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...because the Penguin is! He’ll be hitting the beaches in Cancun, Tahiti and Hawaii before taking a cruise from The Bahamas back to Boston just in time for the first day of classes. But since we understand that not everyone will be spending a week in paradise with the Conservatory’s mascot, we want to remind you that a week-long break from the daily grind will be relaxing no matter where you are, or what you do. Before you take off for home, vacation or anywhere else in the world, be sure to pick up this issue and give it a read. You’ll want to check out Umar Zakaria’s fantastic interview with NEC favorite Daniel Hersog, or Elizabeth Wendt’s fabulous column on how to avoid getting

sick, while perfecting your Trump impersonation. Last, but not least, check out our special edition back-cover page, where we welcome The Penguin Mascot to the newspaper’s team. He’ll join the editors, writers and other members of our community in their adventures at NEC and around Boston, and he’ll doc-ument his adventures on that back-page for everyone to see. If you have a great idea what his first adventure should be, or want to get a shout out from our new buddy, be sure to hit him up on social media or email us! We’d love to hear from you!

SAM DISCUSSES

NEC’S NEWEST CLUB: CHESS

DR. PAUL ON CROSS-

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NEC

THE PENGUIN SPOTLIGHTS DANIEL HERSOG

NICK SHARES HIS

GRAD AUDITION

STORY

JULIAN SPICES IT UP WITH JULIA

SAHNI

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FOUR: PEOPLE LOVE MY CURES; THAT COLD IS DOING TERRIBLY IN THE POLLS.

If none of these tactics work to help you fight off allergies or help you gain thousands of frighteningly ignorant followers, you’re proba-

bly “stupid” and “have no friends.”

THREE: WE’RE GONNA BOMB THE S*** OUTTA THAT DISEASE, I TELL YA. IT’LL BE GONE.Next stop - Offensive intimidation! Try to intimidate the crap outta that on-coming sickness! Load up on allergy pills and DayQuil and let

those allergies hear your roar! “I will quickly and medicinally bomb the hell out of allergies, rebuild my immune system and make it so

strong, no one - I mean, no one - will mess with me.” HECK YES! Ain’t nothin’ gonna get you sick! *cue the Lynrd Skynrd*

TWO: I HAVE THE BEST IMMUNE SYSTEM. THIS GUY OVER HERE? TERRIBLE IMMUNITY.If the wall idea fails (which, I mean, why would it?) and the thought of being sick with a runny nose disgusts you, make sure to talk badly

about your sick classmates (preferably in front of a camera or in front of thousands of people) and avoid mentioning their runny noses

because you don’t understand how they work and they make you uncomfortable. For example, “You could see fluids coming out of his

eyes and snot coming out of his...wherever.” If avoiding the subject doesn’t work to keep the sickness away, try insulting your sick class-

mates’ faces. “Ugh, that face! Who would want to look at that? Could you imagine that being in class with you?” Insulting people, places,

and things is always an effective tactic.

ONE: WE’RE GONNA BUILD A WALL. IT’S GONNA BE YUUUUUGE.

Build a wall so that none of those dirty allergens make their way into your body. And then, make Mother Nature pay for that wall! HA!

Those allergens are all criminals and they don’t deserve to be near you. Maybe some of them are good, but Mother Nature isn’t sending

us her best.

Unlike last year, spring does not seem like a figment of our imagina-

tions - it’s on its way and it’s coming in hot! But usually when spring

arrives, it is accompanied by seasonal allergies. I have compiled a list

of tips and tricks to help you stay healthy during this allergy season

and to trump that sickness! Important note: Donald Trump may or

may not have provided inspiration for the scenarios present in this

list.

But in all seriousness, if you are one to take allergy pills, start taking

them now so your body can adjust before allergy season actually

hits. Drink a lot of water, get plenty of sleep, and finally, DON’T be a

Trump - recent studies show that not acting like a complete dunce

is the perfect medicine for a healthy body and healthy mind.

by ELIZABETH WENDT4th Year - BM Voice

HOW TO NOT GET SICK, THE TRUMP WAYGetting Sick is for ‘Losers’

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by ALEX STENING2nd Year - MM Horn

A SUBTLE WAY TO ENJOY AN EVERYDAY ACTIVITYWaiting in Line

Shopping at Target can be tempting - with its wide array of

home goods, games, and 70% off old Valentine’s Day chocolate.

