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SUNBURSTS | A Love Letter to Ithaca

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Dear Ithaca, Happy Valentine’s Day. Love, The Photography Department

APPLES TO APPLES | Apple Fest, a beloved fall festival, provides apple-themed festivities such as apple cider donuts, live music and local vendors. (Sophia Romanov Imber/Sun Staff Photographer)

SLOPESET | Libe Slope continues to be one of the most popular spots for students to spend time, no matter the season. (Sophia Romanov Imber/Sun Staff Photographer) 

ENJOY THE VIEW | Winter in Ithaca brings plenty of snow… but also plenty of beautiful views. (Sophia Romanov Imber/Sun Staff Photographer)

SERENITY | A peaceful look at Beebe Lake during the winter months brings a reminder to stop and take in the view.

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The Poems of Maya Angelou: A Romantic History

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As the season of love approaches, many express their affection through chocolates, teddy bears or love sonnets and poems. One poet, however, stands out from the rest, not just for her reflections on love, but the way she blends it with themes of empowerment, resilience and social justice. That poet is icon Maya Angelou, whose words don’t just celebrate love, but ignite strength and inspire change. Angelou, born in 1928 in St. Louis was not just a poet, but a memoirist and civil rights activist whose words altered literature and society forever. Overcoming a difficult childhood, she found her voice again through storytelling, ultimately writing her ceiling-shattering autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

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SOLAR FLARE | Songs to Make You Believe in Love

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Do you feel it in the air? No, not the mysterious illness going around — love! With Valentine’s Day coming up, it’s time to get into the spirit of companionship.  Regardless of relationship status, I believe that the idea of love is something to be appreciated. So here’s a list of songs that celebrate what love can and should be: devoted, genuine and heartfelt. I’ve kept them confined to the soft and melodic, all the better for a little introspection. 1.

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CHANCELLOR | L-O-V-E

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In modern times and on college campuses like Cornell, we do not even know what love is. Love used to be commonplace in families, but became unattainable, a holy grail.

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Petrichor Brings an Elusive and Entrancing Take on Love

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The definition of petrichor is “a distinctive, earthy, usually pleasant odor that is associated with rainfall especially when following a warm, dry period.” 070 Shake spells her own meaning of Petrichor with her most recent album: She bathes in the lush bass tones of a new kind of rain, a new day after a long night out. 

Following her 2022 sophomore album You Can’t Kill Me, Petrichor takes a daunting yet

rejuvenating new look at what love is. Many of the songs in the collection emerge from the witching hours, where 070 Shake thrives in concocting reflective spells. On “Sin,” the opening track, smooth, layered vocals give way to the spacy outro: “chasing after waters, chase the moonlight.” Listeners are sure to be reminded of the  2019 track “Under The Moon” featured on her debut album Modus Vivendi; as long she’s been performing as 070 Shake, Danielle Balbuena has been a creature of the night. As this is the first album Balbuena has released since the beginning of her celebrity relationship with Lily-Rose Depp, Petrichor’s elusive, supernatural takes on love are fitting. In “Pieces of You,” Balbuena infuses misery and wonder within the discovery of another.