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Alysa Guffey | Thursday, August 25, 2022
For 16 years, I’ve measured my life in school years. Fall is an exciting fresh start, full of hope and promise. Winter is a halftime break. Spring is a time to wrap up and summer is a timeless in-between. It’s part of the reason I’ve always disliked spring. The trees and flowers may start to
Alysa Guffey | Monday, February 28, 2022
As of the publication of this column, I have been Editor-in-Chief for 24 hours. It feels a little surreal that the time has arrived, but I also can already feel the time ticking. College has taught me that a lot can happen in a year but that a year also goes fast. In the past
Sydni Brooks | Tuesday, April 6, 2021
During one of my several hourlong school breaks watching TikTok videos, I managed to end up on the self-love and emotional healing side of TikTok. Most of these topics included people growing after relationship breakups, recovering from addiction or abuse, or learning different mechanisms to deal with harmful behaviors. Many of these videos displayed people
Jake Winningham, Ryan Israel, Aidan O'Malley and Nick Brigati | Friday, December 11, 2020
For the latest installment in Scene’s end of the year wrap-up, our writers turn their attention to the best 2020 had to offer on screens both big and small. From documentary triumphs to international television hits, these are some of the highlights from a great year for film and TV. “I May Destroy You” By
Jim Moster | Monday, January 20, 2020
Journalist and activist Naomi Klein hears the clock ticking on climate change. She sees the impact of current warming on innocent communities around the world. She fears the future that awaits us all. She also knows the solution — a Green New Deal in the United States and equivalent programs around the world. In her
Nicole Marcinkus | Monday, February 11, 2019
On Thursday, John Mellencamp took the stage in South Bend to promote the release of his 24th studio album, “Other People’s Stuff.” Mellencamp has been writing and performing his own songs for over 40 years, since his first professional album in 1976. Mellencamp took a few years off following disagreements with music executives and a
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, November 15, 2017
The final weeks of the 175th fall semester are upon the student body here at the University of Our Lady, a semester that has featured late nights of studying coupled with long days of classes and extracurriculars. But for upperclassmen, the fall semester brought with it a new animal: the corporate recruiting process. The corporate animal
Rebecca Feng | Friday, February 10, 2017
The 2006 French Open was the first time Roger Federer played Rafael Nadal in a Grand Slam final. Nadal won the game after four sets. It was also that sizzling summer I first started to practice tennis. The elegance of Federer and the persistence of Nadal kept me practicing each serve, forehand, backhand and interception.
Adam Ramos | Friday, September 9, 2016
In Rae Sremmurd’s recently released sophomore effort, “Sremmlife 2,” one track, “Black Beatles,” features a thought-provoking pastiche: Forty-six years since the release of their final album, The Beatles still manage to infiltrate pop culture. “I’m a f—– black Beatle, cream seats in the Regal / Rockin John Lennon lenses” Sremm’s Swae Lee boasts on the track
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, April 26, 2016
“What are you doing after graduation?” I am going home for the summer. Although a short response, this answer explains it all. Yes, I don’t have a job. Yes, I am a business major. Yes, I don’t have my life figured out. No, I am not a failure. No, I am not alone. I just