Arts & Entertainment

ON AIR

ON AIR

WSIN 1590 AM, Southern’s independent radio station, is where many students host their own podcasts and radio shows. All the shows on WSIN have different styles, providing a variety of options for listeners to choose from and tune into every week.  Gary Robinson Jr., a sophomore communication major, hosts On My Way Radio, a combined talk and music...

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Crafts on campus

Crafts on campus

Many students who take up hobbies and crafts in their free time find that they help with their creativity and encourages them try something new. Some students pick up new hobbies after being inspired by others.   Erin Maloney, a junior English major, says she started doing embroidery during quarantine after seeing pictures and videos of it on the social...

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Passion for Poetry

Developing their creative writing skills in the English classrooms is helping some students find their passion for poetry. The free expression experience is transforming them from youthful writers to more skilled poets. Taylor Havrilla, a sophomore English-creative writing major, says she began writing in the fourth grade when she was inspired after reading the book, “Also Known as...

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POLISHED!

By Genevieve Jaser Consider the way people may present themselves to others. Immediately, a person may notice an outfit, smile, hair, but what about their nails? Like other exterior features, fingernails are a blank canvas that can be used to express one’s creative and artistic desires. Nail designs can be a characteristic to perfect, or upkeep—a job that...

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Autumn at Southern

Autumn at Southern

Engleman Hall (Meghan Olson/Crescent Magazine) The back of Engleman Hall from Morrill Hall.(Meghan Olson/Crescent Magazine) Seating outside Morrill Hall.(Meghan Olson/Crescent Magazine) The John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts (Meghan Olson/Crescent Magazine) By Meghan Olson Meghan OlsonPhoto Editor(Vern Williams/Crescent Magazine)

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Top 5 Art Installations on Campus

Top 5 Art Installations on Campus

#1: End of the Line End of the Line by Nancy Holt.(August Pelliccio/Crescent Magazine) This circular sculpture, hidden near Brownell Residence Hall, enframes the cliffside of West Rock Ridge State Park in its two overlapping circles. The structure was installed in 1985 per completion by the now deceased artist Nancy Holt. The wheel-like structure seems to bring the...

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Collecting Dust

Within the walls of the Hilton C. Buley Library lies a vast, 1,500-piece art collection— a collection that has existed since the 1970s, established by Olaf Zeidenberg, a former Southern art professor. As the priceless collection grew, interest in establishing a functioning gallery, complete with a director, did not. Thus the collection, including works from former faculty members,...

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