But as I take my heart-shaped box of chocolates through the

self-checkout line, I can’t help but notice that there is something

missing – and it’s not the fact that I didn’t have a Valentine to

give chocolate to. It actually has something to do with human

connection.

After some thinking, I discovered the reason why I like shopping

at Trader Joe’s more than Target is because, at Trader Joe’s, I have

to wait in a line.

Waiting in lines used to feel like an inconvenience, as David

Foster Wallace so perfectly explained in his commencement

speech “This is Water.” That is probably why Target uses self-

checkout technology, ensuring you make no human interaction

whatsoever so as to prevent precious productivity loss.

Our lives can feel like a race. In my already fast-paced life, driven

by passions and fears, I try to hold tight to my dreams. Ironically,

it’s during these 10 minutes where I’m surrounded by a bunch

of strangers that I have some of my most profound moments.

This speed bump in the middle of my day slows me down when I

need it and reminds me to look around for a little while.

I see the faces of other shoppers, some smiling and others

thinking. I see more chocolate on sale that I resist buying, and a

mother with her little toddler in a stroller behind me, who has

been starting at me with wide eyes all along.

I think to myself: “It’s 2016. I’m in my second year masters at New

England Conservatory. I’m receiving an education and buying

nutritious food to eat later.”

Millions of people in the world would trade places with me in a

heartbeat.

Through this time, waiting becomes enjoyment and gratitude

settles in like big cloud casting its cooling shadow on a hot

summer day. If I get to this point, between the silences of the

beeps as each food item is checked, I may share some of the

positive energy I’m feeling in this moment through a greeting

or compliment when the opportunity arises. A simple and free

action that takes almost no effort but could very well be the

nicest thing to happen to someone all day or week.

As long as there are lines to wait in, I’m going to try my best to

enjoy being right where I am for the moment.

Snoflæke A Poetic Interlude by Maryann Han

Congregate, my friends,

And let us be one being,

Falling forever.

Do not consider

Our plunging as negative;

In reality,

We’re flying.

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by SAM TALMADGE3rd Year - BM Composition

EXPLORING THE HISTORY OF ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR GAMESChess: More than a Game

JONAS TARM PHOTOGRAPHY

The first time I can remember playing chess was with my Dad

when I was six or seven years old. I wasn’t ever able to beat him

(and still haven’t). Still, I thought it was better than any other

board game, so I started playing other classmates in primary

school during recess. With only my second grade class of 40

something people as a point of reference, I considered myself to

be pretty good, but somewhere along the way I lost interest and

didn’t play consistently for a long time.

A few months ago, I saw that my housemate Aidan had brought

a chessboard from home and I challenged him to a game. He

beat me, in no uncertain terms. This was beyond frustrating, so

I made a point to start playing again. I brought the chessboard

with me to school and soon found that I was definitely not the

only person who played chess at NEC. The more people

I played with, the more motivation I found to

practice. Chess has now regained its status in

my life as a very time consuming obsession.

Sometime in January, I played a game

with David Bernat, an NEC violinist who

played chess competitively in Atlanta a

few years back. After being absolutely

schooled, I forgave him and we agreed

to start a chess club at NEC. David ordered

some boards (and pizza) and I did some

advertising. We had our first meeting last Tuesday

and will continue to meet every Tuesday at 7:00 PM in

St. Botolph in room 311.

Having spent much of this semester playing chess, studying

games, and investigating it’s history a bit, I’ve come to enjoy

it in the same that way that I might enjoy listening to music,

although certainly not to the same extent. However, I am often

faced with a difficult question, a question that many of us

face when investing a lot of time in the arts, sports, or games.

The question is of course: “What is the point?” And to me, this

often feels especially pertinent to chess. It is a board game that

has not only endured throughout human history for over a

thousand years, but somehow it has gone beyond its status as a

“game” and has managed to breach the category of an art form,

a measurement of intellectual prowess, and perhaps worst of

all, a sport. There are well-funded schools to teach it and at one

point in American history, Fischer’s victory over the USSR’s Boris

Spassky was a national sensation in the midst of the Cold War,

having a lasting influence on young America.

The typical response to all the hyper-intellectual, romantic

associations that are part and parcel to chess is: “It’s just a game.”

I myself wouldn’t object to this sentiment. It does not however,

take any of the fascination or appeal away from chess. It’s a

game that leaves no room for blaming chance or circumstances.

