REVIEW: ‘Oppenheimer’ an ‘American Prometheus’
Oppenheimer exceeds expectations with 13 Oscars and a powerful message in movie theaters and homes around the world. By Lylah Jakubiak In a crowded movie theater, darkness stretches across the screen. Suddenly, the audience is encapsulated by a rolling, roaring cloud of glowing fire that snakes across the black. The theater falls silent as they […]
Senioritis with Betzy Garcia
By Owen Lehman High school is a long stressful four years. Believe it or not, but some students are unsure what they want to do after high school. Some students base their classes off what they want to do with their life after high school. Others pick classes due to graduating requirements. I caught up […]
A favorite food to consider for the holiday season
By Lauren Burnham Spinach poppers. Delicious lumps of rice and spinach, bound together by melted cheese, with spices to add flavor and aroma. The spinach popper, homemade and home loved. Spinach has been one of the most hated enemies of toddlers and children every for ages. Many kids would rather paint the walls green than […]
Gorlewski Podcast – The Deep Web
This is the 3rd installment of the Gorlewski Podcast! Today’s episode is about the deep web, thanks for listening! I would like to especially thank Austin Hughes for the motivation to make this episode! Listen here!
Teen Stress
Teens have a lot of things that they need to juggle on a daily basis. From classes, sports, to working, the pile of things one has to do really adds up. This can cause kids to get depression and high anxiety. One would usually hear that your teen years are supposed to be the time […]
Mary Dvorak: A walking miracle
You’re having a bad day and all you want to do is long board with your friend. Things are going great, until things get a little winding. You find yourself carving corners you have never even thought about, then all of a sudden all your momentum has just come to a complete stop and you […]
How-to: Flower crowns
By Lauren Burnham Ah, the flower crown. A must have accessory of anybody, anywhere! Yes, you too, guys. If you’ve noticed, and I won’t be surprised if you haven’t, every Thursday a few people go around the school with flower crowns on their heads. This ‘Flower Crown Thursday’ is something me and my friends thought […]
Twenty One Pilots connects with fans at Aragon Ballroom
By Tommy Maren Tyler Joseph (right) and Josh Dun (left) get a final ovation from the crowd after playing their last song “Trees.” Twenty One Pilots played at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on December 3rd in front of a sold-out crowd on night 1 of 101 WKQX’s “The Nights We Stole Christmas.” From […]
Jensen’s keys to success
By Bailey Gorlewski Thump. Thump. Bright orange spheres slap the ground, as a pale hand hits them down again. Our scene is set at a Batavia High School girls’ basketball practice. A Mimio pen glides down a white board, as an equation is written on the board. Once again we are at Batavia High […]
Work ethic wins
By Davis Ward The buttery smell of popcorn, the popping of soda cans, the swoosh of the basket, feels like home for Coach Jim Nazos. After being in Batavia for five years, Coach Nazos has really made a name for himself. He has carried on the traditions of Batavia Basketball ever since he started coaching […]
Ways to ease the excruciating pain of PARRC testing
by Aaron Viland Political doodles What better way to express your disgust with the ‘fascist pigs’ in Washington D.C. than through doodles in the extended response section of the test? Maybe you badly desire to express the similarities you’ve observed between Barack Obama and Adolf Hitler, or maybe you have an itch to somehow portray […]