Best places to get ice cream in Batavia
By Madison Wilson Looking for a quick treat? Well, have no fear: your guide to ice cream is here. Batavia has many different ice cream experiences for you to try. From scoops to blizzards to sundaes, these places have it all. Which is the best? Let’s find out! Starting with number one, Dairy Queen. Despite […]
Ranking Taylor Swift’s discography
By Mackenzie Corcoran Taylor Swift has been creating amazing albums for almost 16 years now, all of them wonderful to listen to in their own right. She has written and sang on nine great albums, and two re-recordings. With that in mind, they can’t all be her best. As a huge fan of Swift’s music, […]
The best exhibits to see at the Field Museum
By Isabelle Konopacki The Field Museum is one of the largest natural history museums with over 480,000 square feet. The museum, which was founded in 1893, is the most well-known museum in Chicago with two million yearly visitors traveling from around the world to visit the museum. The museum has around 65,000 exhibits to see […]
2022 NBA All-Star starters – are they deserving of selection?
By Eli Balisi The NBA All-Star starters representing the league have been announced for the year. Here are some thoughts on the selections. The Eastern Conference is loaded with quality talent, and I felt that the NBA did a great job representing it. Kevin Durant is having another incredible scoring year, proving both his own […]
Autotune Can Be Attributed to Oversaturation in the Music Industry
By Mira Nevins Music today is heavily saturated with the same act repeated by multiple people. Many popular “artists” are simply just a copy and paste of each other, each having an almost identical sound to one another. Today’s music is boring- it’s all the same. It seems the industry is seriously lacking in some […]
One of the best animated shows of the 2010s–and you may have never even heard about it
By Brynne Albert Hope, despair, love. The things that drive us every day. Many pieces of media have tried to encapsulate the paralleling feelings of joy and hopelessness in the past, but one show stands out above others as one of the smartest, most creative, and, undoubtedly, most overlooked: Puella Magi Madoka Magica. The show […]
‘Folkore’: A lyrical masterpiece
By Emma Hirschauer Taylor Swift is an artist who has undoubtedly shaped the music of the 21st century. She has won the most Album of the Year awards out of any female vocalist at the Grammys, she holds the record for the most weeks at number one on Billboard, and she is the first artist […]
Anthology, Music, Melodrama: Ranking Harry Styles Discography
By Sarah Sinovich The recent 2021 Grammy award winner, Harry Styles, has been rumored to drop his third album before the end of March 2022, according to fan speculation and Sony’s CEO Rob Stringer. With this in mind, as a possible new album is around the corner I wanted to rank his current discography. As […]
A look back into the top trends of 2021
By Madison Wilson The year of 2021 was filled with many, many trends. From food to shows to fashion we experienced a number of new trends that made history. One of the most popular food trends was feta pasta. This recipe was passed around on TikTok, blogs, and other websites. Many were amazed by the […]
Bored in Batavia? A list of five local cures
By Nicholas Klann Well, here you are, bored once more. Whether you’re a child telling your parents you’re bored for the thousandth time or an adult looking for a little me-time, these are the top five activities that are guaranteed to cure your boredom. Browse the Batavia Public Library. There are hundreds if not thousands […]