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Shane Stackpole, Arts Editor

Shane Stackpole '26 is a prospective Psychology and Biology major from West Hurley, NY. He is a section editor for the arts section and previously worked as an arts staff writer. Email: [email protected]

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RuPaul’s Drag Race has helped bring drag into the mainstream. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.)

College community reflects on season 15 of RuPaul’s Drag Race

Shane Stackpole May 3, 2023
Students and faculty consider changing drag performance platforms such as social media and the future of RuPaul's Drag Race while discussing season 15 of the show.
Mikel Jollett shares his experience turning childhood trauma into music. (Photo Courtesy of Mikel Jollett.)

Mikel Jollett gives talk on trauma, creativity

Shane Stackpole April 12, 2023
Mikel Jollett explains how he used music to process his childhood trauma in a talk titled “Trauma and Creativity: How Your Experience Becomes Your Purpose.”
The cold never bothered them anyway: Students who wear shorts in the winter

The cold never bothered them anyway: Students who wear shorts in the winter

Shane Stackpole March 15, 2023
Even in some of the harshest Williamstown temperatures, there are a handful of hold-out students who continue to wear shorts throughout the winter season. The Record spoke to three of these students about their motivations.
Photo courtesy of Joshua Kombet.
Kombet, known now as dobetterjosh, writes and produces his songs.

“Do Better” campaign promotes original song by Joshua Kombet ’25

Safiyah Anwar-Chuku and Shane Stackpole February 22, 2023
Signs with the words “Do Better” mysteriously began appearing, the meaning behind the campaign was revealed: Musician Joshua Kombet ’25 released his debut song.
The Artist Otherwise Known As: Singer-songwriter Aidan McMahon ’26

The Artist Otherwise Known As: Singer-songwriter Aidan McMahon ’26

Shane Stackpole and Ella Bruff February 15, 2023
Aidan McMahon is a singer-songwriter who will release an original single on Friday.
Cap & Bells presents Winter Study production of  High School Musical

Cap & Bells presents Winter Study production of High School Musical

Shane Stackpole January 25, 2023
On Jan. 20 and 21, Cap & Bells presented a one-act edition of Disney’s High School Musical as its Winter Study production.
Local elementary school students participate in the “Let’s Dance” program. (Photo courtesy of Janine Parker.)

‘Let’s Dance!’ returns to the College

Shane Stackpole November 30, 2022
This semester, “Let’s Dance!,” a program in which dance department faculty and students teach ballet at Brayton Elementary School and Pine Cobble School, has gotten back on its feet after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced the program to shut down in March 2020.
Cast of Jenny’s Doll House rehearsing for their performance. (Photo courtesy of Maye McPhail.)

Students write new musical, Jenny’s Doll Hospital

Kathryn Cloonan and Shane Stackpole October 26, 2022

This Friday and Saturday, Kara Hadden ’22.5 will bring a staged reading of the first act of her musical Jenny’s Doll Hospital to the College as part of her theater honors thesis. Sara Stebbins...

Film Club visits Images to see Don’t Worry Darling. (Photo courtesy of Jeana Fermi.)

StuCo and Film Club return to campus

Kathryn Cloonan and Shane Stackpole October 5, 2022
This fall, the Student Choreographer’s Coalition (StuCo) and Film Club are returning to campus after going on hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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