by Gabriella DePinho, Senior Writer Though winter break was only a week longer than usual this year, it felt longer because of the time spent away from campus. After campus closed just before Thanksgiving, the semester went on, but the winter break mindset of lounging on the couch and baking cookies kicked in earlier than usual. I finished my classes out despite the desire to … Continue reading Jasper Jams: Winter Break Edition
by Gabriella DePinho & Alexa Schmidt, Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor As the days get shorter and the weather gets colder, the spooky vibes are creeping in. Maybe you’ve already carved a jack-o’-lantern, watched your favorite Halloween movie with friends or started decorating with fake spiderwebs and 100 percent fake skulls. If not, you better get started so you don’t miss out on one of the most exciting, haunting and horrifying … Continue reading Jasper Jams: It’s Spooky Season
by GABRIELLA DEPINHO, Editor-in-Chief Summer always feels both long and not long enough, but this year, thanks to an early end to the in-person semester, summer felt as if it was five months long, even though we were still buried in work from classes. For most of us, when classes actually ended, our summers looked quite different than we had planned. I was fortunate enough … Continue reading The Dog Days of Quarantine: Five Months of Summer Jams
While you were catching up on sleep or with high school friends, traveling abroad, to the next state over or just staying on your local roads, everyone else kept on working, including musicians. The holiday season usually keeps everyone busy enough that they get distracted from new releases in pop culture. This first Jasper Jams of the semester is about showing you the hidden gems … Continue reading Jasper Jams: Winter Break Releases
In the last few weeks of the semester, with all of the projects, papers, quizzes, presentations and last minute tests, it’s important to get to work. I’ve practically been living in the library lately, all I’m missing is food and a shower here. I hate distractions when I work but hours of endless studying in silence can leave me feeling totally burnt out. I present … Continue reading Jasper Jams: Study Music
The second the clock turned from 11:59 p.m. on October 31st to 12:00 a.m. on November 1st, my suite-mate started listening to Christmas music. I actually think she probably started listening to Christmas music before Halloween even happened. I, for one, think early November is too early to listen to Christmas music because then I get tired of it when Christmas actually rolls around. The … Continue reading Jasper Jams: Thanksgiving Music
Great movies have great soundtracks. Terrible movies with good soundtracks become bearable. It’s undeniable that music impacts the viewer’s experience but often, viewers don’t realize or appreciate it. For this week’s Jasper Jams, I decided to pull some tracks from movies – recent and old – that are iconic, scene or film defining or are simply just great tunes that enhance the film and pop … Continue reading Jasper Jams: The Art of the Movie Soundtrack
Student Engagement announced via Instagram that Jordan Davis will be performing at Family Weekend on Saturday, October 13th. While having a named performer is a welcome change from Manhattan College’s usual Family Weekend cover band that plays songs that will please the crowd of parents that come to visit, the Instagram post made on September 6th, shared a name and face that I did not … Continue reading Jasper Jams: Who is Jordan Davis?
by GABRIELLA DEPINHO, Asst. News Editor Whether or not you particularly believe in climate change and global warming or even the round earth theory, but it’s hard to deny that the weather has been weird lately. We’ve been oscillating between sunny days and rainy ones; though the weather seems to be improving today, who knows what tomorrow’s weather will bring. It’s safe to assume that the future … Continue reading Jasper Jams: Rainy Day Playlist
