The Miscellany News

This time last year, news broke that Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others passed away during a helicopter crash in Calabasas, CA. At that time The Miscellany News invited members of the Vassar community to reflect on Bryant’s legacy in our publication. Click the link below to read their reflections one year later.

On this special episode of the "More than Miscellaneous" podcast, Senior Editor Dean Kopitsky interviews Vassar History Professor Rebecca Edwards on her analysis of the Pro-Trump insurrection of January 6, 2021. The two also discuss the historical connections between the insurrection and the secession of 1861. Listen here:

During an election night Zoom call, Julie Shiroishi, Campaign Manager at Karen Smythe for New York State Senate, cautioned the press that many local races may not be determined until close to Thanksgiving. Smythe, a Democrat, conceded her race to incumbent Sen. Sue Serino the next day, but other racesincluding Democrat Jessica Segal’s bid against Republican Peter Forman for Dutchess County Court Judgeremained to be determined. As vote totals have crystallized in the past we...eks, Democrats secured some important victories, but fell decisively short of the landslides that their growing voter registration advantage over the GOP would have suggested. Faced with a sobering post-election reality, Dutchess Democrats must ask whether the county’s long awaited blue wave will ever arrive. Read Alex Wilson's "Local election tallies reveal competing visions for Dutchess County’s future" here:

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