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(05/19/23 5:00am)
The way we interpret art informs our connection with it. From one person to another, our interpretations may differ, but one thing remains the same—art is, at once, both our emotional window and mirror. The most beautiful things about art are the endless ways it can be formed and understood. Often, it feels like the blank canvas is the only medium through which the complexity of our emotions can be captured; amongst the worst of them, existentialism. It allows for an avenue through which existential dread, or existential euphoria (hair pulling, amongst other things) can be reflected upon and even created.
(04/14/23 12:00pm)
On the night of Friday, March 24, amongst the ancient artifacts of the Penn Museum, another exhibit was on display. Leather skirts, hypnotic patterns, laced corsets, metallic makeup, and skin–tight platform boots circled the third floor of the museum. A red carpet with rose petals sprinkled about led the way into Gallery 54. The lights of the large circular room, with even higher ceilings, were dimmed. Lit candles, brightly colored orbs, and the flash of cameras served as the main sources of light. The Penn Met Gala was a night to remember.
(05/19/23 5:00am)
It may be hackneyed to say this, but college really does go by in a blink of an eye. One minute you’re shading your eyes on your New Student Orientation campus tour in 95 degree heat, maybe a little hungover. Four years go by and the next moment you’re scrolling through Indeed job listings in your first apartment. One thing is certain—grappling with adulthood is hard.
(04/10/23 1:00pm)
Hailing from Seattle, Washington, Cayden Franklin (C '23) came to Penn hoping to make waves as a recruited athlete for Penn’s Lightweight Rowing Team. But his dreams extended outside of athletics, as Cayden hoped that Penn would provide him with the skills necessary of getting into an elite medical school. Now a second—semester senior, Cayden has found a different path for himself. He has since exchanged rowing for rugby, and these days you might find Cayden racing his way down the pitch instead of the Schuylkill. Outside of his athletic endeavors, Cayden has kept himself busy with academic research, volunteering at the VA hospital, and being active in his fraternity.
(04/17/23 3:51am)
What started as a sophisticated night at the ballet quickly descended into a near–riot: the audience throwing objects at the stage, shouting over the orchestra, and even breaking out into fights. This infamous night was the first premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, which is now remembered as one of the most controversial performances in music history. To the audience’s horror, Stravinsky had broken all the rules of what was considered good composition, but now this piece is ubiquitous in concert music—being performed this year by the New York Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra.
(04/17/23 1:00pm)
Senator Josh Hawley (R–Mo.) pushed to fast–track a TikTok ban in March, which was then blocked by Senator Rand Paul (R–Ky.) on Thursday, March 30. Supporters of the ban believe that TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, is being used by the Chinese government to spy on Americans by gaining access to their devices' data. Opponents claim that banning TikTok would be akin to violation of free speech, and that the amount of data being taken by TikTok is no more than any other app.
(04/19/23 12:00pm)
With the Madness that was March, I was reminded of a few of my favorite basketball movies. Basketball can be really fun to watch but its entertainment isn’t always guaranteed. A basketball movie, on the other hand, is essentially required to be entertaining. In terms of sports movies, you're bound to find a simple thrill anywhere you look within the genre, but I would argue that the basketball movie has the most to offer out of the bunch. There’s more than your average biopic or family–oriented redemption story, and even when the basketball movies employ those common conventions, they can still often prove to be novel or meaningful in some way. With that in mind, here are some basketball movies are either culturally significant or grossly overlooked in the popular conversation.
(04/12/23 7:00am)
“Run. Run!” shouts Anna Torv’s Tess in episode 2 of The Last of Us. Ellie (Bella Ramsey) scrambles away, army—crawling out of the path of a rampaging, fungus—mottled zombie. She hides, waits for Joel (Pedro Pascal), and breathes shakily. And the second the two of them make a noise, the zombie comes at them again. Its face was clearly once human, but is now overrun by a fan–like pattern of mushrooms. Its colors, albeit muted in the dim light, are a fantastic mix of blues, oranges, and beiges, all toeing the line between believable naturalness and the disturbing unnaturalness of the undead. Its fungal gills, though made of liquid silicone or rubber, look like they grew deep in a haunted forest. If it wasn’t so terrifying, it would almost be beautiful.
(06/02/23 1:33pm)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Gray Man, or earlier, Red Notice—these are what Netflix co–chief Ted Sarandos termed as “big event films” and supposedly represent the company’s (I hate to call it a film studio) path forward under a “bigger, better, fewer” refrain after its shocking earnings disclosure last April that resulted in a significant stock value loss. Deliciously packaged and advertised, these “big event films,” however, distressingly stand in every possible way at the opposite of the cinematic art, and I’m not comparing them to esoteric, erudite arthouse productions. Being innovative is an excessively high standard; they’re just not interesting or even entertaining.
(04/21/23 10:07pm)
Warning: This piece contains spoilers for the season finale of The Last of Us.
(05/08/23 4:00am)
Dolly Alderton knows what she's talking about when it comes to adulthood—or at least what we've come to consider #adulting. Everything I Know About Love is a collection of diary entries, recipes, anecdotes, and ironic reflections of what she learned about parties, dates, work, life, and—most importantly—love in her adolescence and early twenties.
(04/09/23 5:34pm)
Revenge songs are not new in the music industry, and neither is Shakira. Music Session #53, Shakira’s newest collaboration with BZRP, exists in the intersection between revenge songs and Shakira’s essence—and it is a song birthed from her long–term partner Pique's alleged infidelity.
(04/10/23 7:00am)
It’s 5:30 p.m. on the first 60–degree day in March, and Rittenhouse Square is packed. People just getting off work walk their leashed dogs, ranging from tiny white designer ones to mutts that reach my hip. Parents push strollers as children run around without jackets for the first time in months, while friends sit on benches tagged, “In Memorial Of.” An artist rests with his back against the fence, willing passersby to purchase the paintings that sit alongside him. Another plays the flute.
(04/05/23 4:00am)
When high school students envision Penn, they don’t often think of the arts as being an integral force on campus. The preprofessional track, the competitive environment, and the strong engineering and Wharton schools likely take precedence in their minds. However, the legacy of Peter LaBerge (C '17), founder of The Adroit Journal, continues to grow as more high school students apply to Penn through his influence as a graduate of Penn’s renowned English program.
(04/14/23 2:02am)
Black curtains do more than just shield the public from art. They represent a divide between the morality of censorship for tastelessly sexual or religious minority pieces, and those who feel that policing of media should be curbed at all costs.
(04/12/23 12:23am)
While rushing down Locust Walk, the Kelly Writers House might be easy to miss. But it’s needed for everyone on campus—not just writers.
(04/05/23 1:00pm)
No one likes thinking about STIs.
(04/14/23 4:00am)
If you’ve ever tried weaning off of social media, you know it’s much easier said than done. From connecting us with friends and the latest trends, to becoming an on–demand news source, social media has begun to consume more of our lives than we know. Because of this, a social media habit—that is, the routine, semi–automatic use of different platforms—can quickly form within users. For all their strength, though, they tend to go unnoticed. It's only when attempts are made to distance ourselves from these platforms that we realize the hook their algorithms have already had on us.
(04/03/23 4:00am)
Two years ago, during the 20th anniversary of the stone–cold classic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee pondered how his sweeping epic had come to be. He realized that when deciding between making an action movie or a drama, he chose both. “I wanted it all,” Lee told Entertainment Weekly. “I didn’t realize I was upgrading a B–movie to A.”
(04/12/23 1:00pm)
Content warning: The following text describes assault and can be disturbing and/or triggering for some readers. Please find resources listed at the bottom of the article.