There are no cards to draw and there are no dice to groan at

when they don’t roll in your favor. The only circumstance beyond

control is the color of your pieces. The rest is a concentrated,

persisting effort to outwit the opponent. To me, this is what sets

chess apart from other board games.

As a musician, I’ve found many similarities between

chess and music. Beyond their shared vocabulary

(there are themes, variations, development

and transpositions in chess) I have found

that learning and understanding chess is

very similar to how we might learn music.

It’s easy to recognize patterns in chess

and over time, to respond automatically

to what we have seen before. It is also

easy to rely heavily on theory as a way of

categorizing the patterns we see and using

it as a point of reference. But just as in music,

this is never the sole way to learn.

I think it’s important to always be as intuitively invested in the

process of playing chess or music as you were the first time you

started. You just play. For me, the greatest moments in playing

chess have always been after thinking for a long time, feeling

a situation out and eventually making a move that somehow

expresses something, a will to sacrifice, or a decision to wait a

little longer. Expression is certainly not the goal in chess as some

may feel it is in art. The goal is to win, and secondarily to learn

how you might have done better. In this sense, it is just a game.

But it’s a great game, and my favorite game.

We hope to see more people join us in SB 311 on Tuesdays at

7:00 PM.

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by SAM TALMADGE3rd Year - BM Composition

by JULIAN POZNIAK1st Year - MM Composition

JULIE SAHNI’S BEEF MASALAA Masterclass in the Kitchen

Many people are familiar with the stunning aromas and flavors of

Indian cuisine, but they only know it from restaurants and less-

than-convincing microwave meals. While the complex and bold

flavors of Indian restaurants may make the food seem imposing

to the average American, little do they know that the cuisines of

India are actually quite accessible and well within the reach of

amateur chefs.

Enter Julie Sahni, who wrote one of the first cookbooks

introducing the cuisine of the subcontinent to the home chef.

After popularizing Indian cooking in the U.S., opening a cooking

school, and winning multiple awards, Sahni is now American’s

trusted authority on everything curry. Her recipe for traditional

masala is utterly delicious and, after the prep work has been

done, can mostly sit and cook on its own. Plus, it makes the

kitchen smell absolutely divine.

To be honest, as much as I love classic French cuisine, this recipe

is one of my drop-dead favorites. No matter how many times I

make it, the first bite always forces me take a second to come

back to Earth. Despite its differences from our more familiar

Western dishes, there are quite a few operations that are almost

exactly the same as what you would find in any American beef

stew. To anyone who has seen the movie Julie and Julia, or

who has seen Julia Child prepare her Boeuf Bourguignon on

old episodes of her TV show, you probably recognize the vitally

important step of drying the meat that Julie Sahni calls for. This

allows the surface of the meat to properly caramelize, otherwise

the meat would simply steam.

The same is the case is the pan is too crowded. Similarly to any

other beef stew, beef chuck (shoulder) or round is preferred

because, frankly, it’s cheap and tough. You simply use it because

the very long stewing process breaks down those tough muscle

fibers and leaves the meat nice and tender. On the other hand,

one thing that is quite different from Western cuisines is the

treatment of spices, which is fairly unique to Indian cuisine.

Perhaps most interesting is the way that Indian cooks will fry

their spices in fat before fully incorporating them into a recipe.

This creates what is called a tadka or a spice-infusion, and can

add tremendous flavor to any dish.

Although as a food culture, India may seem distant, amongst the

new ideas of food can still be found something that reminds us

of home. Whether you’re new to a cuisine from another part of

the world, or completely new to cooking in general, learning new

ways of thinking about food can build your culinary repertoire

and lead you to appreciate foreign cultures in new ways.

Beef in Spicy Tomato Gravy (Masala Gosht)Adapted from Classic Indian Cooking by Julie Sahni

Ingredients2 medium/large sized tomatoes

4 large cloves of garlic

1 1/2 tablespoons of fresh ginger

1/2 cup plain yogurt

6 tbsp. vegetable oil, divided

2 lbs. beef (chuck or round)

