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Top 10 Albums of 2024
By: Clare Buchanan 2024 was a relentless year when it came to new music. All the pop girlies seemed to be having their moments this year as they released new albums, ranging from Sabrina Carpenter’s glimmery Short and Sweet, Taylor Swift’s leviathan project, The Tortured Poet’s Department, to Ariana Grande’s pleasantly earnest Eternal Sunshine. Pop…
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“A Complete Unknown” Movie Review
By: Chloe Snow Photo Credit: Vanity Fair Photo Credit: The Guardian “A Complete Unknown” Movie Review: “A Complete Unknown” Provides a Dazzling, Synchronic View of Bob Dylan’s Early Years “A Complete Unknown”—the title inspired by Bob Dylan’s song “Like a Rolling Stone” (Forbes)—starring Timothée Chalament, Elle Fanning, and Edward Norton opened in theaters Christmas Day.…
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Hometown Highlights: Lewisville, NC
By Chloe Snow There is a wonderful scene from Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird that replays in my mind. The scene goes like this: “It is clear you love Sacramento,” the nun says. To this comment, Lady Bird is surprised. Lady Bird says “I guess I pay attention.” The nun, reflectively, says not only to Lady…
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Hometown Highlights: Los Angeles
By: Clare Buchanan For the past two winters, I have made a ritual of stepping out onto the tarmac at the Hollywood-Burbank Bob Hope Airport. The City of Angels was my home for seventeen years. Around year seven, I grew bored of the city and yearned for a change of scenery. Returning every December feels…
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Hometown Highlights: Elkin, NC
By: Sarah McBride As a commuter, I sometimes feel like I take my small town for granted during breaks. Coming home everyday to the town I’ve always known, I never long for it. Only after being away on a trip, does the wistfulness set in. Nevertheless, I know there is magic to be found in…
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Hidden Shopping Gems in Winston-Salem
By: Sydney Halsey Hamrick’s (Eight minutes from Salem College, 2.3 miles ) Hamrick’s, located at Marketplace Mall in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is a popular discount store offering a wide range of products, from clothing and food to appliances and pet items. Situated at 2101 Peters Creek Parkway, the store provides shoppers with an extensive selection…
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Anderson Cooper’s Discussion of Life, Loss, and Journalism
“What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” -Mary Oliver On Nov. 21, students and spectators gathered for a student-led forum featuring the journalist, podcaster, and change agent Anderson Cooper in Wake Forest’s Wait Chapel. The forum featured two student moderators who led the discussion about Cooper’s professional and…
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Interview with John Hutton, Creator of Sister Maus
By: Samantha Hogsett Photo Credit: Winston-Salem Journal Sister Maus is a beloved member of the Salem community often found joining Salem sibs at school events and taking naps in her mouse hole in the Single Sister’s House. Though we can read about Sister Maus’ many adventures in her book series, the tale of how she…
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Stocks & Stockings:
How Hemlines and Heels Can Foretell The Economy’s Health By: Sara Vargas Photo Credit: Pinterest That seven-letter word, it starts with an E, and almost always ends on a ‘why’; Economy. It has peered over voters’ shoulders as they carefully calculated whose box they’d check off: Kamala Harris or Donald Trump? Who is smarter? Whose concept…
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Remembering Pearl Harbor
By: Chloe Snow “A Date Which Will Live In Infamy” (Library of Congress) On Dec. 7, 1941, the front page of The Daily Tar Heel featured a jolting headline that neither North Carolinans nor the rest of the country expected (Daily Tar Heel). Beginning at 7:55 a.m. local time, the first Japanese dive-bomber appeared over…
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