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Count Your Lucky Stars 7

What’s your fate? Scorpio  •  Oct. 23 to Nov. 21 If you got through middle school, you can make it through the rest of this semester. College is just like middle school for adults, anyway.  Sagittarius   •  Nov. 22 to Dec. 21 People think it’s the air pressure causing so much extreme weather in […]

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Chella Man and “The Beauty of Being Deaf”

In only three minutes Chella Man delivers the versatility and the beauty of being deaf. He invites you to immerse yourself into his perspective, where he discerns his obligation to advocate for himself and his fellow queer and disabled people through his short film “The Beauty of Being Deaf.” It was completely filmed underwater where […]

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Exhibition review – To Scatter or Sow: Diaspora in Contemporary Art

Looking to take some time away from your piles of classwork as the semester begins to catch speed? Take a detour to the Beard and Weil Galleries in the Watson Fine Arts building and catch the new exhibition To Scatter or Sow: Diaspora in Contemporary Art. The exhibition is also available virtually on the gallery’s […]

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Shang-Chi: Legend of the Ten Rings Review

“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” is the first Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) to have an Asian superhero inspired by Chinese folklore and martial arts. It is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, a Japanese American filmmaker and Chinese-American screenwriter, Dave Callahna. Shang-Chi is played by Simu Liu, known for his role as Jung […]

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Did the 2021 Met Gala Miss Its Mark?

The 2021 Met Gala had every opportunity to deviate from tradition and allow for a show-stopping return to one of America’s most beloved fashion moments. The Gala itself had been pushed back from its usual May date for the optimistic sake of holding it when the Covid-19 virus was more under control. In the time […]

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Revisiting Amélie after a Pandemic

The pandemic has led many people to question beliefs surrounding introversion. Some people ended up thriving in a socially limited environment, some are finding that re-entering into their “normal” social lives is overwhelming. Others coped with quarantine by viewing their condensed world through the “main-character” lens. Now approaching its 20-year anniversary, it is the perfect […]

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An evening in the Worker’s City: Metropolis Review

Last week, I was in the Cole Memorial Chapel for the first time since my freshman year. It’s funny to think about how time has elapsed and folded in on itself during my college career as a function of the pandemic. This is a rote idea, but one that I contemplated as I sat in […]

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Titane: a surrealist automobile fever dream about… love?

Authors note: Spoilers ahead! After over a year of theater closure, I wanted nothing but to be blown away by a movie. I longed to leave a theater speechless, tranced, sick and changed forever. Titane fulfilled this wish in the best way possible. In short, Titane is about a killer who is impregnated by a […]

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Astrology

Count Your Lucky Stars Volume Six

We’re in the weird liminal space known as November. Scorpio  •  Oct. 23 to Nov. 21 Halloween may be over, but nothing is scarier than daylight savings time. Turn on all your lights. Sagittarius   •  Nov. 22 to Dec. 21 Just because you’re in a huge rut right now doesn’t mean you can’t have […]

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In the Mood for Love: Frames within Frames

Everyone lives within their own reality, their own frame. Sometimes that frame becomes a fantasy. Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love is an exploration of what happens when that frame, that fantasy is perverse. The film takes place in an overcrowded 1960’s Hong Kong. It tells the story of Mr. Chau and Mrs. Chan […]