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The student news site of Baldwin High School

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Lucas Ovitsky

Lucas Ovitsky, Staff Writer

Sophomore Lucas Ovitsky is a first year Staff Writer. He can be found playing trumpet or listening to music.

Photo via 4AD Records

Essential Listening: The Pixies paved the way for Nirvana

Lucas Ovitsky, Staff Writer
June 4, 2024
This neo-psychedelic album combines folk and electronic elements to great effect. Photo via Sacred Bones Records.

Amen Dunes returns with neo-psych album

Lucas Ovitsky, Staff Writer
May 31, 2024

Podcast debates Marvel, DC films and comics

Maddy Behr, Lucas Ovitsky, and Zander Vecchione
May 24, 2024
Upon listening, Roar's new album offers classic and repetitive sound. Image via Felt Forest Records

Roar packs fun, repetitive tracks on brief album

Lucas Ovitsky, Staff Writer
May 23, 2024
Drake's new single "Push Ups" was released because of the feud. Photo courtesy of OVO Sounds.

Lamar won battle of rap diss tracks

Lucas Ovitsky, Staff Writer
May 14, 2024
Kameron Locy (center) works with the Carnegie Mellon University Girls of Steel robotics team in the world championship competition in Houston. Photo provided by Kameron Locy.

Locy’s robotics knowledge takes her to world championship

Hailey Dietz and Lucas Ovitsky
May 10, 2024
Photo via Yot Club

‘Rufus’ offers diverse sounds, strong vocals

Lucas Ovitsky, Staff Writer
May 7, 2024
Becoming the Highlander fulfills longtime dream for Anderson

Becoming the Highlander fulfills longtime dream for Anderson

Raven Spano and Lucas Ovitsky
May 6, 2024
Vampire Weekend's record "Only God Was Above Us" was released in 2024. Vampire Weekend by Julio Enriquez is licensed under CC BY 2.0 DEED .

Vampire Weekend’s new record is slow, repetitive

Lucas Ovitsky, Staff Writer
April 22, 2024

Podcast discusses essential albums

Garrett Gusten and Lucas Ovitsky
April 10, 2024
Quadeca's career kicked off on YouTube and now he creates music under the pop rap genre. Image courtesy of Quadeca.

Quadeca’s mixtape is fine, but underwhelming

Lucas Ovitsky, Staff Writer
April 2, 2024
Nirvana's debut, Bleach, is a dark and gritty essential. Photo via Sub Pop.

Essential Listening: Nirvana’s debut set the tone for grunge

Lucas Ovitsky, Staff writer
March 27, 2024
'London Calling' is one of The Clash's most famous albums, if not their best. Photo via CBS Records.

Top 5: The Clash brought idealism, intelligence to punk

Lucas Ovitsky, Staff Writer
March 25, 2024
In a video on his TikTok account, Keith Runk argues that Helen Keller’s handwriting appears to be too neat to belong to a deaf and blind person. Screenshot from Runk’s TikTok video.

Yes, Helen Keller was real, and she did all those things

Katie Fillipih, Lucas Ovitsky, and Katherine Gruendler
March 20, 2024
The BMG in Brazil circa 2009.

Blue Man Group act gets old quickly

Lucas Ovitsky, Staff writer
March 20, 2024
Despite the movies easily predictable plot, "Argylle" provides an enjoyable watch. Photo via Universal Pictures.

‘Argylle’ is so bad it’s great fun

Lucas Ovitsky, Staff Writer
February 27, 2024
Rush’s album Hemispheres offers an amazing journey through many worlds of adventure. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Essential Listening: Rush tells a story on complex ‘Hemispheres’ album

Lucas Ovitsky, Staff Writer
February 8, 2024
I/O is Peter Gabriel's tenth studio album, and has been in production for 27 years. Photo courtesy Real World Records.

Gabriel’s latest album drags on too long

Lucas Ovitsky, Club Member
January 22, 2024

1-Up podcast discusses the new Call of Duty

Ethan Green, Lucas Ovitsky, and Laeth Salih
November 21, 2023
AI programs steal the work of artists to generate art on command.

AI attempts at art are just stolen composites

Lucas Ovitsky, Club Member
October 30, 2023
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