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Will the Real Al Pacino Please Stand Up?

Kaitlyn Tiffany  —  Feb 8, 2013

It has been a long time since the release of the original Godfather, but it is still hard to picture Al Pacino as anything less than Michael Corleone. Kaitlyn Tiffany '15 reflects on new movie Stand Up Guys and the decline of a film giant.

Nostalgia That Hurts So Good

Alice Wang  —  Oct 18, 2012

No stranger to music or the far reaches of the world, Alice Wang '15 reflects on the moments that have stuck with her, whether she was on a safari in Kenya or toiling on college applications at home. The element linking them all together? Music.

Heart Is Where the Home Is

Kaitlyn Tiffany  —  Sep 11, 2012

Kaitlyn Tiffany '15 was touched by the Hangar Theatre's nostalgic and deeply moving production of The Trip to Bountiful.

2009 Strikes Back

James Rainis  —  Sep 7, 2012

James Rainis '14 gets nostalgic about being a high school music nerd. 2012's new releases brings on a wave of déjà vu. 

Undue Pending

Nathan Tailleur  —  Nov 15, 2011

Nathan Tailleur looks at our definitions of love and sadness, and how they change as we age and ascribe meaning to our habits and desires. 

Pause, Rewind, Play

Rebecca Lee  —  Sep 21, 2011

Becky Lee discusses the connection between nostalgia, music and our teenage punk years.

Rekindling the Love of Books

Suzanne Baumgarten  —  Sep 13, 2010

Kindle's convenience certainly can't be denied, but what are we missing when we abandon paper books in favor of new technology?

Small Town Punk

Caiden Leavitt  —  Mar 31, 2010

Story telling is representation and augmentation; it is reality and something beyond that. “Punk” Lawrence House stood in front of a group of about one hundred familiar faces on Mar. 22 to share his stories about a small town in Maine: his town, and my town. In an atypical start to my spring break, I sat in the basement of the Turner Public Library, among an audience in which I was the youngest, to listen to this man recount the history of our town in a series of personal stories.        

Ithaca and Abroad: What it Means to Be a Cornellian

Sanjiv Tata  —  Feb 3, 2009

I am in my last semester at Cornell, so perhaps it’s not surprising that I find myself missing Cornell even before I have left with my coveted degree in hand. As I stroll across the Arts Quad under the watchful eyes of Ezra Cornell and A.D. White, I am fiercely proud to call myself a Cornellian. And yet, this sense of nostalgia raises a profound question: Do we share a common conception of what it means to be a Cornellian?

Quite frankly, the more I ponder the question, the more I’m convinced that it is overly simplistic and risks missing the point. Cornell is more than the sum of its parts, and its multifaceted nature ensures that each of us has a slightly different understanding of what it means to be a Cornellian.

Limp Bizkit: The Soundtrack to Our Lives

Peter Finocchiaro  —  Oct 15, 2008

I’ve always had — and always will have — a special spot in my heart for Limp Bizkit. Please, allow me to explain myself.

I would venture to say I have a pretty broad musical palette. Though some would challenge my claims of good taste — Sun Senior Editor Sammy Perlmutter ’10 discovered six months ago that I like Gym Class Heroes, and he still won’t talk to me — I feel comfortable suggesting I have a fairly respectable collection of songs on my iPod. Genres like indie and hip-hop appear in spades, along with some more accessible examples of electronic and experimental brands of music. Whether you have a hankering for Dem Franchize Boys or Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, I can probably find a song that you would be at least decently satisfied with.

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