Arts
A Glimpse Behind Badfish
Tracey Cheek, Arts Editor
For those of you who don’t know, Badfish is a Sublime tribute band. These guys have been performing and perfecting the Sublime songs we all love, …
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Arts
Albany Pop-Punk Group Makes It Around the World and Back
Ashley Parent, Staff Writer 
State Champs, a five-piece pop-punk band from the capital region, released their highly anticipated sophomore album, Around the World and Back on October 16. Following their …
Culture
All Pumpkin Errything
Averi Amsterdam, Staff Writer
Fall is here, and pumpkins are everywhere. All of a sudden everything is pumpkin themed. Your Instagram and Snapchat are filled with a bunch of …
Arts
A Zombie Themed Festival Gone Awry
Grace Carney, Staff Writer
On Saturday, October 17 in Fort Myers, Florida, thousands of people gathered to attend an annual street festival, ZombiCon, an unconventional street fair that was created …
Editorial
Video”Gains”
Erik Bascome, Sports Editor
Throughout our country’s history we have constantly sought to find a scapegoat for the problems of our youth. While our sights used to be set …
Arts
AHS: A Look Into Hotel Cortez
Cheyenne Dorsagno, Copy Editor
After a disastrous season four, appropriately named ‘Freak Show’, American Horror Story has yet another renewal in their anthology series entitled ‘Hotel’. With a phenomenal initial …
Culture
Couples Costumes: Yay or Nay
Averi Amsterdam, Staff Writer
Fall is in full swing, and the stores are filled with every Halloween decoration possible. The internet is exploding with countless articles about everything …
Culture
Death by Selfie
Abigail Williams, Staff Writer
The selfie is now a part of millennial popular culture: from the famous Ellen Oscar selfie to the introduction of the word ‘selfie’ into the …
Arts
Jump Scares: The Problem With Horror Movies
Aaron Kriever, Staff Writer
As Halloween nears, people are getting into the spirit by watching all kinds of scary movies. However, a lot of modern horror films aren’t about being …
Sports
Bambinos and Billy Goats
Astrid Ressler, Copy Editor
In the world of baseball, some fans are incredibly superstitious and may take things a bit too seriously. So much so that the thought of …