Betsy Barthelemy

A makeshift recording studio Cogen set up at her grandmother’s house in November. Photo by Milly Cogen ’21 Betsy Barthelemy, Arts Editor April 8, 2021 This time last year, Milly Cogen ’21 was an environmental studies major planning her senior internship experience — fast forward a few months, and she was suddenly a music major, composing, performing on and producing her own concept album. “I don’t like saying that the pandemic made me change major tracks,” Cogen said.

Betsy Barthelemy, Arts Editor February 18, 2021 Even amidst a pandemic, virtual classes and the cramped pace of the module system, studio art majors are still finding ways to make meaningful work. Ailsa Burke ’21 has had to look inward to prepare for her capstone in module 4 from her off-campus apartment. “Lately, I’m making art that is familiar in subject and content to what I’m experiencing,” Burke said. “So right now that’s myself, my apartment, my surroundings.

The outside of the WMCN office. Photo by Malcolm Cooke ’21. Betsy Barthelemy, Arts Editor September 10, 2020 With their studio currently inaccessible to students, their FM broadcasting license nearing expiration and new broadcasts at a standstill, WMCN may seem like it’s on the brink of extinction, but it’s just the opposite.