Between hefty New York price points and the, I’ll say, less than ideal conditions of the dining hall food, on campus, it's tough to find good food at a good price point. So I asked a number of students what their tried and true dorm kitchen meals are. After all, the best food is that which is shared. Teriyaki Salmon Rice Bowl “A staple of my Film student diet this past semester. It’s cozy, filling, and very cost effective. Easy, and great for the dorm, everything listed belo

In January of 1917, a group of young artists; actors, poets, and painters climbed the Washington Square Arch in the dead of night, to declare secession from the nation, and to proclaim the neighborhood as the “Free and Independent Republic of Greenwich Village”. The artists, or Arch Conspirators , as they would become known as, released balloons and shot cap guns off the top of the monument, a moment considered to be foundational for Greenwich’s status as the artist capital o

Art by Chassidy Stephenson A few days into moving to New York, I found myself walking around lower Manhattan in search of something I could tack, or tape, on the naked walls in my apartment. I was shopping for posters. I ended up going to a place called 'Bungee Space’ near Chinatown that I – yes – found online. This was the kind of store that, although attempting to defy categorization, ironically fit very neatly into that particular type of space so coveted by those working

Photos courtesy of CDG SIX 1/4 (1997) Comme De Garçons' Spring Summer 1997 womenswear collection "Body Meets Dress/Dress Meets Body" is one of the most iconic examples of avant garde conceptual fashion. It is widely interpreted as an exploration of the grotesque female body and a parody of patriarchal beauty standards. It can be analyzed through a feminist theoretical lens which incorporates Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of the grotesque body and Julia Kristeva's theory of the abj

Art by Leona Bergin Photos of barely legal and barely clothed girls plastered the streets of Los Angeles. Mainly blank space and a large Helvetica font that always made the point of reminding you their clothes are American-made and sweatshop-free. Today, eerily similar ads float around New York City, and it’s not just a case of inspiration. American Apparel was known for its era-defying style and immortalized as the brand of indie sleaze, before filing for bankruptcy in 2016

Art by Vasu Arora I recently confessed to my priest that, under certain circumstances, I dressed with the devil last night. The clothes in my closet didn’t fit me anymore, and the stores in town couldn’t keep up with my tastes. For all my years, day in, day out, I warded against those sexy deals of wealth and power, only for her to get me with the new Prada collection. Unlike Cashmere and Cotton, the devil’s fabric was incredibly thick and rough, with tiny thorns on each thre

Art by Chassidy Stephenson The public was shocked when Anna Wintour announced her departure as Editor-in-Chief of American Vogue , anxiously waiting to see how the magazine would change. For Vogue , fashion, and Condé Nast, this is a huge deal. It's also a significant milestone for Wintour, who has been in the role for 37 years. When she first arrived at the position, she streamlined the staff and made the magazine more current and culturally relevant. She put celebrities and

Rudolph de Harak's Work In today’s age of microtrend-driven materialism, it is easy to forget that trends once lasted not for days but for decades. Movements were monumental, progressing slowly and by cultural consensus, with virtually the entire world marching in a given direction with its choices in music, art, writing and design. A cultural moment could be felt everywhere, by anyone. So it was with modernism. It would be difficult to find anyone from the world of art and