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Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd — a cautionary parable detailing the destructive nature of vengeance and the lengths to which one will go for love. With Halloween just around the corner, follow along for a deep dive into the upcoming production of this chilling musical and the team behind the scenes.
We tend to equate great acting with loud, dramatic moments full of yelling and tears; narrative tension erupting into an exploding cascade of emotion. Think of Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, bellowing with furious bravado to a crowded church: “I’ve abandoned my child! I’ve abandoned my boy!” These are often the most memorable part of a film — rewatched constantly, easily reproduced in popular culture. To secure an Oscar nomination, an actor must deliver a dramatic monologue or speech, a moment of great intensity reliably labeled by audiences and awards alike as “great acting.”
Three years ago, my dentist and I were chatting about music when he asked if I’d heard of Geese, a small band of 20-year-olds from my neighborhood in Brooklyn who made indie rock, which he knew was my favorite genre. I said no, but he recommended I check them out. I asked how he discovered them, to which he told me he was the dentist for one of Geese’s members and thought it prudent to advertise them to me. So later that night, I checked out their then-recent album Projector (2021). It wasn’t bad, just largely forgettable, so the name slipped out of my mind.
With local elections approaching on Nov. 4, local political groups on and off campus are working to galvanize civic engagement.
Saturday, September 13, I was feeling exploratory (and in need of a fitted sheet), so I pranced onto the overcrowded bus bound for Cornell students’ favorite weekend getaway: Target. Arriving in the glorious Disneyland of consumerism I had been drooling over, I bounced from Fruit Roll-Ups to Dyson V8 cordless vacuums to seasonally scented candles. (There is something seriously wrong with the Pumpkin Spice Cupcake candle — whatever makes it that way has got to be illegal in the European Union).
26 Federal Plaza, alongside its neighbors 290 Broadway and 7 Elk, was the site of thousands of detentions just this summer. The building houses an Immigrations and Custom Enforcement field office, one of 25 in the country, on its unreachable 10th floor. As the number of detentions climbs higher and higher, immigrants sleep on the floor in inhumane conditions. Before his transfer to Louisiana and eventual release, one of these immigrants was Mahmoud Khalil. The others? New Yorkers, friends, sisters, cousins — names we may never know.
Zohran Mamdani, Curtis Sliwa and Andrew Cuomo, the three candidates in New York City’s mayoral race, clashed during the final NYC mayoral debate last week. As Cornell voters prepared to cast their ballots on Nov. 4, students from New York City expressed mixed reactions to the arguments made onstage and the candidates' campaigns.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4. Early voting begins Saturday, Oct. 25, and goes until Saturday, Nov. 2. Here are the races to watch.
It has been seven months since 17 protesters were arrested for peacefully walking out of a panel elevating Israeli and American war criminals.
Years have come and gone, skates have been sharpened, fish have been thrown, shots have been blocked and little has changed for Cornell men’s hockey.
The Spaceman has left the stage. With Kiss, Ace Frehley rose to stardom and left a musical mark as recognizable and indelible as the stars on his face. An early proponent of the Gibson Les Paul, Frehley refined the role of the guitar hero in his everyman’s band through his unorthodox approach to the instrument. His leads were inviting, his stage presence mesmerizing and his influence farther-reaching than perhaps any other guitarist of his generation. Perhaps no other guitarist in history has inspired a greater collective taking-up of the electric guitar among the lost youth. He died on October 16, 2025.
In August, María Zardoya, frontwoman of The Marías, began cryptically teasing a new solo project on her social media, described as her “alternate reality.” Through mysterious video clips of Zardoya in forests and cabins, she offered a glimpse of the eerie aesthetic and psychedelic world her solo album would grow to inhabit. Through the gradual release of teasers, fans pieced together that this new project wouldn’t be under her name, María Zardoya; instead, she would take on the stage name of “Not For Radio.” On October 1, Zardoya took to her official “Not For Radio” instagram account to announce her 10-track album titled Melt to be released on 10/10 (Oct. 10). In this post, Zardoya expands on the conception of this project: “My intention with this project was to make music for the love of experimenting, far from home, fully in the moment, open to whatever stream of consciousness unfolded around us. And that’s exactly what we did in the snowy woods, tucked away, as ice melted beneath our feet and as we melted into the songs. What grew from the melted ice is this album.”
In the ’90s and early 2000s, romantic comedies were truly at their peak — they just don’t make them like that anymore. Perhaps it’s the grand gestures, the witty banter or the joy of watching people come together in the simplest and purest form. There’s something undeniably comforting about the hopeful optimism these films capture — an idealized version of life that feels a little lighter and warmer. Whether you’re in the mood for a laugh, a good cry or just something warm and familiar, here are a few of my favorite rom-coms that are always worth a rewatch.
A couple weeks ago, I had the urge to try Chatty Cathy açai bowls, so I immediately searched up the easiest route to get there. Then, I found out that it no longer exists and instead goes by the name of “Fresh Marché.”
The University is a place for academic enrichment and political organizing. It’s been this way since the 1960s — the age of the New Left, Port Huron Statement and the ideal of participatory democracy. Students find themselves, radicalize politically and engage in political discourse. From Vietnam to Iraq university students led movements against war. They have demanded divestment from South African apartheid and fossil fuels. Most recently, university encampments were the highlight in worldwide protests against the genocide in Gaza.
It’s finally that time of the year again. I don’t know about you, but once the leaves start turning and I get a crisp, cold waft of air on my face when I walk on campus, something in me starts preparing for Halloween. No, I don’t just mean partying on the weekend. What I start looking for are experiences that will make me feel equal parts entertained and terrified. So, what better way to talk about them than to share a couple places that might entertain you this fall season? Here are some of the most interesting scary attractions near Ithaca:
It is no secret that candy corn remains one of the most controversial confectioneries of Halloween. But why? Is it the unappealing way it looks more like a traffic cone than a corn kernel? Is it how your fingers imbue their weight in Red 40 before you can even pop it in your mouth? Is it the waxy, yet simultaneously hard texture that makes you wonder whether you ate a candle or swallowed your own tooth? I think the answer is more fundamental than that. To find an answer to our saccharine snag, we must look at what makes a quality candy.
Solutions by The State News
