by Niyati Gandhi ‘21 With the pandemic still going on, senior year has been especially bittersweet. Though I am glad to be graduating, I feel nostalgia for the pre-covid days where we could all gather together to celebrate. The commencement ceremony will be virtual, which is very different from the ceremony we expected when we… Read More A Year Into Quarantine: Senior Perspective
by Salsabeel Karam ‘22 GameStop is a video-game retailer that saw an unexpected rise in its stock price. The cause of this volatile market activity surrounding GameStop can be traced back to the forum Wall Street Bets (WSB) on Reddit. The forum is made up of amateur traders that share trading advice and memes. GameStop… Read More GameStop Frenzy
by Niyati Gandhi ‘21 On Monday, March 29, 2021, I attended the Q&A with WarnerMedia hosted by The Industry Network for Arts & Entertainment Management. The guest speaker was Adina Pitt, who is VP/Lead Content Acquisitions, Partnerships, & Co-Productions at WarnerMedia. In this role, she handles “anything the studio doesn’t make as an original.” She… Read More Q&A with Adina Pitt of WarnerMedia
by Saloni Shah ‘24 On Monday, March 7, 2021, the Honors College held a “Recipe Exchange” event. I came up with the idea and led the event through the help of Mohini and the entire Honors Advisory Board. The Honors Advisory Board gave me the perfect outlet to execute my idea. At the event, students… Read More Recipe Exchange Event
by Caitlin Pingree ‘23 If I had to choose one word to encompass the lyricism and craftsmanship of Taylor Swift’s most recent albums, it would be ethereal. Folklore and Evermore are perfectly paired sister albums created by Swift within the confines of quarantine with collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner. Swift delivered the albums to… Read More Stories to Last For Evermore: Taylor Swift’s Folklore and Evermore: Music Review
by Molly McElaney ‘21 Pace University Greek life took Zoom Event planning to an incredibly large scale this February! Virtual preparation started back in September 2020 for Panhellenic Council, featuring Honors students Eena Dietterick, Tori Schmidt, and myself. With 24 volunteers, the recruitment team managed to facilitate a 5-day virtual event from February 9 to… Read More Virtual Greek Life Recruitment
by Shahab Gharib The history of the Great Zulu nation shines ever so brightly in Donald Morris’s masterpiece The Washing of the Spears. First published in 1965 by Simon & Schuster in New York, the book covers the historic rise and fall of the Zulu empire. It begins with a riveting description of the first… Read More The Washing of the Spears: Book Review