Vassar College - Campus Publications

Campus Publications

• The Vassar Chronicle is the College's only political journal, published monthly by the Moderate, Independent, Conservative Alliance (MICA), which seeks to expand the breadth of political dialogue on campus by publishing long-form opinion columns. The Chronicle is the revivification of a student publication that appeared from 1944–1959 and during the 70s; the modern-day Chronicle has been published monthly since 2010 and currently has a 1,000-copy circulation.

• The Miscellany News, has been the weekly paper of the College since 1866, making it one of the oldest college weeklies in the United States. It is available for free most Thursdays when school is in session. In 2008–09, it became one of the only college newspapers in the country to begin updating its Web site daily.

• Mads Vassar is an unofficial student-run blog, created in 2007. The site is updated with posts about news, current events, and campus culture at Vassar. Since its inception, the site has received over 800,000 visits. For two consecutive years, the U.S. News and World Report's "Paper Trail" nominated Mads for Best Alternative Media Outlet. The site is on hiatus as of August 2011.

• Helicon is an annual literary and art magazine featuring works (fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, artwork, photography, essays, etc.) by Vassar students. It is the oldest student-run literary publication in the college's history. Its purpose is to serve the needs and expand the creative voice of Vassar’s literary and art community. Helicon also orchestrates events and activities garnered towards the enrichment of Vassar’s writers community. Some past events have included regularly scheduled Writing Workshops and Writer’s Nights in the Cafe as well as the sponsoring of various relevant speakers brought by other organizations.

• Squirm "is a submissions-based magazine about sex and sexuality. Squirm seeks to create a sex-positive forum on campus for the artistic, literary, and creative exploration of sex." The magazine, published annually since 1999, typically runs around 60 pages and is only distributed to the campus-community.

• The Vassar Spectator (defunct) long-running campus publication of opinion and commentary, published quarterly. During the 60s and 70s it acquired a conservative editorial bent, and came into controversy with campus activists of the time.