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I watched the entire ‘Emilia Pérez’ parody and all I got was this stupid T-shirt
All eight years of French I took in grade school finally paid off, because I got to watch “Johanne Sacreblu” on the big screen in Baker Hall A51 and pretend I understood what was happening. So, ...
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Pillagers of the Lost Sea Captain part 2
Photo by Madison Kwo Captain Angelina Sawyer and her pirate crew sat in the brig for what seemed like hours before the ship finally arrived in the kingdom of Asteria and the pirates were hustled ...
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Novel-tea: ‘Star Wars,’ religious paragons, and Dostoevsky
Soomin Kong / Staff Artist I recently finished reading “The Brothers Karamazov” in a bid to increase my pretentiousness tenfold by the time that I finally become an upperclassman. In short, I ...
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Televising the Revolution: Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 halftime show
Image from Free Malaysia Today Subtlety, thy name is not Kendrick Lamar. I am writing this in the wee hours of a Monday morning. It’s the sort of Monday I already know will be draining, but at ...
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NanoCas helps to unlock Mini-CRISPR, first march toward miniature gene editing
By Balambal Suryanarayanan CRISPR-Cas9 is a repurposed gene editing tool that allows scientists to cut, replace, and insert pieces of DNA in precise regions along the strand. Courtesy of NIH Image ...
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The Science Behind Falling in Love
By Balambal Suryanarayanan When one first falls in love, noradrenaline is released, the key neurotransmitter in the flight or fight response. Anna Cappella/ Contributing Editor    Love is one of ...
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EdBoard: Let’s make CMU more like ‘Animal House’
Courtesy of CMU library archives What does it mean to be a student at Carnegie Mellon? Pulling all-nighters? Never leaving campus? A passion for bagpipes? This week, we set out to understand what ...
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Taylor Swift wins records but loses Grammys
By Luke Erbsen Image from Free Malaysia Today Like many devoted Swifties, I was disappointed, but not surprised by the Grammys this year. Taylor Swift’s newest album, “The Tortured Poets ...
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When the ‘Mean Girls’ #turntartan, we should care
Ian Giles / Staffwriter “Mean Girls 2” is no longer available for free on any streaming services, but I’m confident that it used to be, as I’d no longer be able to live with myself if I knew that ...
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‘Older (and Wiser)’: Lizzy McAlpine shines on third album
Image from Wikimedia Commons Accepting change, living with it, and learning to move on. These are the central tenets of singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine’s third studio album “Older” and its deluxe ...
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CMU and the City 3: Those three little words
Art by Anna Cappella Happy Valentine’s weekend! Even though the theme of this column is love and relationships, I felt compelled to write something extra special for this week’s issue. Each ...