RECESS  |  STAFF NOTE

How to be a Californian

By Kerry Rork | September 7, 2020

Everything you’ve heard about California is true.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

Why ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ couldn’t have come at a better time

By Devinne Moses | September 4, 2020

Travel won’t be the same for a while, but the release of “Microsoft Flight Simulator” on Aug. 18 is a breathtaking leap for virtual realism that serves as more than just a game.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

A generation past hiding in the wake of #FreeBritney

By Jasmine Santos | September 3, 2020

Long before mental health initiatives made waves in mainstream media, Britney Spears was the voice that nourished the soul of a generation.

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

The Killers’ 'Imploding the Mirage' is refreshingly optimistic

By Angel Chaudhary | September 3, 2020

This album marked a journey of letting go of the past and moving forward.

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RECESS  |  CAMPUS

First virtual Heatwave concert kicks off an unusual fall semester

By Meredith Cohen | September 2, 2020

For the first time in Duke’s history, the annual Heatwave concert was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic last Friday, Aug. 28. This year, rapper Denzel Curry headlined the concert.

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CULTURE  |  FOOD

Snacking on a budget: The best snack options for Duke students

By Maddie Menkes | September 2, 2020

With COVID-19 precautions in mind, Duke encourages their on-campus students to only bring essential items. I consider snacks one of them. 

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RECESS  |  CAMPUS

Jessica Ingram’s “Road Through Midnight” tells the story of the South’s complicated past

By Ben Smith | September 2, 2020

How do we remember our history?

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RECESS  |  LOCAL

Living Arts Collective's Death Café encourages dialogue around mortality

By Tess Redman | September 1, 2020

Nine months into a year characterized by a global pandemic, many of us have been thrust uncomfortably close to the idea of death — much closer than six feet. 

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RECESS  |  LOCAL

Pandemic fails to cancel 8th annual "Truth to Power" art exhibit

By Juanita Vargas Ibanez | September 1, 2020

Hosted by Duke’s Power Plant Gallery at the American Tobacco Campus, the exhibition shifted to a virtual format due to guidelines instituted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including an artist talk held Aug. 22 on Zoom.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

What's going on with Ellen?

By Derek Deng | August 31, 2020

The format of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” is amusingly predictable. She brings someone onto the stage — preferably a child prodigy or a teacher in need of new classroom desks — and gifts them an impressive sum of money or a flat-screen TV.

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RECESS  |  CAMPUS

How Duke arts organizations are recruiting during COVID-19

By Satya Khurana | August 31, 2020

A year ago today, arts organizations around campus were buzzing with anticipation.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

Of monsters and men: An ode to T-Pain

By Tessa Delgo | August 31, 2020

When I think of happiness, I think of T-Pain. I think of being eight and whirling around on rented quad skates to “Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin’)” at my hometown roller rink.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

‘Hamilton’ on Disney+ is a step in the right direction for musical theater

By Sydny Long | August 28, 2020

Before there was the professionally-shot production of “Hamilton” uploaded onto Disney+ to worldwide acclaim, there was “founding fathers slime tutorial.”

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

Recess summer quarantine roundup

By Recess Staff | August 24, 2020

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:

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RECESS  |  CAMPUS

The Coop provides an inclusive platform for Duke women

By Skyler Graham | August 24, 2020

This time last year, I entered my freshman dorm and met the initially intimidating group of girls living on my hall. 

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RECESS  |  CAMPUS

'Anytown, USA: Quarantine' documents everyday people in the face of change

By Courtney Dantzler | August 24, 2020

This past March, the student filmmakers of Anytown, USA, a continuing education class at the Center for Documentary Studies, were scheduled to travel to the small eastern North Carolina town of Windsor.

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RECESS  |  LOCAL

Into the fold: Local crafters find their pandemic niche in mask-making

By Tessa Delgo | August 24, 2020

Marcus Hawley spent the last week of March developing a mask prototype, but he never imagined it would actually see the light of day. 

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

Glennon Doyle's 'Untamed' finds power in the uncomfortable

By Bates Crawford | August 21, 2020

It is reductionist to say that self-help books are too regimented and clinical. Of course, there are books that enforce a “how to” tone or a certain sense of  “this is what you must do,” but many others are less instructive and more descriptive.

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RECESS  |  LOCAL

Storyteller Amy Godfrey is building an emotionally intelligent generation

By Stephen Atkinson | August 17, 2020

A Durham-based children’s storyteller and aerial performer Amy Godfrey wants to change the dominant narrative around children, and she wants to change how adults talk about and to them. 

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RECESS  |  STAFF NOTE

It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I don’t feel fine)

By Sydny Long | August 17, 2020

Despite my intention to toughen up at the onset of adulthood, I remained an oyster without a shell, soft and yielding.