1 large onion

8 green cardamom pods

8 cloves

2 tsp. each turmeric, red pepper, cumin, kosher salt

Chopped cilantro for garnish

Begin by puréeing the tomatoes, garlic, ginger, and yogurt in a

food processor and set aside. Cut the meat into roughly 1-inch

cubes and dry thoroughly in paper towels. Add 2 tsp. oil to

a large pot or casserole, and turn up the heat to high. Brown

the meat in the pot without crowding the pieces (ideally they

should not touch), working in multiple batches if necessary. As

the pieces begin to look seared, remove them to a bowl. At this

point, preheat your oven to 350ºF. Add the remaining oil to the

pot after finishing the meat and add the onions. Reduce the

heat to moderate and caramelize the onions (see the January

issue for advice on caramelizing onions), stirring constantly to

avoid scorching. Add the spices and salt and fry briefly until the

spices begin to smell fragrant. Pour in a small amount of water if

anything begins to stick and threatens to burn. Add the yogurt

paste and cook until the ingredients have thickened and oil

begins to float free. Return the meat to the pot, add a 1½ cups

of water, and stir to incorporate. Cover pot with lid and place in

oven to cook for about 2 hours, or until meat is tender, checking

every 30 minutes to stir and check for burning. After cooking,

allow masala to rest at least another 30 minutes, or up to a few

hours, to allow flavors to blend. Check for salt, garnish with

cilantro, and serve with plain white rice.

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by Umar Zakaria

Daniel Hersog

penguin SPOTLIGHTI sat down with our ubiquitous GA of Student Activities Daniel Hersog to talk about his upcoming big band performance in New York, what it’s like to run a big band, and his love of avocados.

So, tell us about your upcoming performance.

It’s May 5th at the Zinc Bar in New York City, which will be the first time this band has played in New York. 10 musicians are coming with me from Boston, and then I’m going to pick up 7 from New York.

Are any of the musicians in your band from NEC?

Yeah, there’s many people from NEC. Nigel Yancey, Austin Yancey, Richard Garcia, Mariel Austin, Joe Ricard, Frank Carlberg, Jordan Skomal and Kai Sandoval.

There’s also a musician in New York who I did my undergrad with at Capilano university, Bria Skonberg. She’s kind of taken New York by storm in her 4 or 5 years there. She’s been in The Wall Street Journal once, and she was in that Vanity Fair thing on young jazz musicians. She was my best friend in undergrad, and she’s going to be playing in the trumpet section.

Also the bass player, Lauren Falls, who did her master’s at MSM - we did an all -province honor jazz band together in BC when I was 16 and she was 14 and now, she’s gonna be in the band in New York also. So there’s kind of like a cool worlds- colliding kind of thing, people from my formative years in Vancouver who are now living in New York are also gonna be playing.

A bit of a reunion? What’s it like to put this together when your band is in two locations?

Yeah! It is! It’s pretty insane! As one of my friends said, if

you emailed 17 people and asked them to play this gig in New York, and each one of them responded with the one word email of ‘yes’, that would be 34 emails. If I asked them to rehearse, and they said yes, that brings it up to 68 and obviously, it’s never that simple. So it’s logistically challenging, but it’s not a challenge I’m bothered by, because I completely brought it on myself. And I enjoy it in some ways, like calling great musicians and asking them to play. I enjoy writing all the music, but logistically it’s challenging, just figuring out how to make it viable for the musicians.

Do you see this becoming a regular band in the future? I see it becoming as regular as a lot of big bands are, which is busy when they’re busy. I don’t see it becoming a weekly gig or anything like that, but I hope to keep it as my East Coast version of my big band. I have a big band when I’m in Vancouver that plays 3 or 4 times a year. In an ideal world, I could have an East Coast incarnation that also plays 3 or 4 times a year.

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So tell us a little bit about the music that you’re going to be playing. Is it going to be the same kind of music as you play with your Vancouver big band?

It is going to be the same style, but it’s hopefully going to be all new music. I’m endeavouring to write an evening’s worth of new music. A lot of it will be written over the course of this semester.

My favorite chart of this show might be, and I’m not certain yet, because I haven’t written them all, a piece entitled ‘Liquid Courage’ (that you played last year) that’s kind of a Monk inspired tune that I think will be particularly cool to do with Frank Carlberg, because he plays Monk’s music so well. Also, there’s an arrangement of the Brian Wilson song ‘God Only Knows’, which will feature Jordan Skomal on Flugelhorn, and he is one of my favorite ballad players that I’ve worked with.

Let’s take a step back. Could you tell us a little bit about yourself, and how your path led you to become a jazz composer?

