Issues
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Are school emails useful? Does it benefit you to have one? Students of Buffalo High School were recently asked. Many said Yes, others said No. “Yes, it’s useful so the school can see what kind of stuff you got going on,” Junior Carter Jerde said. Junior Jared Kohnen agrees. “I need to get emails from teachers,” he said. Junior Kaden Stubstad thinks an email specific to school is nice to have. “It is convenient…
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Last week, when everyone returned from spring break, Buffalo High School removed all of the doors to the bathrooms. It caused a great deal of discussion and some push back from students, but it remains to be seen if it impacted student behavior. A senior at Buffalo High School stated, “I didn’t really care that they [Buffalo High School] took down the doors. The first day we all came back after Spring Break, I was…
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To stop people from making bad decisions like vaping in the bathroom, Buffalo High School recently took the entry doors to all student bathrooms off. This decision has been very controversial around the school, with some students and teachers applauding it and others rallying against it. Junior Kaden Stubstad hasn’t seen a change. “Every single time I’m in there I see at least one person vaping,” Stubstad said. Junior Carter Jerde agrees. “No, it hasn’t…
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In order to combat students vaping, eight exterior bathroom doors were removed from student bathrooms. While some students have found this change effective, other students have been outraged by the change and are working to reverse the decision. Students shared stories about how this affects them personally in their day to day life. Some felt the atmosphere of the hallways has changed. “It’s gross,” said McKenzie Robeck. “Everyone can hear you and it’s embarrassing.” “I…
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Vaping in the bathroom at Buffalo High School has become a problem, especially with students having the ability to put other drugs inside vaping devices. Staff and administration are seeking ways to eliminate the problem, including increasing awareness, more frequent bathroom checks, and considering changing the bathrooms themselves. According to School Resource Officer Derek Jacobson, on average, two kids get caught vaping per day. They get devices taken away and receive school punishments. Teachers and…
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Activities Director Tom Bauman has the challenging responsibility of managing sports funding. Bauman controls the money distribution between sports and makes every attempt to ensure that it is fair. His job also involves educating people on how sports are not funded equally, but fairly, because people tend to come to negative conclusions very quickly. The Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose school district has a yearly operating budget of fifty-five million dollars that must cover all spending for every schools’…
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While April showers bring May flowers, May brings mental health awareness month! Students all around Buffalo High School have seen posters in the hallways, pamphlets in the counselor’s office, and hear their peers expressing their issues more often than not these days. As awareness grows, so does the number of people coming forward about their experiences and their knowledge of it. Anxiety disorders affect 18.1% of the population in the United States, and the number…
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With cell phones now being called a necessity, distracted driving is at it’s worst point with at least 11 teens dying everyday across the United States. Almost everyone can acknowledge that using your phone while you drive is dangerous, but knowing that it’s dangerous, doesn’t stop many teens from breaking the law. For drivers under the age of 18 years old it is illegal to use a cell phone while you drive, whether hand-held or hands-free…
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Everyday, students walk past the school’s courtyard. Hardly anyone is ever out there, save for the occasional class or teacher lunch break. As the days get warmer and the school gets stuffier, the green grass continues to look more and more inviting. So often, it is wondered why students are almost never allowed into the yard. Almost all day, the doors leading out to that small breath of air are locked. When students were asked…
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The world of historic mythology, expanding photography, and complex aeronautics are mysteries to most at Buffalo High School. Those are a few of the courses BHS doesn’t offer, but some that are on the climb for high demand. Students at BHS have a large variety of electives to choose from when it comes to deciding what classes pertain to them and are worth their education. This includes hundreds of classes varying from many different subjects;…
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