ROUX - Issue 30, May 2026

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ROUX Student Magazine EST 2022 Issue 30, 21st May 2026 Luxembourg Print run: 560 copies Chief Editors: The color wheel

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Summer Stuff

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Sunny season suggestions

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Whispering Patterns Poster

Contents

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It’s not what it looks like

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A poem

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A short story

We recall memories A short piece

I’m the angry son A musical essay

La honte

Blooming Paths A poem

A self reflective comic Moving Out, Moving In Soft inner reflection

My museum of

West African Giraffe A short story

Starring: Bill SYLA – currently on fraud watch Chloé LEMONNIER – find me at the uni library, knitting Dorian SOUSA CALVO – when she leaves, i steal her yarn Hugo NAZAC – Life is a Rohmer film Julien CRUCITTI – I need an enormous amount of free time Kate KOHUT – I’m still figuring out who I am Kristina SHATOKHINA – woman of vision; high priestess Lara SEYLER SCHMIT – I need an eternity of sleep & a good book Lu CULLEN MORENO – no, I’m not a vampire Margaryta ALEKSANDROVA – the witch Maria MAZEINA – a.k.a Masha Pegah & Pariya PALIZBAN – not twins :) Rafael CORONADO – Laureate Indie Gamer Shivangi MISHRA – part-time comic artist, full-time food lover Umut UCAK – rank III level 78 yapper Valeriia STELMASHENKO – holding on by bare enthusiasm Yasmine ZOUACHE – daydreaming so hard I’m barely reachable Zoltan TAJTI – founding father; Maecenas of the online edition

We are thankful to: Ramona Ventimiglia, Veerle Waterplas, Margaly Monelus, and Abigail Slate of the Office of Student Life, Sonja Di Renzo and Antonio Tavan of the Repro Team, Espace Cultures, Karin Langumier, Alannah Meyrath, Bianca Pirrelli, SAUL, Jolt Coffee Roasters, Dalmat CoffeeHouse, Café Saga, LLC, BNL, Casino and CNL. Roux is partners with RTL Today

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The magic vanishes when

We don’t just see shapes,

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Décompositions

A comic

you grow old

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cool creatures An exhibition

Shoutout

A list of what’s

important in life Find us at: campus buildings (reception areas, magazine stands), student lounges, chill-out-zones, Jolt Coffee Roasters, Dalmat CoffeeHouse, LLC, BNL, Casino and CNL. Join us! We are always looking for graphic designers, writers, artists, photographers, reporters, administrators and all sorts of sailors willing to (wo)man the good ship ROUX! Contact us: paper.roux@gmail.com Find the magazine online: https://issuu.com/rouxmagazine Our website: https://roux.lu Instagram: @roux.magazine Cover by Valeriia STELMASHENKO Poster p. 16 - 17 by Pariya PALIZBAN

Unless otherwise noted, all images in the magazine have been dedicated to the public domain under the Creative Commons CC0-1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

Direct all copyright claims to: paper.roux@gmail.com ©2026 ROUX Student Magazine. All Rights Reserved.

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Hello dear reader!

As the summer slowly arrives, the pace gradually changes, people start sitting outside in the sun, eyes closed, cherry trees are blooming, the smell of warmth and fresh cut grass, there is chatter and laughter outside.

People start to look at the past academic year, saying stuff like “this time last year I was still there” and realising just how much has changed. To me, a first year, the change is very visible: the daily routine, people you see everyday, surroundings and friends… but I am sure for any of the older years the feeling stays, even if not as dramatically.

There is also talk of summer, the time where there isn't a routine to follow, when you find yourself with a blank page, meant to be filled with so many fun memories.

Just in case you aren’t sure of what to do, we made some propositions for you (page 2). Remember: the only important thing is to have fun!

Writing about the summer ahead made me remember the last one. Chaotic memories of swimming in lakes, climbing trees and shouting poetry from them, dancing in the rain, running to see the sunset, playing D&D and just so much laughter and stupid jokes.

If you get overwhelmed by this shift in the atmosphere and need some quiet time, and you just happen to sit away from the sun, your eyes no longer closed, then why not enter a world of museums with cool creatures, beautiful short stories, cozy memories and feelings, poetry and so much more!

Welcome to the last issue of ROUX for this academic year and can’t wait to see you in the next one!

Written by Maria Mazeina Designed by Valeriia Stelmashenko

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SUNNY SEASON SUGGESTIONS

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SUNNY SEASON SUGGESTIONS

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A COMIC

Guys, g we’re goin on a tour around the universe

Awesome!

