Review: 'Melodrama' — Lorde’s long-awaited followup album
Album: "Melodrama" by Lorde
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Album: "Melodrama" by Lorde
Everybody dies.
The Nickelodeon, known in Columbia for showing independent films, is launching a new series called OUT Here. Comparable to the Foreign Focus series in its structure and similar to Black Stories in its specificity, OUT Here will bring a spotlight to the the LGBTQ community’s experience in the South. The series aims to bring people together by facilitating healthy dialogue surrounding the LGBTQ community. Each month will feature one film that falls into this theme and will continue to run indefinitely. The project, which has been in the works for over a year, will come to fruition on Tuesday night.
Earlier this month, President Trump announced a budget plan that would defund the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, three agencies that are critical in promoting education, celebrating cultural diversity and encouraging Americans to express themselves creatively. It would be illogical to claim that cutting these programs is going to make our country unravel or combust, but the greater implications may be cause for concern. Defunding these programs implies a diminishing sense of value in areas that cultivate empathy among humans — arguably one of the most critical aspects of a healthy society.
USC and Freshman Council hosted their own version of the Bachelor on Monday night. It was an epic, entertaining attempt to match up some of our school’s most eligible students. Three male students and three female students were selected from a large pool of applicants to be the bachelors/bachelorettes. Each round consisted of one bachelor or bachelorette who asked questions to three contestants, ultimately choosing the one with whom they felt most compatible. The pairs then received a gift card for a restaurant in Columbia to pay for their first date.
The Charleston-based band SUSTO shook New Brookland Tavern on Thursday night. The crowd was full of rowdy, long time fans, who shouted their adolescent anthems and screamed for all of their new favorites. SUSTO is in the midst of touring their sophomore album “& I’m Fine Today” and is steadily gaining traction. This spring they will be on tour with the Lumineers, but last night was not about SUSTO’s potential catapult into the mainstream music scene. Rather, it was an intimate, gritty, recognition of those who have loved their sound from the beginning, and an ardent welcome to newer followers.
On Monday night, six students competed in Russell House Theater to be named the funniest student at USC. An easily engaged audience welcomed Joel Kim Booster, a professional comedian and host of the event. Many students were there to support competing friends, while others attended out of curiosity or because they had an admiration for stand-up comedy.
Carolina Productions will present a comedy competition in search of USC’s best student comedian. Taking place on Monday, Feb. 13, the show will pull together several acts to perform in front of a live audience and three judges.
Party for a Purpose, a Greene Street event sponsored by Relay for Life, brought people together for an energetic hour of music, food, and conversation. Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society’s most publicized fundraising event and takes place each year in the spring. With February being World Cancer Prevention month, it is common for cancer awareness groups to garner the most public support around this time of year. However, it is important to recognize that the American Cancer Society and Relay for Life organizations work year-round to help those battling this pervasive disease. Second-year exercise science major Nicole Hoffner is on the Relay for Life leadership team and was one of the students helping to facilitate Party for a Purpose on Thursday evening.