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Nicole Tong

Nicole Tong '24 is the Reads beat desk editor. Contact The Daily’s Arts & Life section at arts ‘at’ stanforddaily.com.
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The blue avatar of Jake Sully sits atop a graphic of a moon and waves.

A glorified nature documentary just isn’t enough: ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’

Nicole Tong
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Jan. 8, 2023
Music
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The Daily takes the aux: Fall 2022 music staff picks

Oriana Riley, Nick Sligh, Neil Rathi, Kelly Wang, Blyss Cleveland, Elena Vasilache, Nicole Tong and Sofia Gonzalez-Rodriguez
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Dec. 7, 2022
Arts & Life
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Hispanic Heritage Month reads listicle ’22

Nicole Tong, Leyla Yilmaz and Cameron Duran
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Oct. 3, 2022
Arts & Life
Simon Rattle waves the baton at the podium, conducting the London Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra celebrates joy, melancholy and an extra dash of Dvorak

Nicole Tong
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March 28, 2022
Music
Students on stage in costume for the Halloween concert.

Nostalgia, camaraderie and giddiness: The annual Halloween concert

Nicole Tong
  •  
Oct. 31, 2021
Arts & Life
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Niche on Netflix: “Out of My League” is a guilty foreign pleasure

Nicole Tong
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Oct. 27, 2021
Arts & Life
Olivia Rodrigo stands in front of a purple background with stickers on her face

‘I want it to be, like, messy’: Reviewing Olivia Rodrigo’s album, ‘SOUR’

Nicole Tong
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June 1, 2021
Arts & Life
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Season 2, eps. 4-5 of ‘Love is Blind Stanford’: Love triangle turned love line

Michaela Guo and Nicole Tong
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Dec. 21, 2020
Arts & Life
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Season 2, eps. 2-3 of ‘Love is Blind,’ Tree Edition: Allergic and not-so-anonymous

Michaela Guo and Nicole Tong
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Dec. 14, 2020
Arts & Life
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‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is a gem in a batch of cheesy Netflix originals

Nicole Tong
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Dec. 14, 2020
Arts & Life
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Season 2, ep. 1 of ‘Love is Blind,’ Tree Edition: WE’RE BACK

Michaela Guo and Nicole Tong
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Dec. 9, 2020
Arts & Life
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‘Love is Blind,’ Tree Edition, Finale: 12/17 reach the Hall of Fame

Michaela Guo and Nicole Tong
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Sept. 29, 2020
Arts & Life
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‘Love is Blind,’ Tree Edition, Ep. 5-6: Panic! at the Loopchat

Michaela Guo and Nicole Tong
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Sept. 28, 2020
Arts & Life
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‘Love is Blind,’ Tree Edition, Ep. 4: One goodbye and frog terrariums

Nicole Tong and Michaela Guo
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Sept. 19, 2020
Arts & Life
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‘Love is Blind,’ Tree Edition, Ep. 3: Introducing Galactic Storm, time for self care

Nicole Tong and Michaela Guo
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Sept. 17, 2020
Arts & Life
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Art in isolation

Chasity Hale, Robert Castaneros, Nicole Tong, Ron Rocky Coloma, Carissa Lee and Tiffany Saade
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Sept. 17, 2020
Arts & Life
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‘Love is Blind,’ Tree Edition, Ep. 2: the second coming of quasi-Jesus Christ

Nicole Tong and Michaela Guo
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Sept. 16, 2020
Arts & Life
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‘Love is Blind,’ Tree Edition, Ep. 1: Phineas and Ferb; Dungeons and Dragons; busy, busy lives

Nicole Tong and Michaela Guo
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Sept. 15, 2020
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‘Love is Blind,’ Tree Edition: Will 16 Stanford students find love on the hottest dating show ‘off’-campus?

Nicole Tong and Michaela Guo
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Sept. 14, 2020
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