Very important!!!

Switch o ff your phones!

This is the Milky Way

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y’s Somebod nging! i r is e n o ph

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This is bad! rstand Earthlings can unde s electromagnetic wave

ans we e m s i h T up our w e l b t jus cover...

Scientists found some signals that indicate aliens are attacking us

They might attack us!

Run! Run!

We need to go to Mars!

Or they just might be chill about it!

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I’m the angry son* A timeline of emo throughout the years

Written and designed by Lu Cullen

With

With Photographs by Riley Natalova @smiles.film smilesfilmphotography.com

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tempo and emphasized grueling vocals and poetic lyrics.

Examples of this are Orchid and Saetia (a personal favorite).

Revolution Summer It was 1984 in Washington DC. Tension in the hardcore punk scene had been rising. As the music became more violent, so did the fans. But punk has never been afraid to be intense, grating, angry… So, what was the problem? So-called boneheads were the problem: skinheads, machos, and racists. Like the punks, they were political, and very vocal about it. They shared anti-establishment and antiauthority attitudes, however punk is all about fighting against oppression, and for equality. So, something had to be done.

Revolution Summer began in 1985. A straight edge movement aiming to rid the scene of bigotry.

As with most things, it all began with a woman: Amy Pickering (later of Fire Party), at the time working for Dischord Records**.

Out with the sexism, the vandalism, and the vicious mosh pits. So, they left the leather and studs behind, and a new movement emerged. Understated but authentic, they preached vegetarianism and activism, came in wearing button-ups and jeans, and sang about their feelings.

Because what better way is there to fight the external brutality of the scene than by giving power to the internal, the personal. And so, emotional hardcore was born.

Emocore - First Wave Often considered to have released the first emocore (emotional hardcore) record ever (their selftitled 1985 album), Rites of Spring entered the scene in the midst of Revolution Summer and sang songs of yearning, love, and pain.

And although they didn’t care much for the label (and they weren’t the only ones), their music paved the way for forty years of musical evolution within and alongside the emo genre.

Others took the sound in a new direction while preserving the emotion and vulnerability of emocore, resulting in early Midwest emo and emo pop.

While many Midwest emo bands didn’t consider themselves emo at the time–often simply because the term wasn’t fully established–, the misery of living in a small town evoked familiar flavors of sadness, hopelessness, and loneliness.

Pop emo - Third Wave The 2000s were THE age of emo (music, culture, spirit): Side bangs, eyeliner, and Hot Topic were all the fuzz… and also, according to many, not “real” emo. Influenced by Midwest- and – Ian MacKaye***. pop emo bands like Jimmy Eat World and American Football, At this point, emocore was still in the pop punk became the defining process of differentiating itself from the sound of the youth during this hardcore punk scene, which is one of the time. Emo subculture and music, reasons many bands of the time are however, lost traction. Many of often labelled as both. Much of the antithe sub-genres that defined the mainstream/DIY sentiment of the punk sound of emo throughout the 80s scene resulted in small releases, and 90s began to fade away as underground concerts, and very little their fans aged, leaving only the publicity for bands. Over the years, this aftertaste of what they used to made it increasingly hard to keep track of be. relevant bands of the time. However, key

“Emotional hardcore? As if hardcore wasn’t emotional to begin with!”

players like Embrace, Dag Nasty, and Purists coined the term “mall Moss Icon still have a dedicated emo” for the subculture that following. developed around this time, poking fun at its Hot-Topicobsessed teenage following known for loitering around food courts. While this author agrees that the name “emo” is widely misattributed to artists that retain As the 90s rolled around, emo left the DC little to none of the essence of area and began to develop into a wide the original movement, there is a range of subgenres. Some bands held on case to be made in favor of to the grit of their punk origins while bands who may not be emo leaning further into intimate lyricism, (whether that is because of their developing genres like Screamo/Skramz values, style, history, etc.), but and emoviolence. Burnt out by the propagated its spirit of noble demanding pace and intensity of rebellion and vulnerability. Such hardcore punk, they slowed down the as My Chemical Romance. .

Screamo & Midwest Emo - Second Wave

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Revival - Fourth Wave After a period of stagnation in the 2000s, a few young daydreamers and scholars of second wave emo decided it was time to make things right.

Emo revival sought to replicate the math-rock-inspired**** sound of second wave emo, often using newer and more experimental instrumentation.

