The Current - MSU

By: Amanda Kiefer April 3rd, 2022 Music is a reflection of culture; it’s a response displaying the collective energy of the population. One way to investigate the state of a society is by turning on the radio, or, more applicable to 2022, one’s preferred streaming service. As current culture heads toward unrest and tension, music follows. Times of crisis have consistently produced faster (and, incidentally, more danceable) music as people escape from their lives into the fantasy of pop culture.

By: Laura Wescott This article is part of the Fall 2021 Magazine Issue Series. Read the full issue here. People were making “personal ads” in the newspaper as far back as 1685. There are records of dating profiles in magazines and newspapers as recently as the 1990s, when dating sites had already started gaining traction. People have always been seeking to make connections with those they’ve yet to meet.