The Phoenix on Culture
A student looks at contemporary Chinese perspectives
by Evelyn Atkinson
Wednesday February 22, 2006
My friend Megan and I arrive at Tiananmen at 3 a.m. The square is blocked off at night, and the gates aren’t open yet, but already people are clustered around the entranceways. Men, women, grandparents, little girls in party dresses with perfect, still-wet braids, all dressed up for Chairman Mao. Everyone waves miniature Chinese flags. Megan and I also wave one, which draws quizzical looks. What are two foreigners doing at the flag-raising?
Yankees v. Red Sox
by Hilary Hughes
Thursday September 29, 2005
Around this time last year, New England natives everywhere were elated when the Red Sox pulled an underdog move and qualified for the playoffs as the Wildcard Entry in the American League Championship Series for holding the fourth highest standing in the league. The joy and tension experienced by Red Sox fans up to this point multiplied exponentially when the Sox actually won the ALCS, with the most dramatic turn around and biggest upset in baseball history at the expense of their nemesis, the New York Yankees.
On display: Joel Sternfeld
by Bethany Altschwager
Thursday September 29, 2005
Joel Sternfeld, one of New York and Sarah Lawrence’s own, opened his anticipated show Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America show at the Luhring Augustine gallery in Chelsea.
Better Burgers, Tea and Thai
by Hannah Kinney and Hilary Hughes
Thursday September 29, 2005
Let’s face it: Bronxville and Yonkers may offer a few good restaurants and a movie theater or two, but it won’t take a month before you’ve exhausted all of the local venues worth venturing out to on a Saturday night. With that in mind, we’d like to share a few of our favorite places in Manhattan with those of you who relish the opportunity to head off campus.
Bargain District Pushes Away its Bargains to Pull in Business
by Cristabelle Tumola
Friday December 20, 2002
A vendor selling discounted pairs of socks on the sidewalk shouts at pedestrians as he tries to advertise his bargain merchandise. He is set up next to a boutique that sells high-priced clothing, which is not marketed to the bargain shopper. These two images contradict each other, but they exist on the Lower East Side, which houses such contradictions itself as the area improves its business district.
