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Summer’s over and Whitney’s ‘Forever Turned Around’

Mike Donovan | Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Whitney’s debut, “Light Upon the Lake,” shone over a midsummer breakup, illuminating, albeit weakly, the lifeless reflection of a lost relationship. “How cheap were the nights you used to keep me warm,” drummer-vocalist Julien Ehrlich questioned while he dipped his toes in the water and watched the reflection ripple. No one answered. Ehrlich was left in the cold — “awake in all kinds of darkness” — miming the reluctant

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Summertime Selections

Mike Donovan, Ryan Israel, Dessi Gomez and Jim Moster | Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Springtime is sweeping through South Bend (sort of) but, with summertime on the horizon, the spring will soon be swept away. That’s okay with us. We have our sunglasses, plenty of sunscreen and a few things we’re really excited about for after school lets out. Hip-hop’s stars come out By Ryan Israel, Associate Scene

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Do it for the jokes

Colleen Fischer | Wednesday, October 3, 2018

“For Narnia!” Peter screamed this as he attacked the White Witch in Narnia. These are the sort of moments that create battle cries. Cries that motivate armies and encourage sacrifice. Moments of great adversary, and great bravery. Moments of battlefields and fairytales. My moment was far from this. I worked at an overnight summer camp

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Puzzling summer

Lucy Collins | Friday, September 14, 2018

“I have measured my life in coffee spoons.” — T.S. Eliot Much as Eliot felt the need to verbalize his frustration with his place in the universe through the minute lens in which his anxious protagonist was forced to view his own life, I would like to try and summarize MY recent experience with the

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A listening turtle

Nora McGreevy | Wednesday, August 22, 2018

I was sitting near the edge of the dock, dipping my toes tentatively into the warm lake water, when a dinosaur appeared. A mossy rock came to life, the massive creature — maybe a yard or so long from tail to beak, a size that would increase with every retelling of the event — swam up

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Scene Selections: Summer recap

Nora McGreevy, Charlie Kenney, Nicholas Ottone, Ryan Israel and Carlos De Loera | Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Twitter redemption stories, kitschy ‘80s television shows about women wrestlers, folk music in Rhode Island, jazz by the Smithsonian and Drake has a secret kid? Yes, to all of the above. Read on for a glimpse into the arts and culture that Scene’s writers loved this summer. “Brooklyn 99,” resurrected By Nora McGreevy,

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Summer service program promotes community through service

Mary Steurer | Tuesday, August 21, 2018

In contrast to summers spent interning or studying abroad, this summer saw a multitude of Notre Dame students devote their time to serving communities in need. The Summer Service Learning Program, or SSLP, is a volunteering program aimed to educate students on Catholic social tradition through service to marginalized populations. Ben Wilson, director of SSLP,

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Scene’s Selections: a summertime forecast

Mike Donovan, Nora McGreevy, Hanna Kennedy and Ryan Israel | Tuesday, May 1, 2018

In mere days, you’ll crawl out of your hole, shower, wash your clothes and open your eyes wide for the first time in months. It burns! The sun! Pain! Society! All that jazz. Jazz! Then, you’ll realize. It’s summer! Oh no. It’s summer. Shhh. There there. Tuck away your worries. You don’t have to spend

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Escape with George Ezra’s ‘Staying at Tamara’s’

Hanna Kennedy | Tuesday, April 10, 2018

After the release of his first studio album in 2014, George Ezra jetted off to Barcelona to craft his follow-up. Forgoing glamorous hotels and glitzy lodgings, Ezra found his inspiration renting an Airbnb from the Tamara of the album’s title. The album, “Staying at Tamara’s,” embraces the warm, relaxed feeling of summer travel lending every

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‘What did you do this summer?’

Letter to the Editor | Monday, September 11, 2017

After high school, summer ceases to be summer. Now that we’re all crazily motivated college students trying to make the most of the opportunities afforded to us, summer is a dearly precious few weeks in which we can learn some things outside (or in) the classroom, build our resumes and maybe do some traveling to

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