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Butte College's Editorially Independent Student Voice

THE ROADRUNNER

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Wednesday Season Two Review

On Wednesdays we wear black
Bridget Barry, Social Media Editor September 22, 2025

Start the Week with Wednesday! Tim Burton and the incredibly talented cast and crew of "Wednesday" have done it again. Season 2 has received a lot of attention since it's two-part release over the summer...

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Chico's live folk and bluegrass scene

Chico’s live folk and bluegrass scene

Get out of the house, off the phone and find live music.
Jack Barry, Staff Writer September 14, 2025

Local musician Lydia Cooley urges Chico citizens to get out and experience the growing community of live, in person, folk and bluegrass music.  Lydia Cooley, lead singer of the band “Flume Street...

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Oroville Wildlife Area at sunset August 29, 2016. The fall color reflects off rippling water.

Peace Does Not Have a Lease

A poem's call for unity.
Elizabeth Stone-Hindman September 13, 2025

how can it be that this democracy has turned into such an atrocity and now we have the ability to put an end to this hypocrisy we don't but that's not to say we won't if unity was the backbone to...

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Weapons – Movie Review

A wickedly scary movie just in time for spooky season, this is one you don’t want to miss
Bridget Barry, Social Media Editor September 12, 2025

A Haunting New Horror Film That Stays with You Have you ever watched a film that was so frightening and haunting that it just can’t escape your brain? That one scene that completely chills you-permeating...

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Tobias Brooks, Will Watje and Billy DiBono tear it up on stage at Feather Falls Casino on 29 August 2025 in Oroville CA. (Photo by Bridget Barry)

Beloved Local Band Decades Rocks the Night Away with Everclear

Decades and Everclear, Bands That Create Joy
Bridget Barry, Social Media Editor September 3, 2025

  Decades, the band that formed in Chico, CA has recently found tremendous success, many rounds of applause, and lots of recognition. This musical group was created in 2010 and consists of 5 members....

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Art Gallery At Butte College April 9, 2025

Last Chance to Check Out The Pathways Art Gallery

"Uncover, Uplift, and Unite"
Alani Ethelbah, Staff Writer April 9, 2025

If you’ve yet to do so, now's the last chance to check out the annual U in Butte art show. Opening officially on the first of this month, the gallery will now be coming to a close this Wednesday, and...

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Crocodile Tears

Cheyenne Wasson, Guest Contributor April 6, 2025

I wish I could put this feeling in a bottle So that I could show you what it feels like.   So you can taste it and smell it and hate it before you tell me to suck it up. I think these are what...

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Love’s Knife Fight

Garrett Fernandez, Guest Contributor March 30, 2025

And wouldn't you know, all about how this is supposed to go— from shouting fights and a calendar filled with shouting nights.   Dead ends that don't die in your sleep.   Light...

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A medieval knight with his young bride. Creative Commons.

The Glow

Rey Quigley, Journalism Club Member March 29, 2025

Her curls bounce with newfound life  her eyes shine with a glimmer that only  appears when she’s full of love,   full of life    a lover at heart, though often weeping  it...

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A fish and bird may indeed fall in love but where would they live?

A fish and bird may indeed fall in love but where would they live?

Emily Solorio, Journalism Club Member March 23, 2025

In a world where two souls Cannot touch nor collide A bird and a fish fell in love, And they yearn to reunite.   Glistening tides call the fish As the breeze of wind calls the bird.     In...

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Photo courtesy of Garrett Fernandez

Sand Castles Wash Away With the Waves Too

Garrett Fernandez, Guest Contributor March 16, 2025
A reflective poem from a Butte Student
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Rey Quigley in Long Beach Ca, Taken by Justin Stock

Train Wreck

Rey Quigley, Journalism Club Member March 15, 2025
A guest contributed poem about being the Metro in LA
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