It was a crisp fall evening on Thursday, Nov. 16 brought to life the Tufts Symphony Orchestra (TSO) brought it to life with its first performance of the year at the Distler Performance Hall. Entitled “Fall Romance," the group played an array of pieces all tied together within the theme of love. ...
Forget about new Taylor — has anyone been paying attention to new Selena? For a quick recap, in the past year Sel opened up about her lupus diagnosis, received a successful kidney transplant from a friend, broke up with boyfriend The Weeknd and recently is rekindling things with an old flame, none other than Justin Bieber. Phew! Gomez also sat as an executive producer on the Netflix series, “13 Reasons Why” (2017), and has also begun a new chapter in her music career. I’m beginning to feel like a broken record with all these pop artists who have “reinvented” themselves, but it looks like Selena is following suit.
With six seasons of writing for "Saturday Night Live," one comedy album,two Netflix specials, a Broadway show and a spot as a voice actor on Netflix’s new animated series “Big Mouth” (2017–) all under his belt, stand-up comedian John Mulaney performed a total of seven shows of his ...
Content warning: This article mentions sexual assault.It was going to be hard for this week’s episode of "Riverdale" (2017–) to top last week's action-packed installment. And well, it didn’t. "Chapter 19: Death Proof" felt a little disjointed and seemed once again to serve ...
The dining halls celebrated Thanksgiving a week before the rest of the country — a welcome surprise on a cold and rainy Thursday night. The hustle and bustle of a crowded cafeteria contrasts sharply with the nearly silent gathering back home. My small family celebration never quite evokes the same ...
As Craig Drennan and Jess Silverman, now co-editors-in-chief of Tufts' comedy magazine The Zamboni, watched the election unfold in horror on Nov. 8, 2016, they decided they had to come to terms with what they had just seen in the best way they knew: with their unique brand of absurd comedy.“By ...
How do we know that one's yellow is not another's blue? That two people agree on mangos being yellow may suggest that they speak a shared language that associates the word “yellow” with the object “mango.” However, one may not accordingly assume that these people both see the same color ...
With Thanksgiving and the winter holidays around the corner, we’re all starting to get restless. Until Thanksgiving break comes to the rescue next week, check out these events to tide you over — and keep you warm — this weekend.FRIDAY“Atrium Charity Ball: Shanghai Night”Tufts Chinese Students ...
This is Karen Wu, a first-year from Taiwan who intends to major in international relations. She loves oolong tea, but at Dewick goes for orange jasmine green tea. Karen shared her perspective on the music scene today in Taiwan.Haruka (H): What’s pop music in Taiwan like? What genre, and which ...
Comedians Ilana Glazer and Phoebe Robinson took on the Boston leg of their YQY tour on Nov. 11 and 12. YQY, an acronym for "Yaaas Queen Yaaas," originated from an episode of Robinson’s podcast with Jessica Williams, "2 Dope Queens." Glazer is also part of a well-known female ...
Greta Gerwig knows there are no new stories. The actress, writer and now director has made roughly the same movie many times over in her decade-young career, about an educated and white 20-something feeling lost in the world and trying their best to find a way forward. But from starring in 2000s mumblecore ...
In one of the most bizarre experiences of my young life, I once ended up at my sister’s ex-boyfriend’s house with a few older kids on a Sunday night and witnessed an abomination of filmmaking: the infamous "Troll 2" (1990).I ate some Doritos and watched as everything I thought a movie ...
The canon of "good girl gone bad" albums is a very selective one, capturing a female pop star at her most rebellious, rejecting the expectations of the music-consuming public. The pinnacle of this art form came in 2007 with the release of Britney Spears’ “Blackout,” a dark, hedonistic ...
Wake up people — the way we listen to music is changing in front of our eyes. From how we listen, to how we share, to even what music we are exposed to, it’s no secret that behind the scenes of this industry lie shifting money and politics. My question is, what are we going to do about it?First, ...
It would seem ridiculous to give "The Sixth Sense" (1999) or "The Usual Suspects" (1995) a sequel. How can a story continue after an ending that fundamentally changed the premise of its fictional world? Can characters grow in their new reality without watering down or feeling stuck ...
Content warning: This article mentions suicide.As winter quickly approaches and the cold threatens to chill us to the bone, the constant battle we fight against the darkness becomes overwhelming. Indeed, severe drops in temperature cause great pain to people all across the globe, with approximately ...
Content warning: This article mentions sexual assault."Riverdale," this is not what anyone had in mind when we asked for more Cheryl. Finally, we get a delightfully Cheryl-filled episode, but it ends with her getting drugged and almost (though ultimately not) sexually assaulted by a guy from ...
Intro to Psych discusses the principle of adjusting one’s understanding of the world, also known as a schema. When presented with new information, one either assimilates evidence that confirms a schema, or modifies his or her understanding in order to accommodate for inconsistencies. Now, one might ...
The first full week of November is finally over, and a long weekend is here as our reward! While it might be getting colder outside, there is still plenty to do this weekend both on campus and in the Boston area. Be sure to check out these activities, guaranteed to warm your spirit!FRIDAY & SATURDAYTorn ...
This is Shirley Wang, a first-year from Tianjin, China, a city about an hour away from Beijing. She’s planning to major in international relations, with a potential double major in education. She has played piano for more than 10 years, she enjoys eating a Tianjin-style crispy cookie dough-like breakfast ...
