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With some people taking up new residences temporarily or permanently since the coronavirus hit, we asked readers to tell us about moving because of the pandemic. Some answers have been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.
“Definitely, with no regret, it prompted me to move. I eagerly decided to move, retiring earlier than I originally anticipated. Happy to obey the stay-at-home order due to the pandemic.” Deborah Betancourt
“I moved from Michigan to Chicagoland. This area has always been one of my favorite places to visit, and I feel so blessed to call it home. I met my significant other before this pandemic, and his passion for his hometown was a part of his charm. Before this pandemic, none of this would have been possible. I feel so grateful.”
Nick DiPillo, these Brooklyn shoegazers are pared down to their core duo of
Ian Carpenter (vocals/guitars) and
Rachel Fischer (drums) for this debut full-length.
Wilds’ four pre-LP singles demonstrate the group’s range: faster numbers like the bright, glistening “Anterograde” and coarser, punk-edged “Glower” blend Wild Nothing and DIIV with Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Black Tambourine, while the more leisurely “Billows” and “Depth Charge” combine the floating, ethereal waft of Slowdive, Breathless and Lanterna with the majestic, speakers-shredding blast of Catherine Wheel, Sleepover Disaster, and Half String. The other eight continue in that vein, with Carpenter’s pensive, breathy voice evoking Ian McCulloch on Echo-esque beauties “High Dive” and “Sweet, Cheera.” Behind Carpenter’s ascending, stratospheric guitars and Fischer’s potent, dynamic stickwork,
Speech and Debate Union win three tournaments
Emery Wainscott
ewainscott@murraystate.edu
The Speech and Debate Union (SDU) won three of three tournaments this semester during Director of Forensics Lou Tillson’s first year as coach.
The SDU competed in the 2021 academic year against teams from across the country. Last semester, the team had planned to compete in four tournaments but two were canceled because of COVID-19.
Tillson said the team suffered a negative impact last spring when the University switched to remote learning. The switch caused the team’s final tournament of the year, the Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Tournament, to be canceled.
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