This also resulted in twinkledaddies, a gentler and dreamier genre accompanied by bursts of intense vocals and characterized by reflective and nostalgic lyrics.

This movement also resulted in screamo revival. While often less musically grating than the original screamo from the 90s, it

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employs similar vocals and themes. Emo and screamo revivals put the focus back on small concerts, DIY ethics, and intimate communities.

as the current era seems to be coming to a close, many of us will be keeping our eyes peeled for whatever comes next...

Contemporary Fifth Wave

* Lyrics from Rites of Spring’s Hidden Wheel (Also Indian Summer’s Woolworm and Angry Son)

The current state of emo is difficult to analyze because it is still evolving and developing. It seems to follow in the footsteps of emo revival and twinkledaddies in trying to preserve sounds and values of early emo bands. Genres like bedroom emo and bedroom skramz emphasize the DIY aspect of the genre that had been underrepresented for decades, while remaining as experimental as ever. Others like emogaze (emo-shoegaze*****) have borrowed elements from other genres–as is often the case–and made something completely new. Emo seems to be heading towards maximalism, playfulness, and loudness. And

** ***Of The Teen Idles, Minor Threat, Embrace, Fugazi, etc.

Also co-founder of Dischord Records. ****A style of rock characterized by unusual and complicated time signatures and technical guitar playing. *****A style of rock characterized by loudness, distorsion, and reverb. The name references the musicians often glancing down to look at their guitar pedals.

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Emo chronology DC Hardcore Punk Germs Minor Threat Gray Matter Beefeater

EMOCORE

EMOVIOLENCE Orchid Pg. 99 Jeromes Dream

Rites of Spring Dag Nasty Embrace Moss Icon

BEDROOM SKRAMZ

MIDWEST EMO

POP-EMO

Sunny Day Real Estate Texas Is The Reason Cap’n Jazz American Football

Your Arms Are My Cocoon Dead Butterflies Bright Little Stars

Paramore Taking Back Sunday Brand New

SCREAMO REVIVAL

I Hate Sex Foxtails Viva Belgrado Touché Amoré

EMOGAZE

Parannoul Weatherday Asian Glow

EMO REVIVAL Modern Baseball Foxing Origami Angel

TWINKLEDADDIES

The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid to Die Marietta Algernon Cadwallader

EXPLORE:

Slowdive (SHOEGAZE) Delta Sleep (MATH ROCK) Home Is Where (FOLK EMO) Hospital Bracelet (BEDROOM EMO) Deafheaven (BLACKENED SCREAMO)

SCREAMO

Heroin Indian Summer Saetia (no longer on Spotify)

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A SELF REFLECTIVE COMIC

J’ai appris à associer la honte et la culpabilité à des signaux fiables de danger. «Si j’arrive à éviter tout ce qui me fait honte, je finirai certainement par être aimée» est le mensonge que j’ai inventé pour survivre.

Je sais aujourd’hui que c’est un mensonge. Une personne qui ne m’aime pas dans tous mes états est incapable de m’aimer de manière sincère. La honte, que je porte sur mon dos, en augmentant continuellement la charge, est fabriquée de toute pièce. Elle n’a été pour moi qu’une armure pour préserver ma lumière des tentatives des autres pour l’étouffer. Je n’en ai plus besoin.

Merci ma Honte, pour ce que tu as fait pour moi jusqu’à aujourd’hui. Petit à petit, je retire les charges accrochées à mon dos.

A chaque charge que je retire, je redécouvre un fragment de moi, un peu poussiéreux mais en parfait état, protégé par une carapace lisse et blanche à l’extérieur, colorée et scintillante à l’intérieur.

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Je pose les charges et je sens la douleur s’atténuer. Chaque fragment est unique et chaleureux, et mérite sa place dans un endroit sûr.

J’arrive à la carapace finale. La plus solide.

Celle qui s’est construite en premier. La honte d’être heureuse. Je brise la carapace, laissant s’échapper une volée de papillons.

Je m'assois par terre.

Les fragments autour de moi brillent tous à leur manière.

-written and designed by Yasmine

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A SOFT INNER REFLECTION

Moving out For all those conversations with my roommates in the kitchen, the meals, and the laughter we shared.

