Coral Ciupak Viewpoints Editor James May ’16 has recently been awarded the George J. Mitchell Scholarship for his studies in music production and performance. The Mitchell Scholarship is annually awarded to just 12 individuals who demonstrate scholarship, leadership and a sustained commitment to community and …
QPoC, MOH host campus discussion with activist Kai M. Green
Robyn Newcomb Features Editor On Thursday, Nov. 30, student groups Men of Harambee (MOH) and Queer People of Color (QPoC) brought activist Kai M. Green to Gault Schoolhouse for an engaging talk about black feminism and the multifaceted experiences of marginalized identities in America. Green …
Delete your Spotify account and look beyond streaming
Andy Kilbride Contributing Writer Get off Release Radar. Stay away from [insert your favorite band’s] Similar Artists page and forget any way of finding new music that doesn’t involve driving two hours to a record shop where the clerks make fun of you because your …
Navigating black identity in a largely white music scene
Sharah Hutson Contributing Writer On this past Saturday, Nov. 25, I traveled to the Agora Ballroom for the first time to witness the music festival Snowed In. With headlining bands such as Adult Mom, Diet Cig, Saintseneca and PUP, I found myself being excited to …
Ta-Nehesi Coates’ “We Were Eight Years in Power” is a must-read
Kamal Morgan Contributing Writer “Out here, in the concrete and real, sentences should be supernatural, words strung together until they compelled any listener to repeat them at odd hours, long after the bass line had died.” These are the words of Ta-Nehisi Coates, a national …
Remembering Lil Peep and the legacy he left behind
Toshiko Tanaka Contributing Writer News leading up to Thanksgiving Break was full of heavy anticipation for the coming holiday, of meeting loved ones and family and just being stress free from work or school, but for others it was cumbersome. Upcoming emo-hip-hop artist Lil Peep …