lil’’ Genius Grant” Competition for Achievment in Child-Rearing.
April 01, 2005
Backpage Calendar
Events calendar for the week of April 1 to April 7, plus a kiddie pool filled with tea and the jokes that go with it.
College goes "No-Ed"
In the coming weeks, look forward to a new—and, we hope, improved—edition of the campus newspaper, now reimagined as the semi-monthly activities circular serving Vassar in its new incarnation, Matthew’s Place Day Spa and Center for Better Living.
Last week, reporters from Semi-Monthly List of Activities (Luncheon Menu on back), as The Miscellany News will henceforth be known, sat down with the celebrity members of the Calendar Committee to discuss Vassar’s next great leap foward.
February 04, 2005
A fitness fantasia on national themes
In the spirit of the New Year, the Backpage invited Fitness and Life Expert David Le as part of our communal resolution to eat right, feel good, and look even better (if that’s possible).
Backpage Calendar
The events calendar for the week of Feb. 4 to 10, plus an amusing encounter with a Kansas choir.
January 28, 2005
Heeding the call
From the streets of Staten Island to the dressing chambers of Andre Léon Talley, new Style and Living Correspondent David Le has the experience that most of you stupid suckers lack. So listen up.
Birthright FUN!
Molly Finkelstein misinterprets the significance of the Holy Land
Ah, the Holy Land. The land of milk and honey, the land of falafel and possibly the most attractive armed forces ever.
Backpage Calendar
The events calendar for the week of Jan. 28 to Feb. 4, plus a little Backpage humor.
November 05, 2004
Backpage Calendar
Democracy is doomed
The events calendar for the week of Nov. 5 to Nov. 11, plus so many tea jokes you won't want to drink the stuff ever again.
Democracy is community
College celebrates unity at the ballot box
In a grand celebration of our own righteousness in voting almost entirely democratic, 2400 male and female students, and as many faculty’s members as care to, will line up around the circumference of the campus for a 12 to 15 minute simultaneous assisted-orgasm party. For those attending, you will be wanking to the left. CHOICE will provide blue lube and blue latex gloves to make sure the event is safe and in keeping with the Democract’s platform promoting sexual education.
October 29, 2004
Backpage Calendar
The events calendar for the week of Oct. 29 to Nov. 4, plus more tea jokes than you can shake a stick at.
The biggest, bluest, stupidest state
When October Break began, Backpage Travel Correspondents Teddy Bergman and Sam Biederman set out for California in order to become beautiful world-famous movie stars. Instead, Sam died. Here is their photojournal of the people and places in America’s creepiest state!
October 08, 2004
Weekly Calendar
Events for the week of Oct. 8 to Oct. 14, complete with tea jokes!
Bush twins weigh in on College
On Fran Ferguson: “She’s the president? But I thought our dad was the president…”—Barbara
Candidates' spouses debate at Vassar
"They were well-dressed, well-behaved, and both had a grand time here at Vassar, proving that the position of First Lady comtinues to ensure women an important role in American politics."
October 01, 2004
Backpage Calendar
Tea jokes, tea jokes, and more tea jokes.
Major restoration project: historical Hudson Valley bidets
The Community Works program has directed most of its funds and efforts towards the launching of its “Culture Scrub” project in order to preserve and refurbish the historic collection of bidets in the Hudson Valley.
VC volunteers beloved by Bard's Botstein
In between my tours with the American Symphony Orchestra, writing columns for the New Republic, my bi-weekly bridge games with Nancy Kissinger and Thomas Friedman, my work towards a viable peace plan in the Middle East, my campaigning for John Kerry, and yogalates, I fill my free time by administering a small liberal arts college in the collar bone of the Hudson Valley.
September 24, 2004
Backpage Calendar
The weekly events calendar for Sept. 24 to Sept. 30, complete with tea jokes.
Yom Kippur Spectacular!
In honor of Yom Kippur, the Backpage’s Jewish Life Correspondents (all doubling this week as Rabbis) teamed up with our Gentile Life Expert, Lily Mooney, to create a Talmudic reading of news of a recent revelation.
