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All content by Kennon Cummings
A woman with short black hair stares offscreen, her hand covering up her bottom lip. In blue cursive text reads “The Secret of Life — Deluxe” on the top half of the album cover.

Photo: Review: ‘The Secret of Us (Deluxe)’ is just so cool

October 31, 2024

(Kennon Cummings for WSN)

Several chalk circles are drawn onto a stone floor. The central circle reads “GOOD LUCK SPOT” in the middle, with the text “by Felix Morelo 2024” alongside the bottom of the circle.

Photo: Do ‘bad luck spots’ bring doom to NYU students?

October 23, 2024

(Kennon Cummings for WSN)

Illustration of a laptop screen and red mug in front of a purple background with a black-and-white illustration of a woman with an updo on the screen.

Photo: Off the Radar: The summer of revolution in ‘Soy Cuba’

May 3, 2024

“I Am Cuba” is a 1964 political drama propaganda anthology film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. (Kennon Cummings for WSN)

An illustration of a blue book cover with a woman wearing a large dress with a sunset and people on it. It says “NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PACHINKO Min Jin Lee”.

Photo: 6 page-turners to get you out of a reading slump

Lulu Chatterjee, Staff Writer April 25, 2024

(Kennon Cummings for WSN)

Collage of four illustrated books: on the top left is an illustration of a blue book with a deer jumping over shrubs drawn in black. The cover says “YOU ARE HERE” in white, “POETRY IN THE NATURAL WORLD” in orange and “EDITED AND INTRODUCED BY ADA LIMON” in black and white. On the top right there’s an illustration of a green book with several white chairs on it and the words “EMMA” and “JANE AUSTEN” written in white. On the bottom left there is an illustration of a book cover with a woman sitting in a garden of flowers overlooking the water. The cover says “THE ENCHANTED APRIL” in white and “VINTAGE VON ARNIM” in brown and white. On the bottom right there’s an illustration of a white book cover with a blue contorted body on it in a black box. On the cover, “MATISSE”, “VOLKMAR ESSERS” and “TASCHEN” are written in white.

Photo: Start your spring right with these 4 books

April 11, 2024

(Kennon Cummings for WSN)

An illustration of a woman with red hair, a cream sweater and a green skirt poses happily in her thrifted clothes.

Photo: From jewelry to jackets: The ultimate guide to online thrifting

March 13, 2024

(Illustration by Kennon Cummings)

A man holding a basketball wearing a purple jersey that says “SPORT.” On the left, there is a yellow dialogue box with the word “NAME” crossed out.

Photo: Name of the game: Name mispronunciation in sports

February 29, 2024

(Illustration by Kennon Cummings)

A red mug and a laptop with an image of a young girl looking over a fence drawn on a purple background.

Photo: Off the Radar: Redefining national images in ‘The Scent of Green Papaya’

February 9, 2024

“The Scent of Green Papaya” is available through NYU’s streaming partners. (Illustration by Kennon Cummings)

A woman with dark skin and brown curly hair wearing a red sweater, a pair of blue jeans and red sneakers smiles as she lounges back on a pale pink couch. A bucket of popcorn is in her right arm and a book named “Love Stories” lies on her leg.

Photo: Staff Recs: Mwah!

February 1, 2024

(Illustration by Kennon Cummings)