Editors’ Comment

The buzzstaff has spent several months deep in a boogie wonderland. It has been a haze of bell bottoms, glitter and groovy gyrating. What began as a funky experiment to get closer to ABBA has led to us falling down a rabbit hole of psychedelics, counter-culture politics, fast fashion and the impacts of aesthetic movements. So pull on your go-go boots, brush up your Saturday Night Fever knowledge, and be prepared to dive into disco.

 

 

 

Issue Contents

News & Views

• • • Once In A Century? by George Christopher
      Risk of flooding rapidly increasing in Ithaca
    • Basic principles, or simply outdated? by Alyssa Spady
      One student’s thoughts on their Journalism education at Ithaca College

Upfront

• Spinning Into Oblivion by Patrick Kuehl
• Dancing Our Way Through Reality by Nora Marcus-Hecht

Ministry of Cool

• My Ranking of the 2022 Oscars Best Picture Nominees by M Minton
• Still Screaming by Sarah Borsari
  A ranking of the films from the Scream franchise
• The Top 5 Movies That Would Benefit From A Disco Version by Zac Sulzter
• RAW FROM THE SAW – Movie Review: Licorice Pizza by Sofia Nolfo
• RAW FROM THE SAW – Movie Review: Encanto by Imani Turner-Wells
• RAW FROM THE SAW – Movie Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home by TJ Bogart
• RAW FROM THE SAW – Film Review: After Yang by M Minton
• RAW FROM THE SAW – Album Review: 11:11 by Ryan Vincent
• RAW FROM THE SAW – TV Review: The Get Down by Gus Dunn-Hindle
• RAW FROM THE SAW – TV Review: Abbott Elementary by August Van Der Werf
• RAW FROM THE SAW – Movie Review: Drive My Car by M Minton
• RAW FROM THE SAW – Movie Review: West Side Story by Rachael Powles
• RAW FROM THE SAW – Album Review: LP3 by Emily Imanishi

Prose & Cons

• Pink by Malika Beveridge-Bignall
• Letters to a Recluse Playwright by Will Cherico
• A Wave of Despondency by Malika Beveridge-Bignall
• Can I Sit Here? by August Van Der Werf
• Rocket Ship to Outer Space by Tyler Dale
• Abandonment Issue by Cassandra Raineault
• Honey by Malika Beveridge-Bignall
• Four Crows Outside My Window by Tyler Dale
• Unnamed Rabid Aggressor Transformation Tape by Will Cherico
• Significant by Julia DiGeronimo
• To Be Alone at a Party by Sofia Nolfo
• Anima by Ryan Vincent
• Glass by Malika Beveridge-Bignall
• Little Blue Pills by Tyler Dale
• A Haiku: Last Words by Greta Unetich
• survival song for the strange by Chloe Johnston
• Sea Song by Ryan Vincent
• Pound of Flesh by Tyler Dale
• Chickadee by Tyler Dale
• A Haiku by Greta Unetich
• Sugar Violets by Mikayla Tolliver

Sawdust

• • • Swayer Slaughters in a Disco-Induced Bender by Stephanie Tokasz
      BREAKING NEWS
    • CPR Class Registration Skyrockets by Massey Willaims
      “Stayin’ Alive” Has Become Camp
    • Saturday Night Fever into the Sunday Scaries by Lenley Aikin
      A Step-by-Step Progression
    • I think we should cut all vintage clothing into crop tops by Connor Stanford
      Just to Play Devil’s Advocate
    • An open letter to Mamma Mia! girls concerned about not knowing who the parent of their baby is by Kathryn Miller
      You’re forgetting that no one will date them because they won’t shut up about Mamma Mia.
    • The Eternal Question by Sara Mallory
      Does ABBA Exist in the Mamma Mia! Universe?
    • Mamma Mia 3 by TJ Bogart
      Details released
    • A comprehensive list of disco songs that did not age well by Molly Fitzsimons
      From bad, to horrendous
    • Buzzsaw Asks Why…Cher said ‘I Got You Babe’ but won’t pay my tuition? by Sarah Borsari