SCENE A look at the Lunar New Year Festival

Lion: Immediately after the pre-shows, the lions jumped in as the first official act and stirred up the anticipating crowd. With their energetic dance moves and playful storylines, such as their tug-of-war scene, the four pairs of lion dancers started off LNYF with a bang.

Fusion: The another act was Fusion, a dance performance that is a combination of both traditional art forms like Tai Chi, fans, martial arts, and more modern components like hip hop. The clash of modern and traditional dances is an innovative and eye-catching way of representing Asian culture.

Chinese-fan: Using their long fans and sleeves, the Chinese fan performers created a surreal and striking stage. The embedded story lines accompanied with both solo and group dance formations captured audiences’ attention throughout the whole performance.

Tinikling: The last performance was Tinikling, a traditional Filipino dance that involves movements with long bamboo poles. The dance included tapping and sliding the bamboo poles to create a powerful visual and aural experience.

For 24 consecutive hours, sophomores Ally Mediratta and Saish Satyal stayed in the dining hall, Bear’s Den (BD), without leaving for any reason. Beginning at 7:30 PM on Thursday, January 26th and concluding at 7:30 PM on Friday, January 27th, Mediratta and Satyal journaled their way through a self-described “perilous and hollowing journey that emotionally devastated the both of us.” These are their stories. DUN DUN

Ally - 7:30PM

Today has been a strange leadup to what is currently the longest event I’ve ever penciled into my Google Calendar. Going into this challenge, my biggest priorities are attending a mock trial party a mere two hours after leaving BD and not killing Saish in the middle of the night.

Saish - 7:30PM

I am terrified. I’m rawdogging BD. I haven’t brought a blanket, pillows, a change of clothes, or deodorant. My deodorant is supposed to last for 48 hours, so unless the Gillette marketers are lying to me, I should be fine. I’m deeply concerned for my hair though. Without my curls, I am nothing.

Ally - 2:50AM

All the normal people have left; I am sitting in a booth underneath a blanket quietly singing along to the Pitch Perfect soundtrack. I want nothing more right now than to go out and