BY: LILY JANDRISEVITS Awards season always seems to be engrossed with controversy. I am always anticipating the night of the Oscars and Golden Globes, but by the end I am exhausted not only by the length of the events but by the disappointing wins. This year’s Golden Globes was no different. The night lead to the win of “1917” for Best Motion Picture- Drama, almost as anticlimactic as “Greenbook” winning Best Picture at the Oscars last year. Sure, “1917” is unique in the sense that it’s supposed to look like the whole movie is directed in one shot, but among … Continue reading The awards season is full of controversy

BY: JOANNA SNYDER The easy days of walking into a movie theater and choosing the perfect seat are over. All moviegoers are now expected to choose their own seats while purchasing their tickets, in person or online. When this new idea came to be, I was not sure how to feel about it. However, I now can say I am not in support of this method. I believe it’s unnecessary and should stop being practiced across all movie theaters. I don’t understand why assigned seating was implemented in the process of going to the movie theater. Technically, I know this … Continue reading Assigned seating hurts the overall movie experience

BY: KYLE VANSYCKLE What does volunteering mean to you? To me, it means providing or getting involved without expecting reward, pay, or recognition.  The dictionary states volunteering as, “freely offering to do something”. I’m a volunteer firefighter for Clifton Park, and nothing frustrates me more than when we don’t have enough people to go to a fire alarm activation or a community event.  With so many events, work, and entertainment opportunities available to the community, it may be hard to find people willing to volunteer.  According to the New York Labor Statistics, 58.1 percent of the population was full time/ … Continue reading A shortage of volunteers in service organizations

BY JOHN MILHAM If you asked me two years ago to go do anything fun after school, I would have thought you were crazy. All I had ever known was doing homework until midnight, and the thought of enjoying a weekday never occurred to me.  Ever since the options were available, I’ve been taking accelerated classes, ranging from taking sixth grade math as a fifth grader to the PTSD inducing Cult. Lit. in ninth grade.  I continued to see the workload increase as the years went on and I added more to my schedule.  However, last year as a sophomore … Continue reading A schedule of harder classes isn’t worth it