ARTS & CULTURE

An astronaut student with headphones on doodles in space.

Strand readers X alien music

This is what space sounds like
A phone photo of a city, taken from high up.

A letter to my fourth year self

Dear Sakura,  When we went to the shrine for New Year’s around two weeks ago, Mommy told us that our Yakudoshi is coming up. According to traditional Japanese beliefs, there are three unlucky ages in every person’s lifetime called Yakudoshi. For us, the ages are 19, 33, and 37. The ...
Taylor Swift album art

Meet me at Midnight?

For the people who know 11:59 pm all too well
Sofia Vega sits in a restaurant with a sandwich in front of her

Stories @ Vic: Sofia Vega is making art earnestly

Combining passions to make something beautiful.
The year, 2022, in fancy lettering.

Reflecting and reminiscing with The Strand

Feeling our feelings about 2022
A mish-mash of characters from Studio Ghibli films.

The Magic of Studio Ghibli

My love letter to Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki
Two hands hold a phone playing a video of a woman.

Why do we care so much about the lives of celebrities?

Musings inspired by the Alan Rickman Diaries and Selena Gomez’s new documentary
A witch studies

Boris sent me

A companion to your spooky playlist of issue four
A spooky house

Gothic literature recommendations for the Halloween haters

Celebrating Halloween as a university student is an ordeal and a half. Deciding where you’re gonna fall on the cute-to-slutty costume scale, being too broke to splurge on Loblaws’ mega-packs of candy, and recovering from post-midterm stress is enough to turn anyone off of the holiday. But fear not, dear ...
An actor performs on the Cat's Eye stage

Sweet tooth for Hedwig

VCDS’ Hedwig and the Angry Inch sells out the Cat’s Eye