Voices
The student voices of Buffalo High School, offering diverse opinions on the issues and entertainment that impact the community.
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Music is a constant part of life at BHS, whether students are listening to music in the car, using it to focus, or performing it themselves. A randomized survey with 30 respondents across all grade levels showed that 76.7% of students listen to music everyday, while only 6.6% said that they never or rarely listen to music. “Usually, I listen to music when I’m in the car driving to and from school, ” Grant Merz…
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HBOs Lanterns was announced in 2023 as one of the first parts of the DCU’s Gods And Monsters slate. It was described as ‘a buddy cop detective mystery series.’ While the Green Lantern mythos is one that used to be as iconic as any others, The 2011 movie (directed by Martin Campbell) seemed to kill the public’s interest in the character. The idea that a character who is part of experimental science fiction stories, was…
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After a couple of weeks at BHS, the 9th graders are starting to get the hang of high school. But how do they really feel about adjusting to high school? Dakota Rawerts ‘30 appreciates the aspects of high school, but there are some challenges. “I like [high school], ” said Rawerts, “It’s really fun, and there are more opportunities than at the middle school. The pros of high school are more freedom and new experiences,…
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When Insomniac Studios announced a Marvel Wolverine game in September of 2021, the State of Play fans were skeptical about how Wolverine could work in the Insomniac superhero game format. Questions, such as: Could they make Wolverine work in an open world? Would the game even be open world? Could Insomniac do the story and history of Wolverine justice? Well after a 5-year wait Marvel’s Wolverine launched as a PS5 exclusive on September 15. Set…
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The year is 2006, what starts as a small segment on Dateline NBC as a story about adults talking to children online, becomes a recurring television show titled To Catch a Predator. While the show was doing the biggest thing on television, it was not without controversy. The show was hit with hundreds of criticisms about its shady methods, the difficult discussions it created, and the true moral behind the show. The show ended in…
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This comic is an extended illustration for the article Twin, Does It Matter If It’s Even You Anymore? by Juniper Lostetter.
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Have you ever watched an outfit inspiration video to decide what you’re going to wear, and did you go and buy a part of the outfit when you realized you didn’t own it? Chances are you care about how your clothes express you as a person, but do you know if it’s even you? Everybody wants to feel like they are their own individual person, and with the rapid increase of AI, humans are fearfully…
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When Zach Cregger (previously having directed Barbarian, Companion, Weapons) was announced to direct the latest installment in the Resident Evil franchise, many fans questioned in which direction he would take with the series. Fans of the franchise have spent decades with their strong opinions on the adaptation’s quality, and the general public was unsure of how Cregger’s vision would benefit the franchise. Resident Evil is a franchise that has long lived in a divisive territory.…
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Every year, on September 11th, the morning announcements hold a much more solemn tone and message than the usual peppy morning welcome. Buffalo High School students, staff, and faculty begin their day at 8:50 am, just four minutes after the first plane hit the North Tower on September 11th, 2001. Together, the school holds a moment of silence in remembrance and honor of all those lost. This year, that moment of silence seems to hold…
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As we approach the end of the school year, the bittersweet sense of graduation for seniors lingers in the halls, classes, and throughout the entire school. The graduation ceremony entails a robe, a diploma, and, for some seniors, an honorary yellow chord. This symbolic cord that seniors carry typically only says one thing: academic success throughout their four years of high school. At many schools throughout the U.S., graduates carry cords on every end of…
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