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I tried six different PSLs in Durham so you don’t have to

By Maddie Menkes | 3 days ago

It’s officially fall, and with fall comes one very important and crucial item — a pumpkin spice latte. 

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RECESS  |  CAMPUS

Sallie Bingham redefines the life of Doris Duke and describes her impressive career in public talk

By Kerry Rork | October 14, 2020

“I take on an uncomfortable subject in this novella: a woman’s rage," Bingham said. "Even today, years after the three successive waves of the women’s movement, rage is not an acceptable feeling for women and must be suppressed.”

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Duke's new 'Self and Community' series is a hopeful light during dark times

By Akshaj Turebylu | October 14, 2020

"We wanted to avoid something narrowly focused on COVID, but that still dealt with themes of isolation and reflection using broad cultural perspectives.”

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CULTURE  |  MOVIES

Amazon Prime’s ‘Welcome to the Blumhouse’ movie series quickly wears out its welcome

By Sydny Long | October 13, 2020

With box offices quickly becoming a thing of the past, Blumhouse has doubled down on its efforts to produce streaming content for Halloween.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE POP CULTURE

Amazon Luna is not the answer

By Devinne Moses | October 13, 2020

With the releases of the Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X next month, it comes as a surprise that Amazon announced its intent to compete in the gaming industry. What is their new platform all about and what is the commotion surrounding "cloud gaming?"

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RECESS  |  STAFF NOTE

An ode to nature and Colorado

By Derek Chen | October 13, 2020

Not only was exploring nature one of the few activities approved of in my state during quarantine, it also seemed like a great reprieve from the insane amount of time I had spent cooped up in my house.

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How to (safely) celebrate fall in the Triangle this year

By Tess Redman | October 13, 2020

With limited options for social engagement, Halloween is looking very different this year.

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RECESS  |  CAMPUS

35th NC Latin American Film Festival looks back on three decades of globalization through cinema

By Tessa Delgo | October 12, 2020

From Oct. 9 until Oct. 18, the annual NCLAFF will offer nightly films that highlight the best of Latin American cinema over the past 35 years.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE POP CULTURE

Sexism, Megan Fox and the tragic underestimation of 'Jennifer's Body'

By Derek Deng | October 8, 2020

Megan Fox’s narrative of exclusion from Hollywood isn’t unique. As a sex symbol, she was forced into a mold of what being “sexy” meant — and when she didn’t squeeze into that mold, her image was manipulated and tarnished forever by the men that held the strings.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

Deadlines and difficult times

By Jonathan Pertile | October 5, 2020

From the ninth floor of the hospital, you can see really far off into the distance.

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Hot and fresh out the oven takes on 'The Great British Baking Show'

By Meredith Cohen | October 5, 2020

“The Great British Baking Show” (TGBBS) is a baking competition filmed in England’s Welford Park each summer to find the best amateur baker in the United Kingdom.

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From parking lot to pop-up shop: Queen Burger serves up an experience

By Maddie Menkes | October 5, 2020

If you aimlessly drive through downtown Durham you may miss a delicious, vibrant and progressive food joint: Queen Burger. 

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

The YouTube comment section for Earl Sweatshirt’s 'East' is a modern-day 'Canterbury Tales'

By Ben Brutocao | October 4, 2020

To this day, almost a year after the video was released, people still comment multiple times per hour.

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CULTURE  |  MOVIES

Depravity is at an all time high in 'The Devil All the Time'

By Megan Liu | September 30, 2020

“The Devil All the Time” stood out to me because of its ensemble cast and thriller appeal. Yet, against all odds, “The Devil All the Time” bored me.

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Snapshots in time: Public gardens, postcards and a late empire's unraveling

By Jasmine Santos | September 29, 2020

In her Sept 18. virtual seminar, Professor Berin Golonu decodes the entangled mysteries that lay hidden in her collection.

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Campus group Mi Gente kicks off Latinx heritage month by celebrating the power of community

By Juanita Vargas Ibanez | September 29, 2020

This year’s Latinx Heritage Month (LHM) celebration highlights El Poder de la Comunidad, or "the power of community" — a timely theme in the midst of political, racial, economic and health turmoil.

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Duke podcast 'Freshly Squeezed Pulp' rethinks the pulp novel

By Meredith Cohen | September 28, 2020

If your next C1 bus ride feels like it's dragging on forever, you might consider tuning into “Freshly Squeezed Pulp,” (FSP) one of Duke’s many student-produced podcasts.