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(09/14/22 12:15pm)
Nothing screams back to school like wishing it was still summer. From listening to the same album until the sun comes up to binge watching the most ridiculous reality TV, the Recess staff compiled their favorite pieces of culture from a season that’s all about rotting your brain in the most nurturing way. Welcome back to campus! I know you are beyond excited for all the schoolwork you have to do now…
(02/14/22 2:00pm)
This one's for the romantics. From movies about sweethearts to literal boxes of sweets, the Recess staff picked pieces of culture we love for a day that is all about, well, love. Happy Valentine's Day!
“The Princess Bride”
(01/02/22 1:00pm)
“Donda”
(09/13/21 4:00am)
Labor Day has come and gone, taking Hot Vax Summer with it. Here's what the Recess staff was consuming once we realized we maybe shouldn't have been going outside yet, after all (thanks, Delta.)
(01/07/21 2:36pm)
"Sick Jan" by Chris Fleming
(10/29/20 5:28am)
Is your favorite chunky sweater on? Have you also failed to resist the urge to buy pumpkin spice-everything? It's fall, nerds! The Recess staff wrote about the pieces of culture we associate most with this beautiful, breezy and occasionally spooky season.
(08/24/20 4:00am)
Need any pop culture recommendations? In Recess’s summer quarantine roundup, you'll find what our writers and editors have been listening to, reading or watching since lockdown. Here are their recommendations:
(06/05/20 6:48am)
The Recess masthead and staff have been outraged and dismayed by recent events, actions and online discourse exhibiting the deeply entrenched cruelty, racism and anti-Blackness present across the country and in the Duke community. These atrocities compound past transgressions committed by powerful institutions that we engage with daily, and we will no longer remain silent.
(12/05/19 5:02am)
As 2019 comes to a close — and the 2010s with it — the Recess staff is looking back at the culture that defined the decade. From albums that changed the landscape of music to film and television that breathed new life into old formats, here are the Recess picks for the best of the 2010s:
(10/27/19 5:23pm)
Halloween is around the corner, and you don’t have a playlist yet. No worries, reader — our first-year writers have compiled their go-to Halloween songs below, a frighteningly refreshing mix of pop hits and deep cuts guaranteed to impress your friends. So take “Monster Mash” off repeat and plug into these spooky tunes:
(09/13/19 4:02am)
“Midsommar”
(04/17/19 4:01am)
Need any pop culture recommendations? Recess’s weekly roundup is a new series in which our writers and editors discuss what they are listening to, reading, eating or watching in a given week. Here are this week’s entries:
(02/14/19 5:05am)
Love got you down? Finally found your one true love? Trying to avoid any and all couples on February 14th? Whatever your feelings are toward Valentine's Day, Recess has got you covered with our songs describing love, loss and everything in between:
(12/05/18 5:25am)
Here at Recess, the year wouldn’t be complete without compiling our favorite art, literature and pop culture from the last 12 months. From the much-hyped return of the “Incredibles” series to a new exhibit at Raleigh’s N.C. Museum of Art, here are the Recess staff’s picks for the best culture of 2018:
(10/31/18 5:25am)
Halloween is upon us, and with the holiday comes classics in film, television, music and literature. The Recess staff selected some of the spookiest media to enjoy on All Hallows Eve:
(09/13/18 7:53pm)
Stuck inside during Hurricane Florence? Whether you're in the mood for binge-watching a TV series, settling in for a movie or discovering new music to listen to, Recess has you covered. Just make sure to pre-download in case of power outages!
(12/06/17 5:06am)
As 2017, at long last, comes to a close, the Recess staff is taking a look back at some of the year’s greatest moments in culture. From the headline-toppers — like albums by Lorde and Taylor Swift or the numerous revelations of sexual misconduct by men in power in Hollywood and elsewhere — to the local movements, 2017 was a busy year. Here are the staffers’ picks for this year’s arts and culture in Durham and beyond:
(08/23/17 4:00am)
As O-Week begins and the school year starts up again, Recess curated a playlist that will get you in the mood to enthusiastically tackle the fall semester and embrace everything Duke has to offer. Listen to it on the C1 during your morning commute or when you’re needing a study break—we promise it’ll lift your spirits.
(04/05/17 4:00am)
Coughing and sneezing got you down? Run out of Claritin? Unable to drag yourself out of bed? Recess has got you covered. Put off starting that final paper a little longer and listen to our fire, 100% hypo-allergenic Pollination Playlist.
(02/15/17 4:59am)
“I Try to Talk to You” – Hercules and Love Affair feat. John Grant
