Issues
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With September now passed, there is one thing that many people don’t know about this month. September is Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month. This topic doesn’t get talked about much at Buffalo High School, yet many students have been exposed to suicide and suicide attempts. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, 10% of youth in grades 9-12 reported that they had made at least one suicide attempt in the past year, not including…
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The new Trimester schedule has brought about a long list of changes to a student’s daily schedule; however, the short five-minute passing times have been the topic of discussion for many students of BHS. The most obvious challenge with shorter passing times is being able to use the bathroom. On average, without any hallway traffic, a walk from the A-wing to the C-wing of the school takes 1 minute and 48 seconds. If a student…
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Is the new generation at BHS doomed? Many teachers and students have been warned about new Artificial Intelligence technology. Students have been caught abusing it for answers and having their essays written by robots. Now that students have access to AI on Snapchat, teachers are getting more concerned that kids are using it. Students who didn’t use AI, have been accused of it when they were innocent. “The one and only time I wasn’t using…
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The 2022-2023 BHS school year is already over halfway through, but with all the classes, schoolwork, and extracurriculars, what does the student and teacher body think about Advisory? New to BHS, there was a change with Advisory from doing Character Strong to video lessons. Different from everyone else, freshmen have not experienced the old curriculum. Jillian Pack ’26 has successfully finished over half of her first year with the new Advisory lessons where she gets…
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Imagine that one day, you’re minding your business and notice people staring at you. You check if there’s anything on your shirt or something in your teeth. There isn’t. The staring doesn’t stop, but worsens from silent whispers, laughs, and stink eyes being thrown your way too. There’s nothing wrong with you, but the real reason this is happening is your skin color. That’s a normal day for black women in a Predominantly White Institution…
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Mackenzie Koren 25’ is one of many high-achieving students who choose to take vigorous classes and get involved in multiple sports. What students get told all day long, in advisory, and in health class, is that they should easily be able to manage being a student-athlete while also balancing their physical, emotional, and social health. So how do student-athletes at BHS manage to balance all of these things with only 24 hours each day? 6:30…
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At 11:00 am on May 26, 2022, about 100 students from Buffalo High School quietly rose from their seats in their second block classrooms and made their way outside. Students gathered by the Rock, a meaningful spot for many BHS students. The Rock is a monument unique to BHS. To memorialize significant events, students get the chance to spray paint the Rock, a boulder that has been part of BHS history since 1984. It has…
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Spanish Teacher Jess Nickelsen notices a student giving a piggyback ride to another while running through the World Language resource area. The students aren’t in any World Language classes, though. She steps out of her classroom and calls after the students, “Why can’t we just make it to the end of the school year?” Many teachers use the resource areas for collaborative work time and other teachers don’t allow it to be used, ever. Sometimes…
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Gregory Ulrich has been convicted of all charges following a morning that included his testimony in the trial for the mass shooting at the Buffalo Allina Crossroads Clinic on February 9, 2021. The events of that day rocketed Buffalo into national headlines and left our community to pick up the pieces. After three weeks of proceedings and six hours of deliberation, a Wright County jury decided Ulrich was wholly responsible and entered the clinic with…
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English teacher Sydney Driver spends her nights staring at her computer and grading 15 page essays for her college prep writing class. An assignment that takes an hour for her students to complete takes her hours to grade, and grading takes a hold of her home life. Her time is limited, but she does as much as she can with what time is given. “[In] a college prep writing class, I have some papers that…
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