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When the final curtain is drawn on Phantom in mid-April, it will not be an insignificant moment for Broadway. It is perhaps nostalgic for some, poignant for others and emphatically earth-shattering for a few.
I’m aware that most days, I find myself being "unsuccessful" — for every "A" that I missed, every opportunity I was rejected from or even every sign of being "less sociable and less creative" than my peers.
The distorted societal, economic, and political perceptions are artificial but pervasive in nature, creating barriers to the liberal arts. Reevaluation of the social classes' role in forming and sustaining their perceptions is crucial when we advocate for liberal arts educational accessibility.
Cancel culture is concerned more with how we should disregard the artists and write them off when they make mistakes than on how those mistakes can be used by the artists to create art that is inclusive.
Even though classical music, to some extent, seems to be dying publicly in the modern world, it still pulsates with life and remains capable of changing lives. We shouldn’t be embarrassed to embrace this belief.
To many countries, she not only represented the companion of time and space, but also the spiritual bond—an embodiment of history, tradition and values.
If there’s only one thing I hope to share with my peers in the Class of 2026, it’s that the foundation for us to connect with this new community is to first connect with ourselves.