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Scene’s Top 22 Albums of 2022

Claire Lyons, Caitlin Brannigan, Willoughby Thom, Rachel Hartmann, Isa Sheikh, Olivia Schatz, Kathryn Muchnick, Anna Falk, Angela Mathew, Natalie Allton, Connor Marrott, Alysa Guffey, Coby McKeown and Claire McKenna | Wednesday, December 7, 2022

22. ‘Cave World’ by Viagra Boys “Cave World” is the third LP of punk rock band Viagra Boys, and it expands upon what made their previous records so great. The album is absolutely soaked in meta-irony and absurdist humor. Viagra Boys are simultaneously drawn to and repelled by the eclectic world of conspiracy theories, incels

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Swifties react to Ticketmaster site fiasco

Peter Breen | Wednesday, November 30, 2022

“A surge in activity on any IT service can cause it to be unavailable to some or all of the people trying to access it,” Tracy Weber, office of information technologies (OIT) assistant vice president, told the Observer. Taylor Swift fans across the tri-campus helped generate the 3.5 billion system requests on Ticketmaster’s website on

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Dear reader, Taylor Swift has triumphed once again

Ashley Hedge | Thursday, October 27, 2022

Taylor Swift has done it once again. Anticipation over the singer’s 10th album release has only built since its announcement at the 2022 VMA Awards. Part of that anticipation is largely due to the lack of a single being released prior to the album drop date. Audiences were unsure what to expect from Swift, especially