Culture
A deeper look at the issues and trends shaping culture and conversations at Buffalo High School.
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This year to celebrate the end of another successful year of high school, one last event together will take place. It’s not the usual “Last Chance Dance”, but something a little different and more easygoing and casual. The Bison Field Festival is taking place on June 2nd from 6:30pm to 9:00pm. Everyone is welcome to participate in this social event displaying the excitement surrounding Summer. There is no need to dress up for this event;…
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RoboHerd. It’s a name many have heard, or maybe seen while walking down the tech ed hallway. But not many really know what it is. So what is the robotics team, and what does it do? In early March, the RoboHerd had their first and only competition, the Lake Superior Regional in Duluth. At competitions, the teams work to complete challenges outlined in the “game,” the list of challenges which is released at the beginning…
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Each day, BHS Spanish teacher Jess Nickelsen sets time aside for her class to participate in Un Minutos. An Un Minuto is “a word or phrase and it can be anything as long as it’s school appropriate and that we don’t talk about people unless they are famous and we can make fun of them.” Topics can range from ‘what your plans are for the weekend?’ to questioning whether bananas can wear skirts. Sra. Nickelsen…
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The AP United States History (APUSH for short) test is administered to students nationwide. Many of the students taking the test thought it would be more challenging than it was. After taking the test though they felt that it was easier than what they were expecting. Jacob Scherber said “I feel like the test went better than I thought it would, I was not feeling to good about it going in, but afterwards I felt…
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Quite recently, students at BHS have found a new game to play in their free time, and it’s called Slither. With more and more classes having available computers, students are finding more and more activities to kill time, including computer games. Slither.io is played much like the game Agar.io that was released last year, where now you gain in length instead of mass because you are a snake. The object of the game is to…
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Tests are an everyday thing for the life of an average high schooler. At Buffalo High School, tests are always given out to test the student’s knowledge of the curriculum. When it comes to tests, there are many different ways to prepare for them. Ben Presler, a 9th grade science and 10th grade biology teacher at BHS, gives out tests regularly. These tests are to test his students knowledge of recent chapters or topics they…
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In the chaotic classroom of C212, a teacher and coach at Buffalo High School, challenges a student to a game of checkers. The student has tried countless times to beat the skilled checkers player that they call their teacher. They sit at an empty table and lay the board out in front of them. The battle has begun. As the game progresses a crowd of onlookers gathers around to watch the two players battle it…
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As the year is quickly coming to a close most high school students have a lot on their minds. Seniors have a little more than most, their lives are just beginning and they’re taking on a new chapter. Stereotypical senior rumors like senior slide have been circulating the halls for years, but this leaves us with a common question. What do seniors really think when they think about high school coming to an end? …
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Atheists have a pretty bad rap. In a recent study at the University of British Columbia and the University of Oregon, 350 American adults and 420 Canadian college students were told a fictional story about a teacher who found a wallet, took the money, damaged a parked car, and left the scene. Groups of subjects were asked if they thought the character in the story was a rapist, a Muslim, a Christian, or an atheist.…
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As kids grow, so do their appetites, but that’s not the only thing growing. School lunches have been raised by as much as a quarter in some districts such as Riverhead and North Syracuse Central in NY City, and the BHM district is seeing similar increases. Just since last year the school lunch prices were raised by $0.05. