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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 the #MeToo movement The fall of
Claire Rafford and Dessi Gomez | Tuesday, April 20, 2021
It’s been a long year. Last March, in the absence of college basketball, we put our favorite songs up against each other in a Taylor Swift song bracket that almost rivaled the upsets of the 2021 NCAA tournament, and if you think that was challenging, just wait. In that innocent time, back when masks were
Ellie Konfrst | Tuesday, April 20, 2021
If you’re a friend of mine, a family member, or honestly anyone who’s interacted with me in the last few weeks, I’ve probably asked you the same unanswerable question: Should I cut my hair? It’s always the same conversation. I feel like I need a change, but I like being able to braid and style
Dessi Gomez | Monday, April 19, 2021
By now, I hope you have heard the news that Taylor Swift released her rerecorded version of album “Fearless” on Friday April 9. In yet another “power move,” she has capitalized on nostalgia while simultaneously claiming ownership of one of six albums that she plans to rerecord now that they have been sold by her
Ella Wisniewski | Wednesday, April 14, 2021
It’s a rare and special moment when a piece of media can instantaneously catapult you back 12 years in the past, and that’s exactly what “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” did to me this weekend. Once I heard the first few chords of the titular track, I reverted completely to third-grade mode. I remembered in great detail
Aidan O'Malley, Willoughby Thom, Maeve Filbin, Sarah Kikel, Nick Brigati, John Clark, Lexi Kilcoin and Nia Sylva | Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Weather-wise, South Bend was spoiled at the start of this month. Over the Easter weekend, for example, the sun was shining, the birds were chirping — I even wore shorts! But as the month has meandered on, the clear-eyed possibility of spring has slowly been replaced with its edgy alter ego: the price for summer.
Ryan Israel | Monday, March 15, 2021
The 63rd annual Grammy Awards took place Sunday night, and if you weren’t paying attention — or just don’t care — it was easy to miss them. In a strange year for music devoid of any blockbuster moments, the Grammys didn’t have much draw. On top of that, the award show, like many other award
Ryan Israel | Friday, February 19, 2021
Editor’s Notes is a bi-weekly column from Scene Editor Ryan Israel. It is about whatever music, movie, television series, celebrity or trend he’s into at the moment. Don’t talk to me unless you want to talk about “Daddy Jenkins X Levels” on SoundCloud A new song is making its way through the tri-campus community, and
Ellie Konfrst | Tuesday, February 9, 2021
If you know nothing else about me, you may know that I am a pretty big Taylor Swift fan. After I first heard “Red” when I was 13, I quickly devoured the rest of her discography and began anxiously anticipating her next releases. In a sense, I grew up with her, letting her stories of heartbreak
Dessi Gomez | Wednesday, December 30, 2020
‘Twas the damn season for Taylor Swift to outdo herself yet again. On Dec. 10, she announced the upcoming release of her ninth studio album “evermore” at midnight, a surprise drop to match the way she delivered sister record “folklore” in July. The metaphor of wandering deeper into the “folklorian woods” which she used when