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The Bucs' Blade

Grand Haven's student publication of community significance since 1927

The Bucs' Blade

Grand Haven's student publication of community significance since 1927

The Bucs' Blade

From the Shadows of Gotham: An In-Depth Look at Batman: Arkham Shadow

From the Shadows of Gotham: An In-Depth Look at Batman: Arkham Shadow

Mara Bessinger, Reporter November 4, 2024

For fans of Gotham’s gritty underworld, Batman: Arkham Shadow is a thrilling new addition to the iconic Arkham video game series, offering an immersive storyline, stunning visuals and innovative mechanics...

The cover from Swift's most recent album : The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. Originally just a 16 track album, it turned into a double album with 31 tracks 2 hours after release. "I'd written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 years and wanted to share it all with you," said Swift in an Instagram post.

Taylor Swift albums ranked

Reegan Cook and Peter Ver Duin May 2, 2024

UPDATED 4/30/2024 Most fans anticipated that Taylor Swift would release reputation TV as her next album. Instead, she announced her brand new album, The Tortured Poets Department, on Feb. 4, 2024,...

Benji Stone's picks for Record Store Day 2024. "Its absolutely incredible music, a psychedelic country album in a way," he said about Sweetheart Of The Rodeo 50th Anniversary.

Record Store Day: A Timeless Tradition Celebrated Among Record Collectors

Reegan Cook, Reporter April 19, 2024

Nowadays, with the ever-growing presence of streaming services, physical media is becoming less and less common. Despite this, there has been a recent rise in record collecting among teens and young adults....

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy is a heartwarming story with many hard themes for all ages.

“The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse,” warms the heart

Taylor Pokorski, Reporter January 22, 2024

From its illustrations of ink, watercolor, tea stains, or dog prints, to its beautifully inconsistent unorthodox writing style, "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse," by Charlie Mackesy is nothing...

Senior Jordan Smaka rises above the cast of Mary Poppins. The was the first show in Grand Haven Theater Department history to include an element of theater such as flight which made for a very visually appealing play.

Play Hits New Heights

Katie Snyder, Editor December 19, 2023

Theater took a gravity-defying twist in the recent Mary Poppins production. The cast set a goal to take the theater experience to new heights and ran with it… Or rather flew. Senior Jordan Smaka...

Come Visit Chile and Argentina Summer 2026

Come Visit Chile and Argentina Summer 2026

Hailey Neely, Reporter April 24, 2023

Teachers Steffanie and Aaron Portenga will be taking a select amount of students on an out-of-country trip to Chile and Argentina in June of 2026. This trip contains many exciting excursions that will...

Record Revolution

Vinyl is trending once again

Mike Baldus, Reporter May 12, 2022

Astrology

Peyton Balavitch, Reporter March 29, 2022

  Astrology has become widely popular due to the rapid growth of the practice of spirituality. Whether it is through yoga or chakras, or even just checking your horoscope on social media posts.  What...

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Beach House sticks close to home in new album

Ben Pease, Arts and Entertainment Editor March 3, 2022

The dream pop duo of Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally have been recording music under the name Beach House since early 2006. Notorious for dreamy, cinematic pop ballads and harmonies, Beach House comes...

Dressing Euphoric

Peyton Balavitch, Reporter March 3, 2022

Trends are always changing. We have entered a new phase of fashion. The latest one is glitter, eccentric eye makeup, and layers, thanks to the HBO series Euphoria. This fun and funky fashion is proving...

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Silk Sonic creates R&B record for the ages

Ben Pease, Arts and Entertainment Editor March 3, 2022

What’s cocky yet charming, childish yet mature and two words, nine letters? The fantasy collab group by the name of Silk Sonic.   The seeds of Silk Sonic were planted during the first shutdown due...

Top 5 songs

Addy Vargo, Reporter January 20, 2022

Daddy Issues by the Neighborhood  “I like the beat, it’s easy to scream in your car while driving around at night. I like how the lyrics spin around your head and echo into the background.”...

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