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"This year, Vassar women’s basketball player Tova Gelb ’25 became one of just two college athletes nationwide to be give...
05/07/2025

"This year, Vassar women’s basketball player Tova Gelb ’25 became one of just two college athletes nationwide to be given the honor of National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum College Athlete of the Year. The prestigious honor recognizes one male and one female Jewish athlete who have delivered an exceptional year as a college athlete, both on and off the court, field, rink, track and more. Just days ago, the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame announced that Gelb would join Brigham Young University (BYU) quarterback Jake Retzlaff as one of the two athletes to receive the honor this year, which will be commemorated in a ceremony at Suffolk Jewish Community Center in Commack, New York at 6:30 p.m. on May 29, 2025."
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Read Henry France’s “Gelb recognized with nationwide honor” by clicking the link below.
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📸 Image courtesy of Tova Gelb ’25.
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https://miscellanynews.org/2025/04/30/sports/gelb-recognized-with-nationwide-honor/

"There are very few artists who I am able to claim to be a day one fan of, but Djo is certainly one of them. You are pro...
05/07/2025

"There are very few artists who I am able to claim to be a day one fan of, but Djo is certainly one of them. You are probably familiar with the work of actor Joe Keery, best known for his role as Steve Harrington in 'Stranger Things.' But what fewer people know is that since 2019, he has been producing music under the moniker Djo—pronounced 'Joe'—after years of performing as a member of the band Post Animal. The artist’s top hit, 'End of Beginning,' has garnered over a billion streams on Spotify after a run-in with TikTok virality, thrusting him into a well-deserved spotlight. Now, if his most recent album 'The Crux' has shown us anything, it is that he intends to stay there."
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Read Leah Nowak’s “Brewer’s reflection on Djo’s ‘The Crux’” by clicking the link below.
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https://miscellanynews.org/2025/04/23/features/brewers-reflection-on-djos-the-crux/

"The film 'Sinners,' directed and produced by Ryan Coogler, is built around a singular scene that weaves together cultur...
05/07/2025

"The film 'Sinners,' directed and produced by Ryan Coogler, is built around a singular scene that weaves together cultural threads into a tapestry vibrant enough to make your goosebumps pulse to the rhythm. The other scenes form a historically accurate bassline that the fantastical elements of the film harmonize with. The film follows two revered brothers who have returned to the Mississippi Delta with questionably attained money in their pockets and nothing but ambition in their hearts: they want to create a watering hole of blues music and dancing, in the form of a lucrative juke joint, to quench the dusty town’s thirst for pleasure. What they can’t anticipate are an encroaching group of vampires, with an equal thirst for blood. My appreciation for the 1930s–era setup of the film matches, or even exceeds, my appreciation for what I believe is its apex scene—but with limited space, I will focus on that scene to articulate succinctly why this film is worth experiencing."
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Read Lev Winickoff’s “Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ bleeds the blues” by clicking the link below.
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https://miscellanynews.org/2025/04/30/arts/cooglers-sinners-bleeds-the-blues/

"In a press release published at 9 o’clock on April 22nd, 2,025, scientists in New York City, New York, made a shocking ...
05/07/2025

"In a press release published at 9 o’clock on April 22nd, 2,025, scientists in New York City, New York, made a shocking claim: 'Our research reveals', they wrote, 'that zebras are, irrefutably & without any doubt, black with white stripes, and any college publications that might impose rigid, contrary rules about this issue are completely, utterly, and entirely in the wrong.'"
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Read Oliver Stewart’s “Shocking, irrefutable revelation of zebras’ true colors” by clicking the link below.
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https://miscellanynews.org/2025/04/30/humor/shocking-irrefutable-revelation-of-zebras-true-colors/

"To fellow students: If the Mona Lisa’s smile can continue to launch thousands of theories, then perhaps art history is ...
05/06/2025

"To fellow students: If the Mona Lisa’s smile can continue to launch thousands of theories, then perhaps art history is doing exactly what it is meant to do. Contrary to many first impressions, including a recent piece in The Miscellany News, the discipline is not solely about memorization—it is about context, questioning and learning to see the world through different lenses. Tracing cultural, political and personal histories through visual forms can be deeply transformative and revelatory. Yes, memorization may be a part of the process, but so is interpretation, curiosity and critique. In the movie 'Mona Lisa Smile,' the fictional Professor Watson (Julia Roberts) challenges her students to think freely through art history."

Read Emma Larson's and Betsy Subiros' "Letter to the Editor: Art History is a work in progress" by clicking the link below.

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/04/30/opinions/letter-to-the-editor-art-history-is-a-work-in-progress/

"At an impromptu press conference on Tuesday, former congressman George Santos shared the next step in his post-politica...
05/06/2025

"At an impromptu press conference on Tuesday, former congressman George Santos shared the next step in his post-political career. 'Today, I announce that I am running for pope. I urge the American people to write my name on the ballot come Election Day.' Santos gained notoriety in 2023 for lying about such things as being the former star on Baruch College’s volleyball team, a school that he never attended. Asked to share his favorite Bible verse, he smiled: 'You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.'"

Read Noah Daube-Valois' "George Santos announces bid to be next Pope" by clicking the link below.