I arrived here over a year ago now, with my big suitcases full of garlands, yarn, and books. In that year, I moved three times and lived with so many different people who became my family while my own was far away. I came here to be closer to someone; today, that person is no longer in my circle, but my steps have led me to something even more important. In one year, I’ve taken more steps than in ten, because I now realize that I’ve found myself. That long silence that filled my first few months has turned into encounters, sharing, and discoveries. Without knowing it, these people have guided me toward the person I wanted to be, and I thank them for that.

Take care!

Chloé

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Moving in

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We don't just see shapes, We recall memories I was drawing mountains. No particular purpose. Just to pass time and fill my notebook pages as I sat in the student lounge.

What I did not expect was that my friend Risheek Chummun would look at it and say, “Oh! You’re drawing my island!”

My island.

He’s from Mauritius, which I mostly knew through small details, like the dodo souvenirs I had seen on his country’s table during an international food event. The dodo, a symbol of something that no longer exists, but is still somehow present.

Later, when I thought about his comment, I realized his island is a place with things I have never seen, like the underwater waterfall he mentioned, something that sounds invented until you look it up and realize it’s real.

None of that was in my drawing.

But still, it reminded him of his home.

Later that day, as I was adding shadows to the mountains while sitting on the first floor of MSA with my sister, she said: “These mountains remind me of our trips to the north of Iran, the road had mountains like these.”

I wasn't planning to draw those mountains, but she wasn't wrong about the similarity. Now the drawing had a second identity. In addition to Risheek's home island, it now also held a road hidden between the mountains. A road from Tehran to the northern cities of Iran, a car packed with food for a trip, and a memorable playlist in the background.

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It’s a strange thing how quickly people upgrade a simple image into a memory.

You draw a few lines, and suddenly someone is revisiting childhood.

You leave space between peaks, and someone fills it with a road.

You don’t draw trees, but somehow they are there. Probably green ones.

Probably very meaningful.

We don’t really just look at things. We recognize them. We adjust them to what we have in mind. We replace them with something more familiar, more ours. Which means that the image in front of us is never just itself; it’s layered with everything we’ve already seen.

That is why sometimes the less there is, the more we see. This is a quiet reminder that most of the time, we don’t just see what’s there.

We see what we’ve been carrying all along.

Written and designed by Pegah & Pariya

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West African Hi, I’m Tulip. My mother gave birth to me under an acacia tree in the middle of the Nigerian savannah after 15 months of pregnancy. My mom fell for my dad when she saw him relentlessly stabbing his opponent in the neck for one hour, a mating ritual called necking. I’ve never met him, but I bet he was so cool. When I was born, I was taller than most of you, I could already run and eat by myself; although for about 18 months my mom was always by my side watching over me and taking me to the best trees.

I even had nannies. Giraffes have actual creches, with one of the mother giraffes taking turns watching over the calves to allow the rest to look for food. My favorite game at the nursery is pulling my friends’ tails with my teeth.

Now, I am two years old, I weigh 400 kilograms and am 3,4 meters tall. In order to track the migration patterns of my herd, scientists put a GPS chip in my ear. Apparently, our species is threatened with extinction. I don’t really understand why, but humans seem interested in us in many different aspects.

Some hunt us for our precious body parts, others simply want to understand how we behave or even help keep our species alive.

Once, I got stuck in the fence of a farm and a researcher came to my rescue. I don’t like humans but this guy is special, so I guess some of them are redeemable.

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Giraffe Giraffes might not look impressive in the way lions or tigers are, but if you think we’re not cool enough, let me change your mind. By the time I’m an adult, my legs will be taller than you. I sleep less than two hours a day. My diet consists of many different tree leaves, some of them toxic to other animals. Acacia, red balm, mangrove trees. Also, we have four stomachs. Many types of birds feed off of the parasitic insects on our skin. Our life expectancy in the wild is 20 to 25 years. We can run up to 60km/h, allowing us to escape lions. We have the biggest heart in the entire savannah.

I’m sure you are convinced now. So make sure you are part of the humans who want to understand us, not the ones who use us.

-written by Yasmine -designed by Kate

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AN EXHIBITION

CREATURES OF THE FAMILY

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1. Cephalaspis lyellii 2. Plesiosauria 3. Aetobatus narinari 4. Ambystoma mexicanum 5. Gymnosomata 6. Rhincodon typus 7. Ophiopteris papillosa 8. Crinoidea 9. Latimeria chalumnae 10.1. Phoronida 10.2.

Phoronida larvae 11. Hydrolagus colliei *† : extinct -designed by Yasmine -inspired by Kelsey Oseid’s illustrations

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