There was a great jazz composer in Vancouver, Fred Stride, and when I did my education degree, I played in the big band at the university he taught at - the University of British Columbia. I brought in a chart to the big band I had written just for fun I had always wanted to write for big band, I figured I’d give it a shot. He said, ‘Hey, do you mind if I make some notes on the score?’ He gave it back to me a week later and the whole thing was [covered in] red ink, he had changed everything. When you turned onto the back pages the score wasn’t double sided, he had written out full pages of the score, rewritten in his own handwriting. It was through his mentorship that I really started writing for big band. And then, two years into writing big band charts, I put together a pro big band in Vancouver. I think we did our first show in 2011, at this place called the ‘Cellar Jazz Club’

Would you say that the way that you handle composing for a big band and running a big band has changed since then up to now?

You know, I’ve been a real believer in trying not to

have my own ‘unique’ style of running a big band, and looking at what I’ve noticed the older pros, that have run big bands for years, what they do. Every big band rehearsal, when people show up, there will be a bottle of water and a pencil and the folders will be in order. I’ve noticed that the older professional guys do that, and when I was playing with some younger bandleaders, I noticed those small details wouldn’t matter. You’d get there and there wouldn’t be enough music stands, or the charts wouldn’t be taped or annoying stuff like that, and I noticed that the next time they had a rehearsal, the level of the players had gone down. I think small things like providing food and beer for rehearsals, being exceptionally polite by email and giving everyone pencils and sorting all the folders really makes a difference in who you can get.

So, is there anything you can say about your hopes and dreams for your future and your career?

I would just love to be able to continue to perform with large ensembles, be it in New York or Vancouver. I would love it if different big bands were interested in playing my music, and going around conducting that, I think that would be fantastic.

Awesome, and I have one final question: If you were only allowed to eat one kind of food every day for the rest of your life, what would it be

Avocado. It’s a superfood, so there’s some science behind my choice I just love avocados!

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Dr. Paul is a new addition to NEC with a Master’s degree in Social Work and a PhD in Ornithology. By the good Doctor’s side is his loyal secretary Madame Sophia.

Together, they are hoping to make a positive and helpful impact on the NEC student body by providing us with advice and gentle suggestions.

Stay tuned for Dr. Paul’s advice to a jazz major pining for a classical major!

by Dr. Paulpenguin ADVICE

Dear Dr. Paul,

I have a crush on a jazz major. I know, I know, that fact alone is a problem. Unfortunately, the issue runs even deeper than that, because I am a classical major. Everyone tells me to give up, to walk away and forget about him. They say it will never work. They say that I will never understand him, or his music - what even is bebop? What is free jazz? It seems to be far too important to him…

Anyways, what do I do? How can I connect with him? How do I get him to look past his Cherry Red Gibson ES 335 and notice me? What is jazz?

Sincerely,Love is Blind

Dear Love is Blind,

First of all, you will have to ditch the “Love Is Blind/Being In Different Departments Doesn’t Matter” attitude, because it very much does - especially with regards to a jazz major. If you are actually reading sheet music and playing it how it’s written, they will never look twice at you or respect you, and what is a relationship without respect? Nothing. (Unless you’re into that.) Second, you’ll have to quit playing classical music. Instead of mastering your instrument, buy a record player and pop on the Miles Davis album “Bitches Brew.” Stop going to class all the time and instead focus on the important things in life, such as learning all the ii-V-I’s and your common Lydian #2 scale. And for Christ’s sake, never play another triad in your life.

As far as jazz goes, you need to get acquainted with some of their language. Here are some words to know:

Cat - This does not mean a furry shed-ball of love. This word in fact refers to a ‘jazz player,’ a ‘dude’ who can ‘play the changes’ and doesn’t screw it up.

Jive - This is when you are at a ‘session,’ and a ‘cat’ is shooting ‘mad shade’ your way.

Improvise - Close your eyes, and play whatever you want - whatever the ‘changes’ may be. Start by playing in a different key, forget all of your technical abilities, and then stick something into your instrument (perhaps a small metal rod, a plunger, cardboard, a wallet?). You are now improvising!

Free Jazz - Joe Morris.1

Shed - A literal shed that all jazz players have in their backyard, where they go to cry quietly because they got lost on rhythm changes, and then practice emphasizing the ‘2’ in eighth-note triplets.

With all of this in mind, you might have a chance at winning this cat’s heart. I wish you good luck in your pursuit of a man who will never make enough money to support a family. Sincerely,Dr. Paul

1. Different from ‘Free Music’

Free Music - Anthony Coleman

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by NICK MYERS4th Year - BM Bass

TIPS FOR SURVIVING EACH STEP OF THIS GRUELING PROCESSThe Grad School Grind

Every undergraduate NEC student faces that eternal question

during their fourth year of study: what do I do after I graduate?

