Stories by Carlina Duan
Notebook: Takács Quartet attracts an orchestral music newcomer
BY CARLINA DUAN
On Fri., April 12, the quartet met the Rackham stage with the grace of those familiar to a lit-up stage. They bowed, slowly, then sat down on simple, cream-colored seats. In the audience, muffled coughs blurted. Then, silence.
Student activists pursue Meatless Mondays for dorm cafeterias
BY CARLINA DUAN
If established at the University, the Meatless Monday plan would involve reducing meat-based meals every Monday in two dining halls: East Quad and North Quad, for the 2013-2014 school year.
Notebook: Resisting our generation's addiction to Facebook
BY CARLINA DUAN
Facebook addiction strikes me often. So often, in fact, that I’ve renamed it our 21st century version of the plague.
THE LITERARY ISSUE — The Statement
Ballet Class, 2001
- Teresa Mathew/Daily
BY CARLINA DUAN
Sasha has pink shoes. the ones
With the rubbery tops
Notebook: The superficiality of online dating amplified by new Tinder app
BY CARLINA DUAN
The prospect of strangers’ eyes — glossing me over, swiping me in or out — makes me view Tinder with sarcasm, with annoyance and, yeah, with a little fear.
Confessions of a sweet tooth: A first-timer’s journey at Zingerman’s BAKE! class
- Marlene Lacasse/Daily
BY CARLINA DUAN
As a college kid struggling to fling together brownie mix from the box every weekend, I needed to dip my hands into some flour. Baking classes, then, were just what I needed. And not just any baking class, but a Zingerman’s BAKE! “Who You Callin’ A Cream Puff?” class.
The Statement
Personal Statement: Becoming a 'Good Girl'
- Illustration by Megan Mulholland
BY CARLINA DUAN
But the truth was I had no trouble deciphering Mrs. Liu’s criticism. In fact, I understood her disapproval quite clearly. Each knuckle-whack carried a slap of condemnation: Bad Girl. I disliked piano lessons, but it wasn’t because Mrs. Liu wasn’t white. It was because she was, like my mother, Chinese, and her furrowed eyebrows meant I was failing to be a Good Chinese Daughter.
Understanding race
- Marlene Lacasse/Daily
BY CARLINA DUAN
The Museum of Natural History will feature a special exhibit this semester called, "RACE: Are We So Different?" — which ties in with the University’s College of Literature, Science and the Arts Theme Semester: Understanding Race.
Annual EnspiRED charity fashion show to craft accessible couture
BY CARLINA DUAN
EnspiRED’s “The Year of Couture” will feature student models, live entertainment and original clothing designs from fashion boutiques across the U.S.
Lighting the Stage: Modern 'Midsummer' reimagines classic tale
- Teresa Mathew/Daily
BY CARLINA DUAN
Actors in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” temporarily shed their roles as University students, their academic lives wedged into studio corners along with scattered sweatshirts, boots and scraps of paper.
