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The Marías Dive Into a New Era with ‘Submarine’

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On Friday, May 31, the Los Angeles-based indie pop band The Marías released Submarine, their sophomore album. Anyone who has listened to The Marías before knows they have a very particular sound, characterized by psychedelic guitar riffs, breathy vocals and jazzy undertones. Submarine displays the very best of their signature sound, but it has a twist: while The Marías are generally known for their love songs, this album is a breakup album, and the former couple at the heart of it is lead singer María Zardoya and the band’s producer Josh Conway. Submarine is a pensive, melancholic exploration of the breakup, and with both Zardoya and Conway at the wheel, it made for an extraordinarily interesting listen. “Ride,” the album’s introduction, is a thumping, electric opener that sets the underwater scene for the rest of the record.

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WILLIAMS | Between Seasons, From Green Town to Boston

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Douglas Spaulding is alive. All at once, he feels the grass “[whisper] under his body,” the wind “[sigh] over his shelled ears”: “He heard the twin hearts beating in each ear, the third heart beating in his throat, the two hearts throbbing his wrists, the real heart pounding his chest. The million pores on his body opened. I’m really alive! he thought.

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PROFILE | Twin Court

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A Twin Court rehearsal looks like a maze. Their Lincoln Hall practice room houses a delicately arranged set of Indonesian instruments which, according to Jack Neiberg ’24, were made for the 1964 New York World’s Fair and later loaned to Cornell by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The instruments lay in a perpendicular pattern, aligned according to their tuning, like a jungle gym through which the members of Twin Court traverse to experiment with new sounds. 

“We weren’t trying to make a band,” says Wyatt Westerkamp ’21. Mandy Gurung, a local community member of the group, believes that the distinct sound of Twin Court emerged from a natural integration of ideas and members over time, driven by a pure curiosity for the potential of the unique instruments at their disposal. It started from the collaborative partnership of Jack and Wyatt, who met through the Gamelan ensemble organized by Prof. Christopher J. Miller.

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Consider This: Opinion, Autonomy and the Reproductive Landscape

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There is an undeniable truth in the notion that acceptance increasingly hinges upon ideological alignment — a phenomenon I must, albeit reluctantly, admit to not being immune to. Indeed, I hold steadfast to my preferences: a proud liberal, champion for Uris over Olin, not at all a Swiftie and a firm believer in George Harrison reigning as the best Beatle. Nonetheless, I hesitate to brand myself as judgmental. Opinionated? Undeniably.

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SOLAR FLARE | The Sun’s Slope Day Essentials (2024)

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It’s about time. See headliner A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, supporting guest Flo Rida and student band Paragon on the main stage at Libe Slope this Wednesday! Forget the lyrics to all of your favorite Flo Rida songs? We’ve got you covered. 

1. Paragon: Harm — Live at Bailey Hall

Relive Paragon’s set from the 2023 Big Red Battle of the Bands!

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Cornell Celebrates Annual Israel Week

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This upcoming week, from May 1 to May 7, Cornell will celebrate its annual Israel Week, run by Cornell Hillel. The week will focus on Israeli culture and traditions, with events ranging from a book fair to a food market, Tel Aviv Bar Night to Israel Shabbat and so much more. 

There has never been a more critical time for Israel Week. Presently, an encampment stands on the Arts Quad, where only a few days ago protestors chanted together, “There is only one solution, intifada revolution” and “globalize the intifada.” This “intifada” they mention is referring to the First and Second Intifada, two Palestinian uprisings which resulted in the deaths of thousands of Israeli and Palestinian civilians. Calls for another intifada revolution are calls for violence against Israel and those who support Israel’s right to exist. Calls to “globalize” the intifada are worse.

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‘Challengers’ Review: A Sports Movie Out of Left Field

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Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers has everything, and nothing, to do with tennis. As Zendaya’s character Tashi puts it, “Aren’t we always talking about tennis?” The film, though set primarily in 2007 and 2019 and sometimes in between, jumped around in time as the movie’s narrative progressed.It was shot on 35mm which gives the story a vintage, almost timeless feel just like Guadagnino’s previous movies. The film is centered around three characters: Tashi (Zendaya), Patrick (Josh O’Conner) and Art (Mike Faist). All three are exceptionally good tennis players poised to go pro as teenagers; Tashi and Art play at Stanford, while Patrick immediately tries to go pro. While the movie jumps around in time, it begins and ends with a titular Tennis match: Art vs.

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SOLAR FLARE | The College Experience

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The college experience is difficult to describe. An odd in-between spanning the gap between childhood and real adulthood, college is a time when you set off on your own and also realize how much you still need those back home. We begin with so many grand ideas and goals, but inevitably have to learn that some of the paths we envisioned are not the ones we actually want or are capable of taking. We have to find new passions, and these experiences can cause many emotions: guilt, excitement, exhaustion and more. The best way to process these feelings and experiences is through music.