By: Nina Campli, Assistant Editor of Student Life and Arts Photos Courtesy of: Marc Randall For the last Foraging in the Forest of the semester, we head back to the Music Wing of the Dorothy Young Center for the Arts. Each year the Senior Music Majors present their Capstone projects to the Music department. Along with research, each student must have a performance aspect to … Continue reading Foraging in the Forest: Student Projects at Drew
By Laura Archer, Staff Writer Photographer: Laura Archer New York City’s first Patches and Pins Expo took place over the weekend on Saturday, April 21. The event was held in the Metropolitan West, right across from the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. There was a line to get in, with only about a 15 minute wait and groups of ten being let in at … Continue reading Patches and Pins Expo Comes to NYC
By: Nina Campli, Assistant Editor of Student Life and Arts Pictures Courtesy of Communications This past week the Concert Hall was filled with the sounds of the many amazing ensembles of Drew University. Each of these musical ensembles, which are comprised of students, faculty and community members, showed off all their hard work with an end of the semester concert. This week’s set kicked off … Continue reading Concert Hall Column: Concert Review
By: Willy Nichter, Staff Writer Photographer: Willy Nichter At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24, the Ehinger Center lounge became host to Nutella Night, an event sponsored by the Cultural Italian-American Organization, also known as CIAO. The event, a campus tradition going back at least ten years, allows students to partake in a variety of Italian and Italian-American treats made with or that could be … Continue reading CIAO Celebrates Italian Heritage and the End of the Semester with Nutella
By: Renee Walters, Contributing Writer Photo Courtesy of Anna Gombert On Thursday, April 26, Women’s Concerns: A Feminist House (WoCo) hosted “Take Back the Night,” an annual event to bring awareness to and protest against sexual violence against women. Take Back the Night is an international event and began in the 1978 in response to the murders and violence perpetrated against women in the United … Continue reading WoCo: A Feminist House Hosts Annual ‘Take Back the Night’ March and Men’s Vigil
By: Nina Campli Photographer: David Iskowitz Every April, the Concert Hall here at Drew is non-stop with events from both inside and outside Drew. The most recent was the annual Jill Spurr Titus Memorial Scholarship Recital on Sunday, April 15 at 8 p.m. Jill Spurr Titus graduated from Drew in May of 1989 with a double major in Music and Psychology. She was enrolled in … Continue reading Jill Spurr Titus Concert Kicks off Drew Ensemble Concert Season
By Caitlin Shannon Photo Courtesy of: Christina Martínez Amongst the aroma of arroz con frijoles and the faint beat of Lin Manuel Miranda’s “Almost Like Praying,” students, faculty and family gathered in the theatre suite eagerly waiting to enter the D-Lab. Chatter in English, Spanish and Spanglish relayed everyone’s anticipation to hear the reading of Carmen Rivera’s play, La Gringa, put together by theatre students … Continue reading Reading of Carmen Rivera’s La Gringa Moves Audience with Story of Finding Identity
Writer: Alex Auer, Contributing Writer Photographer: Alex Auer One of Drew University’s hardest workers, Lou, arrives at the Ehinger Center at 7:30 a.m. everyday. If you are not familiar with Lou, he is the sushi chef in the E.C. and prepares fresh sushi Monday through Friday. Not only does he work long hours, but he has a far commute to campus. He is dedicated, consistent, … Continue reading Sushi by Lou
By: Caitlin Shannon, Editor of Student Life and Arts Photo from: http://amywilliamsmusic.com/photos/ Had you walked into the concert on Wednesday evening and struck a key on the piano, you might have been surprised to hear a ‘thud’ or ‘buzz’ instead of a concert A. That’s because Dorian Crimminss’19), Ashlie Sicilia (’19) and Brandon Johnson-Douglass (’18) got to prepare the piano for Wednesday night’s performance of John … Continue reading Concert Hall Column: Amy Williams Plays John Cage
By: Nina Campli, Assistant Editor of Student and Arts This week’s foraging has led us to Jared Sutton (’18), former President of Student Government who is working on his senior thesis. His thesis discusses the effect of union strength on the formation and sustainability of democracy in post-Arab Spring Egypt and Tunisia. Arab Spring, also called the Arab revolutions, was a series of revolts both … Continue reading Foraging in the Forest: Student Projects at Drew
