Tag: winter 2018
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Salem Spotlight with Terry Collins, Information Delivery and Archive Associate
JULIA JENNINGS What is your official role here at Salem College, and what is your favorite part of the job? My official role, according to the campus directory, is Information Delivery and Archive Associate. I manage the InterLibrary Loans and the Archives. And may I add, I’ve been at Salem 24 years. This semester is…
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Celebrating Spring!
NATALIE PATTERSON Spring is here, folks, and you know what that means–giving up on reading, projects and midterms so you can lay in an exhausted stupor in a patch of daffodils, letting the earth open up and swallow your sweet, tired body. This is of course valid, but you can celebrate Spring in other fun…
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What’s New Book Review: “The Astonishing Color of Ever After”
SAM SHAW The Astonishing Color of Ever After By Emily X. R. Pan pp. 480 Little Brown and Co. Published March 2018 “Write what you know” is the advice paraded before all writer-hopefuls as if it were inscribed on both the Egyptian pyramids and on the Rosetta Stone. We all have it memorized because it…
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Oscars 2018: no surprises, but good fun
GABY IORI After the unexpected envelope mishaps of last year’s Oscars, the 90th Academy Awards were a somewhat welcome change of predictability and Hollywood frivolity. Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, Hollywood’s biggest night was March 4 and boasted the attendance of the film industry’s most well-known and lauded stars. Kimmel kept his opening monologue relatively tame,…
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“9 to 5”: A Review
SOPHIE SHELTON Salem College Pierrettes presented “9 to 5” in the Drama Workshop on March 8-11. The musical, with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick, is based off of the hit 1980 movie of the same title. “9 to 5” was directed by Amy da Luz with musical direction by…
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Contemporary Poetry Review: “play dead” by francine j. harris
NATALIE PATTERSON “play dead” francine j. harris Published April 2016 francine j. harris, 2015 NEA fellow and PEN Open Book Award-winner, writes a poetry that is as difficult to describe as it is profound, subversive and challenging. “play dead” has been showered with accolades, including a 2017 Lambda Literary Award and is praised both by…
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Film Review: “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”
GABY IORI Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool dir. Paul McGuigan Released Dec. 29, 2017 “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool,” directed by Paul McGuigan and starring Annette Bening and Jamie Bell is a melancholy look at Oscar-winner and Classic Hollywood star Gloria Grahame (Bening) during the final years of her life. The film delves…
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What to do in an Active Shooter Situation
DENAE RABINETTE In recent weeks, Public Safety’s Chief Batista has been conducting training sessions on the Salem College Active Shooter Response Plan. Areas like Salem’s campus are known as “soft targets,” which are places that have low security and thus are particularly vulnerable to attack. It is important to know what to do if something…
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BADU’s Student-Made Finale Show
MARY DANIELS BADU hosted its annual Black History Month finale show on March 2. The show was student made, student lead and student focused. The BADU finale show was filled with emotional and exciting moments. Salem students Fela Langston, Shania Guy, Imani Brown, Kadrisse McIntosh and Stephanie Arcos performed powerful music and spoken word pieces.…
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Strained Diplomacy and Young Excellence at the 2018 Winter Olympics
SAV FRANZ The 2018 Winter Olympics were held in PyeongChang, South Korea from February 9-25. This was the first time in 30 years the Olympics was hosted in the Republic of Korea– previously being the Seoul Olympics in 1988. The goals of this year’s Winter Olympic Games was to minimize the language barrier between participants…
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