Photo from Spotify For over seven years, the singer/songwriter duo Chloe x Halle, composed of twins Chloe and Halle Bailey, has made waves through unique compositions of experimental contemporary R&B. This year, Chloe Bailey experienced the tumultuousness of adulthood and chose to release solo music that shows her personal journey during Chloe x Halle’s music hiatus. As a solo artist,...
Chlöe’s ‘In Pieces’: A Heartfelt but Scattered Debut
‘Suzume’: A Poignant, Mystical Adventure
Photo from IMDb Fans of “Your Name” and “Weathering with You,” rejoice! A new movie by Makato Shinkai was finally released in American theaters in April. “Suzume No Tojimari,” or “Suzume,” as it is known to American audiences, is Shinkai’s latest movie, tackling concepts such as closure, love, trauma, and ecological disasters. “Suzume” follows a 17-year-old girl named Suzume Iwato...
‘Swarm’: Rooting for the Unrootable
Photo from Prime Video “This is not a work of fiction” is the first disclaimer that “Swarm” presents to its audience, a complete contradiction to the fictional show that begins seconds later. Although this may simply seem like playful wording for the first episode, this bewildering statement is only the beginning of the insanity that “Swarm” plans to impose on...
‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’: The Reimagining of Princess Peach
Photo from Illumination Entertainment For video game lovers across the world, Mario and Luigi are more than just characters bleeping across a computer screen. They are a symbol of many childhoods, spending countless hours exploring unique and interesting worlds in the search for Princess Peach. When it was announced that the franchise would be reimagined into a movie, it was...
NJIT Surveying and Steel Bridge Teams Win It All!
Photo by Erin Foody NJIT’s Surveying and Steel Bridge teams took first place in this year’s Metropolitan Student Symposium, hosted by the American Society of Civil Engineers, or ASCE, and held at Rowan University. For student teams from the Newark College of Engineering, such as the surveying, steel bridge, and concrete canoe teams, this symposium offered a way to display...