That’s Not How Life Is: stereotypical love tropes in novels

Lucie Sautriot Bruneaux ‘26  Staff Writer  Meet-cute, enemies-to-lovers, office romance — how many of us have actually experienced these tropes? It must be true for some people, but why aren’t real-life situations written about more in romance novels? Would it be boring? Would there be no story to tell?  These are valid questions, but it would be much healthier if readers would stop waiting to run into the love of their life in the halls,…

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Synth, snare, snow: albums to make your winter pop

Synth, snare, snow: albums to make your winter pop

Music tends to follow individuals through the seasons, and as winter approaches, people will dust off their holiday records to hone in holiday joy. Though the smooth singing and catchy tunes of holiday pop dominate the music rotations of many, I propose three albums that, rather, characterize the winter season from start to finish and stray from the tradition of sleigh bells and Santa Clause. “Saves the World” by MUNA Dominated by synth, electric guitar…

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Minecraft: A Timeless Art

Minecraft: A Timeless Art

Minecraft seems to have done the impossible. The popularity of a given video game tends to deplete shortly after its release, but Minecraft hasn’t followed this trend. Since its creation in 2009 and rise to stardom in 2013, several revivals have prevented a downfall that seemed inevitable for other video games. Whether it was sprinting home to hop straight onto a server or picking up a Minecraft handbook from the Scholastic Book Fair, every other…

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Lux – Rosalía’s new album brings women, spirituality and music together as one

Lux – Rosalía’s new album brings women, spirituality and music together as one

By Leonor Valente ‘29Staff Writer The much-anticipated Rosalía album, following her Grammy-awarded project “Motomami,” was released Nov. 7 and soon took the heart of many fans. Once again, Rosalía proved that she is not just a singer, but an extremely talented and creative artist. The PR strategy for “LUX” was quite unusual, with the first single “Berghain,” featuring Bjork and Yves Tumor released with a 24-hour notice on the artist’s social media, and an accidental…

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The Symbolic Intersection of Desire and Cannibalism

Victoria Mulli  mulliv@lakeforest.edu Staff Writer Cannibalism and the innate desire for human connection are two seemingly polarising concepts in a literal sense. Our taboo perception of cannibalism stems from the psychological essentialism of human essence, which is ingrained in our contemporary culture. It is what roots our tendency to see personhood and identity within one another, and subsequently, in our flesh. This notion of human essence prevents us from viewing ourselves and anyone around us…

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