The Batavia Spectator

By Alexa Schorr, Isabelle Konopacki, & Madison Wilson Generous, perseverant, selfless, strong, committed, and passionate. These are only some of the many attributes used by coaches, teammates, friends, and family to describe Claire Nazos.  “Claire has been a great leader throughout high school,” said longtime girls’ basketball coach Kevin Jensen.  “She is always looking out […]

By Mira Nevins The pandemic deepened a learning crisis and affected students across the world. This forced more than 1 billion kids around the world to halt their education and resume it online. It is argued that this adjustment did more harm than good, with students not participating, sleeping during classes, and limited of social […]

By Isabelle Konopacki While most movies cost around $65 to 100 million to make, Redeeming Love only cost around $3 million. After watching the movie I think they could have put more money into the writing and developing the plot rather than on getting the rights to some country song that played loudly in the […]

By: Desiree Mathiasson You might know them as hot dog dogs, wiener dogs, or sausage dogs – but I know them as the best dogs on the planet, and here’s why! Whether it’s because of their quirky personality, sense of humor, or variety, dachshunds bring something to the table for everyone and are such a […]

By Sarah Sinovich The new Tom Holland movie Uncharted came out ten days ago on Feb. 18 and it was quite the cookie-cutter treasure hunt movie. This movie was based on the PlayStation video game Uncharted, so it already had a cult-following and historic storytelling records in the gaming community. The Uncharted movie has brought […]

By Sophia Hayden, Emma Hirschauer, Olivia Gebhardt Every evening before a meet, Katrina Schlenker is already thinking about her approaching race. Her routine is intricate: after she gets home from a slow three-mile pre-meet run, she goes home and does yoga. Before bed she stretches and rolls out her legs, always making sure to get […]

Alexa Schorr Many critics and fans think that the Golden State Warriors are the team to beat in the NBA. They have Steph Curry, the best shooter of all time; Draymond Green, who is one of the best defensive players in the league; and Klay Thompson, who also is outstanding from the arc. As of […]

By Ronni Gustin Wordle gives you a five-letter word to guess but is it a five-star game? The new online game “Wordle” has taken the internet by storm. Created by Josh Wardle in June of 2021  originally as a fun game for his girlfriend and him to play, but released to the public in October […]

By Brynne Albert From the rise of athleisure to the dominance of twee and business casual to the quiet overtaking of Tumblr grunge and celebrities like Kim Kardashian popularizing BBL fashion, the 2010s have been a diverse decade of style, but that diversity comes with a price–the speed at which trends move.  It’s no surprise […]

By Sarah Sinovich There is this old saying that stories and poetry are to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. By whatever means of any media/art, like a good story or a good poem, it must be either/or (disturbing or comfortable), but a captivating story that truly forces you to ponder life is the true […]