Jasmine Benafghoul

November 28, 2018

Tune Into ‘FM!’, Vince Staples’ Newest Project

By Jasmine Benafghoul

Despite claiming that FM! lacks any particular concept, the illusion of an afternoon radio station makes this album unique, and certainly leaves the listeners tuned in.

January 31, 2018

The End of the F***ing World: A Teenage Rebellion

By Jasmine Benafghoul

At the core of it all, they are two teens struggling with that awkward in between: they’re not quite adults and not quite kids anymore. They’re brimming with a bleak resentment to an awful society, taking out their f...

March 10, 2017

It’s Lit!: Can a Word Narrate a Thousand Pictures?

By Jasmine Benafghoul, Lauren Bennett, Phi Do

This week, Jasmine Benafghoul discusses the dangerous enthrall of preserving aesthetic beauty in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, while Lauren Bennett reviews the struggles over language in Colson Whitehead’...

March 1, 2017

Tracks of the Month: February 2017

By Jasmine Benafghoul, Max Pasion-Gonzales, William Emmons

Grown up Fairy Tales dates back to Acid Rap, originally for big brother Chance the Rapper himself, but Taylor Bennett takes it and features his brother as well as Jeremih.

February 2, 2017

Sarah Jones Brings Stories to Campbell

By Jasmine Benafghoul

In a time when the objectification and exploitation of women has increasingly become a popular debate in regards to, well, prominent people in our society, Sarah Jones’s performance felt highly fitting on Tuesday night...

June 2, 2016

Beyoncé Gets Political in Lecture

By Jasmine Benafghoul

Kevin Allred, an adjunct professor in women’s and gender studies at Rutgers University, came to UCSB to give students a lecture all about the legendary Queen B.

January 25, 2016

Tommy Emmanuel Energizes Campbell Hall

By Jasmine Benafghoul

As I had predicted hours prior, hordes of elderly people flocked to and surrounded Campbell Hall the night Tommy Emmanuel stopped at UCSB’s campus. However, upon reaching the destination, I noticed married, middle-aged...