Emily Waitson
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The Cord’s official playlist for summer 2019
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Summer is just around the corner, and The Cord’s staff have you set with a playlist that’s sure to put you in the mood for warm weather and relaxing days on the beach. “Earfquake” – Tyler, the Creator From Tyler, The Creator’s first number one album IGOR, Earfquake explores the topic of heartbreak and guilt all while delivering…
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The Cord tastes: Festive drink recipes for the holiday season
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Four people from The Cord gathered together to make and taste-test three holiday-themed beverages to see which ones worked the best. The key was to see if these were drinks that we would drink again, that we’d pay money for and if they were worth the effort to create in the first place, especially given…
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Opening a time machine to the past
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News Editor, Aaron Hagey, and Opinion Editor, Emily Waitson discuss recapturing their childhood and nostalgia’s impact on daily emotions. Nostalgia; the sentimental reminiscence that goes through your mind when you encounter a piece of your past, is perhaps one of the most powerful and motivating — yet uniquely consuming and volatile — emotions that adults…
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Bazinga has lost its funny charm
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It seems to me that many of us have one friend from high school who, no matter what you do, they won’t go away. You desperately want to move on and put that stage of your life behind you, yet they’re still annoyingly present. For me, this “friend” is The Big Bang Theory. Things obviously…
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You don’t have to be sneaky to be a snake
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There are some people who take their horoscopes incredibly seriously, believing their own star sign to be the end-all of believability and faithfulness to their entire being. Others rely on the outcomes of Buzzfeed personality quizzes to validate the aspects of themselves they want to see or have guessed by a random selection of questions…
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Not every family is Ohana: leave them behind
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There’s a commonly used phrase that always irks me whenever I hear it: “blood is thicker than water.” It’s thrown around in movies and on TV shows as a humbling way to teach values about familial bonds. In real life, it’s often utilized as a backhanded form of misplaced guilt. Proverbs like this tend to…
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Get Out: the poignant hit film shines a frightening light on racial bias
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Watching the trailers for the now critically acclaimed film Get Out had me inexplicably hopeful. I had no clue what this film would deliver, but as an unabashed lover of horror movies with a twist, I was thoroughly impressed with both the execution of the movie genre itself, and the all-too-relevant meaning threaded throughout. This…
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Jimmy Fallon and why he’s no longer funny
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I used to be a person who eagerly watched Jimmy Fallon’s late night show with unending amusement. I found his sketches funny and thought that he was a talented comedian and entertainer. I would watch him and think, “he’s so likeable.” He gives the impression that he is painfully pleasant. People generally respond well to…
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Taking out the trash in friendships
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As a woman in my early twenties, I’ve managed to learn a few things as I’ve awkwardly stumbled my way through life so far. I’ve experienced friendships that I didn’t realize were incredibly toxic until long after they were out of my life. I think the idealism that surrounds friendships and how we interact with…
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Imagination from watching into people’s lives
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As someone who is quiet and reserved by nature, I have picked up a specific pastime that requires no energy and can be done practically anywhere: people watching. People watching is something that I have acquired a love for and I use it as an entertainment method to make time pass more quickly. I do…
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