Issues
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Gender identity is defined as “an individual’s personal sense of having a particular gender”. In most people, their gender identity correlates with their assigned sex at birth, those people are known as being cis-gender. However, there are some whose gender doesn’t match their assigned sex. These individuals can identify with a number of different identities, such as trans, nonbinary, and gender fluid. Pronouns are one of the main components of gender, whether an individual resonates…
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Recently, it has been confirmed that Mike Curry will be returning to teach his classes on January 31st after his three-month COVID leave. His classes have been taught by various substitutes and his assignments were posted and graded by Tracy Hulley in his absence. Students were excited to hear of his return, so The Hoofprint reached out to him for an interview. Q: What things are you looking forward to coming back to? A: I am…
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It’s Fourth Block. Class starts and everyone pulls out the laptop that they borrowed from the school. You go to classroom.google.com to work on your laptop for your history project. After the class ends, you still aren’t done, so you pack up your laptop and go home to work on the same laptop that you borrowed from school. The next day, you feel sick, so you stay home from school and instead pull out the…
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This morning, Superintendent Scott Thielman cancelled the band, choir, and orchestra trip to New York scheduled for Spring Break due to fears about the spread of COVID-19. It is not clear yet whether the over 100 students committed to attending the trip will be refunded some or all of the money they paid for the trip. Band director Scott Rabehl said he was put in a difficult position regarding the outcome of the trip, and…
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz went live today at 1 p.m. to address the state of Minnesota about what will happen for schools and what precautions should be made to keep you and others safe from COVID-19. Tim Walz has declared a peaceful state of emergency. This means that if needed he is able to call on the National Guard to help with things out of local grasp. He phrased it as “taking the toolbox out…
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With limited seating for senior families, you would think that the High School would let graduation be on the football field so more people could come to watch graduation. With seniors only getting six graduation tickets each, many have to choose who can come to watch them during one of the biggest moments of their lives. Principal Mark Mischke explained why it isn’t an option for graduation to be outside. “Cost is one of our…
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The Senior class this year is the largest graduating class to come through Buffalo High School. However, the gym space where the graduation ceremony is held is still the same size. Seniors are getting ready for the moment they receive their diploma but they only receive six tickets for their friends and family to attend the ceremony. Students with large families have a hard time with this limited number of tickets that they receive, whereas…
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Principal Mark Mischke met with the junior class the have an honest discussion about rumors regarding the schedule, backpacks, cellphones, lockers, bathroom doors, and senior privileges that have been circulating BHS since the release of the new schedule and the removal of bathroom doors. As Mischke stated in the meeting, admin does not want to go to extremes with changes, and want to come to a fair compromise regarding future policies. The following policies will…
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As information spreads on the schedule change for the 2019-2020 school year, the reactions of students and staff have varied. Some people support the schedule and like the new opportunities for support and connection it can bring, while other oppose the schedule due to the complexity and inconsistency. However, the group unhappiest about the changes are Juniors. The class of 2018-19 received the senior privileges of being able to leave school early for the fourth…
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As the 2019 Buffalo High School Prom nears, many people are choosing the popular route of paying for a party bus to take them to the dance and possibly out to eat. This can be a very convenient and fun decision as it allows people to enjoy more time to spend with friends and their dates. There are also many downsides to taking a party bus however, and it can all come down to who…
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