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Aidan O'Malley | Friday, May 21, 2021
Every year, Scene honors the graduating class with a snapshot of the most critical cultural moments of their four years in the tri-campus community. That includes pop culture, campus culture and American culture at large. Won’t you take a walk down memory lane? Fall 2017 — Male consequence and read more→
Willoughby Thom | Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Okay, yes, I am a Weezer fan, and I hope by saying so doesn’t hurt my reputation. For some reason, everyone likes to sh*t on Weezer, and I don’t know why. I decided to type “why does everyone hate Weezer?” into Google, and I found a mixed batch of read more→
Alysa Guffey | Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Okay, yes, I like HSMTMTS, and all I want is for that to be okay. Season two of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” (HSMTMTS) will be streaming on Disney+ starting May 14, and it is set to drop the name of the spring musical for the Wildcats read more→
Dessi Gomez, Maeve Filbin, Colleen Fischer, Mariah Rush, Claire Rafford and Ryan Israel | Monday, May 10, 2021
It’s not a goodbye — it’s a see you later. Here, our Senior Scene Writers reflect on their time at Scene, The Observer and the tri-campus community the only way they know how: music. If emojis were allowed in AP style, we’d add this one. Or this one. But read more→
Nicole Bilyak | Friday, May 7, 2021
Pixar really hit it out of the park when they released their newest feature film “Soul.” “Soul” tells the story of an aspiring jazz musician named Joe Gardner (voiced by Jamie Foxx) who must try and reunite his body and soul after they’re separated by a freak accident. Along read more→
Christine Hilario | Friday, May 7, 2021
It’s a tale as old as time: a quirky teenage girl’s dreams are stifled by a parent who just doesn’t get her. But this age-old story is thrown for a loop when the robot apocalypse begins. When an Apple-esque tech company accidentally instigates the machine apocalypse, the Mitchells are read more→
Colleen Fischer | Thursday, May 6, 2021
(Or: A coming-of-age essay about giving up on your dreams) Step One: Want to start a band All failed bands start the same way with someone wanting to start a band. If you talked to me in high school and asked me if I wanted to start a band, read more→
Alejandro Mujica | Thursday, May 6, 2021
“Try not to abuse your power” is Billie Eilish’s message for the music industry at large. In “Your Power,” she strips back the thumping bass of her Billboard chart-topper “bad guy,” and the bravado of her latest hit “therefore i am,” to gentle acoustic guitars and breathy, vulnerable vocals. read more→
Aidan O'Malley, Evan McKenna, Maggie Klaers, Alysa Guffey and John Clark | Wednesday, May 5, 2021
A few weeks ago, Scene was feeling blue. And can you blame us? As we trudged our way through the middle of the semester, our already-low spirits were lowered only still by “permacloud,” rain storms and chilly temperatures. Throw in some seasonal allergies, and you’ve got yourself the month read more→
Hayden Adams | Tuesday, May 4, 2021
(Warning: The following article contains spoilers for “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.”) I’m sad to say I wasn’t impressed with “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” The middle child of Marvel Studios’ first blatantly canon foray into streaming just didn’t meet the standards they’ve set over the last read more→