The Unusual Suspects attracts large crowd at first show
Get your fine art fix: Five College edition
BY SARAH OLSEN ’18
Is your artistic soul being crushed by never-ending homework? Are you looking for something fun for the weekend? Do you want a thoughtful date destination to impress your significant other? You need art, and luckily, there are dozens of opportunities for an art fix within the Five Colleges. Here are the highlights:
Rebecca Grossman: A student guide at Mount Holyoke’s Art Museum
BY SARAH OLSEN ’18
Rebecca Grossman ’18 participates in the Student Guide program offered by the Mount Holyoke Art Museum. The program gives students a hands-on experience working in a museum. While in the program, students meet with museum staff for two and a half hours each week throughout the academic year and are required to give at least two tours a semester.
Stephen King’s “IT” one of the best horror movies of the year
BY MARIANA JARAMILLO ’20
Watching a horror film in theaters is a completely different experience from watching one at home on a smaller screen. Stephen King’s “It” is one for the theaters. The film is a perfect example of an immersive cinematic experience as it pulls the audience into the story’s world instead of just throwing random jump scares at the viewers. This adaptation comes 27 years after the original production in 1990, which — as those who have already seen the previous film may know — fits the timeline of the routine return of the film’s main fear factor, Pennywise the clown. This version is still based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name and is directed by Andres Muschietti. Among the notable cast members are Bill Skarsgård as “It” the clown, Finn Wolfhard from “Stranger Things” and several other talented child actors with promising careers ahead of them.
Students dive into “Teen Beach Movie”
BY AHLIA DUNN ’20
The Dive In Movie, a Mount Holyoke tradition, came back to conclude orientation events and the first week of classes on Friday, Sept. 8. A couple of times a year students from all class years gather in the Kendall Natatorium to watch a movie (usually something with a water-related theme).
THE FINAL COLUMN
“13 Reasons Why” sparks discussion
BY AHLIA DUNN ’20
“13 Reasons Why,” Netflix’s new show based on Jay Asher’s 2007 novel of the same name, premiered on March 31. The series, named the “most tweeted about show of 2017” by Entertainment Weekly, has become a hit — but also sparked controversy around its portrayal of mental illness and suicide, both online and on campus.
Tuning into Radio Week with Abby Cough ’18
BY ELEANOR HARRIS ’20
This Monday, WMHC kicked off radio week. Every weekday, the radio station will DJ on Skinner Green from 4:30-6:30 p.m., culminating in live music, games and activities for the classes of 2018 and 2020 on Saturday. To celebrate this week of music and fun, we sat down with Abby Cough ’18, who hosts “Dead Air” from 12-2 a.m. on Tuesdays, to learn about her radio show, guilty pleasure songs and wild encounters with M.I.A.
Waka Flocka Flame excites at spring concert
Baby’s coming back to Mount Holyoke
Culture Vulture: Pepsi Gets it Wrong
Review: “Cabaret” is more relevant than ever
“Get Out” starts an important conversation
BY MARIANA JARAMILLO '20
Some people like to say that racism is over — or at least, that it is almost impossible to find in certain “progressive” communities. “Get Out,” Jordan Peele’s first feature-length film, expertly dispels that myth with the story of a family of pseudo-liberals hiding a disturbing secret.
