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Volume 49 Issue 1 — September 13th, 2024
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Featured Articles
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Metabolics is The Indy’s newest section—revived from it’s brief stints in Vol. 31 and Vol. 36.
For Issue 1, Izzy Roth-Dishy B’25 and Daniel Zheng B’25 sit down with biotechnology sociologist and historian Hannah Landecker to discuss her research on how innovations of 20th century industry have impacted our current eating habits as a society. While looking at 1970s Chemical Week ads, she justifies that through the implementation of processing chemicals that targeting facets like emulsification, thickening, and mouthfeel, our relationship to texture in food was forever changed.
Read Eliminating the Lump in print or online here.
Illustrations by Izzy Roth-Dishy.
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For World of Issue 1, Hisham Awartani B‘25 examines how death and normalcy transform during genocide through the eyes of Semezdin Mehmedinović in his novel “Sarajevo Blues”:
“A sip of hot coffee from the findžan and wafting cigarette smoke constitutes the most basic resistance to genocide: the resolution to live another day. Otherwise, you are simply playing into the hands of those erasing your people.”
Read Genocide Bajram in print or online here.
Illustration by Anna Fischler.
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For Metro of Issue 1, Cameron Leo B’25 and Lily Seltz B’25 examine student arguments presented to ACURM in support and in opposition to divestment, and the issues of free speech and academic freedom at their core.
Illustrations by Alena Zhang and Mingjia Li.
Read A Free Academy for a Free Palestine in print or on online here.
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Also in this week’s issue:
Literary
"Three Poems" by Lily Ellman B’27
Week in Review
"Week in We're So Back" by Ilan Brusso B’27 and Ben Flaumenhaft B’27
Science + Tech
“Lobotomy Chic” by Audrey He B’27
Ephemera
"Outtakes From The Joe And Lil Shapiro Collection Of Laundry Ephemera" by Lizzy Roth-Dishy B’25
Dear Indy
"Bonjour, Indy" by ***** ***** B’27
Metro
"New Duties, Same Demands" by Layla Ahmed B’27 and Emily Vesper B’25
Features
"Lost in Translation" by Ange Yeung B’28