📸: Image courtesy of Nicholas Tillinghast/The Miscellany News

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/04/30/humor/george-santos-announces-bid-to-be-next-pope/

"On Friday, April 11, about a dozen students gathered on the patio of Pratt House, next to the labyrinth, beneath the ru...
05/06/2025

"On Friday, April 11, about a dozen students gathered on the patio of Pratt House, next to the labyrinth, beneath the rustling trees. Not a single smartphone was in sight. It was the first meeting of the Vassar Luddite Club, a new organization seeking to provide a community space that is entirely technology-free. Its four founders—Thomas Rombauch ’25, Jane Hurley ’27, Libby Surgent ’27 and George Truax ’27—have all foregone their smartphones for old-school flip phones, rebuking the influence that the digital world increasingly has over our everyday lives. An important aside: students do not need to own a flip phone to join the club."

Read Noah Duncan's "Vassar Luddites rethink relationships with phones" by clicking the link below.

📸: Image courtesy of George Truax '27.

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/04/30/features/vassar-luddites-rethink-relationships-with-phones/

"YouTube’s first video, a brief clip of one of the platform’s co-founders telling an understated s*x joke, has turned 20...
05/06/2025

"YouTube’s first video, a brief clip of one of the platform’s co-founders telling an understated s*x joke, has turned 20 years old. Since the video’s publication, the platform has become the default for independent video publishing. At the same time, the website has also become a site for traditional media such as TV and film to dump shorter-form clips. However, the ephemeral, highly bizarre quality that the website possessed early on is still very much alive. For every Jimmy Fallon highlight, there is a video of someone making chainsaw noises while cutting cheese."

Read Nicholas Tillinghast's "A critical analysis of my favorite Youtube videos" by clicking the link below.

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/04/30/arts/a-critical-analysis-of-my-favorite-youtube-videos/

"Vassar’s rugby program is well-renowned, with the women’s team winning several national championships and the men’s tea...
05/05/2025

"Vassar’s rugby program is well-renowned, with the women’s team winning several national championships and the men’s team winning the 2023 conference championship. Both teams are known for their friendly personas, which are on display when they table outside of the dining hall during the first few weeks of the academic year. This year marks the program’s 50th anniversary, as well as the 30-year mark for Head Coach Tony Brown’s tenure. Curious about his journey to Vassar and the development of the team, I sat down with Brown to get to know the man behind the titles."⁠
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Read Maryam Bacchus's "Coach Brown talks rugby, camaraderie" by clicking the link below.
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📸: Image courtesy of Vassar Athletics

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/04/30/sports/coach-brown-talks-rugby-camaraderie/
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"If there is one genre of television that is associated with brain rot, that always seems to air in between reruns of 'Y...
05/05/2025

"If there is one genre of television that is associated with brain rot, that always seems to air in between reruns of 'Young Sheldon' and 'The Goldbergs,' it would be the medical drama. The setting offers innate high stakes and infinite possible situations for an ensemble cast to deal with. But, like many things in life, just because it is easy does not make it good. The quality of these shows, such as 'The Good Doctor,' are often hit or miss, and nowadays many of them get attention through shock value clips posted in snippets across social media apps, most notably TikTok and Instagram Reels. Then comes 'The Pitt' on Max, a show that applies the modern expectations and depth of prestige television to the setting of an emergency room and its staff. It is really quality stuff."⁠
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Read Ben Kaplan's "‘The Pitt’ proves that medical dramas can be good" by clicking the link below.
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https://miscellanynews.org/2025/04/30/arts/the-pitt-proves-that-medical-dramas-can-be-good/

"Josie Wenner ’27, one of my many underlings on the paper, recently invited me to play intramural soccer with her electr...
05/05/2025

"Josie Wenner ’27, one of my many underlings on the paper, recently invited me to play intramural soccer with her electrifying team, 'the Lightning,' made up of people from the Noyes house team and other sources. I was enthused: Last year, I spent a series of Wednesdays playing intramural basketball, and that tragically bad team became a brief obsession. Josie told me that her team lost 8-0 on a game that ended at halftime, so luckily, I was in similar company."⁠
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Read Nicholas Tillinghast's "Debuting and immediately retiring from intramural soccer" by clicking the link in below.

📸: Nicholas Tillinghast/The Miscellany News

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/04/30/humor/debuting-and-immediately-retiring-from-intramural-soccer/
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"Sitcoms are not the hot thing right now. All the top TV shows—'Severance,' 'The White Lotus,' 'Yellowjackets'—are big-b...
05/04/2025

"Sitcoms are not the hot thing right now. All the top TV shows—'Severance,' 'The White Lotus,' 'Yellowjackets'—are big-budget dramas pushing the boundaries of what audiences will come to expect (or tolerate) from streaming content. But some viewers are reluctant to let go of the beloved format that governed the media of our youth: consistent settings, running gags and end-of-episode resolutions. Dramas and thrillers are all well and good, but personally, I am not looking for additional stress right now. Reasonably, some are looking for a fresh escape from mainstream insanity and the mounting threats of armageddon."⁠
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Read Aurelia Harrison's "'North of North' is a sitcom for the moment " by clicking the link below.

https://miscellanynews.org/2025/04/30/arts/north-of-north-is-a-sitcom-for-the-moment/

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