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The funds were generated from charity pricing tickets, and will be distributed between a handful of non-profit organizations

25.04.21 | Alex Sievers Released on April 16th, 1996, ‘Evil Empire’ was the second piece in a three-act political rock puzzle for Rage Against The Machine. It’s a great album, but imperfect: the over-reliance on repetition for its musical impact, to allow the message of any given song to cut through properly, does make matters extremely routine. In a world of the almighty algorithms amplifying everything, where once something does well its presence spreads like an inescapable tendril, it�...

This year, the celebration will be virtual, but no less joyous. The celebration began in the late 1970s as a “block party” at the end of the academic year, and was held in various locations on campus over the next decade or so. In the 1980s, it received its current name, and through the years, it evolved into a weeklong celebration. For the past nine years, each festival has used a Swahili word as its theme. This year, the word is “Furaha,” which translates as “rejoicing.” The festi...