Many will take that wondrous piece of paper declaring their status

as a B.M, hang it in a prominent location in the room where they

deposit their own B.M.s, and enter the real world, working at a

real job and being a real adult. Others, not feeling quite ready,

defer their independence and apply to graduate school. We all

auditioned to get here, but as I’ve learned the hard way, grad

school auditions are different. This process has four distinct parts,

each categorized by its own sets of traumas and euphorias:

Application PhaseExpect to spend lots of time and money on applications, which

ask plenty of irrelevant questions. They ask these to discern how

much boredom you’ll put up with for a shot at acceptance into

their program. I recommend increasing your daily coffee ration

by 40-60% for maximum productivity. Most of the essays are

predictable, but some notable New York schools throw curveballs,

asking about the origin of your name or the interpretive/creative

role of art. Start writing early in September or October so you can

dedicate the month of November to producing a good…

PrescreeningThis may be the most trying part of the entire process. It’s brutal. Is

anyone ever satisfied with their recordings? You truly are your own

harshest critic, and having to pick the “best takes” for uploading

can crush the entirety of your soul just a little bit. If there is such

a thing as balance between critical analysis and acceptance, I

didn’t find it. In hindsight, it seems like the most important thing

is to make the most music you can, free from worries about

manufacturing a technically perfect recording. Even worse than

making the tapes is the wait to hear back from the schools.. Most

schools let you know by mid-January, taking their sweet time

while you sweat it out. Try to maintain inner serenity. All plans are

on hold as you wait to see if you get to spend the time, expense

and additional angst on the...

Audition Obviously the most fun part of the process. Traveling is exciting

yet exhausting, and especially welcome if you’re heading South

from Boston in February. I took auditions in Houston, here at NEC,

in New York, and in Los Angeles, and the best auditions I played

were the ones I was most thoughtfully prepared for and most

proactively relaxed about. Spluge on a hotel; you’ll get much

more sleep than if you crash with friends. Give yourself extra time

everywhere for traffic, transit, and warmup time. Hopefully TSA

won’t damage your instrument like they did mine, but if you do

check your gear under the plane, Godspeed to you. As a bass

player, I had a variety of different panels to play for and halls to

play in. In Houston, I played for just two teachers in their small

studio. In LA, I played in the largest concert hall for the entire low

string faculty. In New York, I played for a panel of four, comprised

of two rather decrepit looking fellows who scowled at me and

two guys who smiled and joked. You never know what you’ll get,

so free your mind of any preconceptions. And once it’s over, go

celebrate and experience what the city has to offer, especially

when it comes to food. Auditions are a great excuse to go take

a mini-vacation and catch up with old friends, so enjoy them as

much as you can. But after you play, regardless of how it went,

everyone has to…

Wait Some lucky folks hear back early if a specific teacher wants to

informally accept them. But for most people and for most schools,

expect to hear back in mid-March or by April 1. This is worse than

the prescreening wait because it’s-so-close-but-so-far-away-and-

if-I-have-to-wait-one-more-instant-I-may-explode. It’s all out of

your hands now, hombre. March is the time to catch up on all

the sleep, social life, and Netflix you’ve been neglecting (or not).

Yeah, you have a recital coming up, but chill out for a second so

you won’t be a burnt, toasty ruin for your big moment. What’s the

point if you don’t enjoy it? To everyone who spent the first months

of 2016 auditioning for grad school, I wish you the best of luck-

may the acceptance letters return swiftly and may the scholarship

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NEC’s student newspaper can only continue to thrive with your help. ANYONE is welcome to join! Perks of contributing include:

* The opportunity to publish your writing, poetry, photogra-phy, and/or illustrations

* Meeting other people who share your interests

* No commitment! Submit whenever you have time.

* A great addition to your resume

* Warm & fuzzy feelings knowing that you have improved the NEC community

The Penguin publishes eight issues each school year. For more information, come along to our Penguin Party or contact anyone you see in the Penmen’s column to find out more!

penguin MASCOTLook who’s here! Expect to see more of him as he boldly goes where no penguin has gone before! Look out for

pictures from his adventures on facebook, twitter and instagram!

If you have a good idea for a name to give our new pal, please let us know! We’ll be collecting submissions through the next few weeks! Be creative, and we might choose yours!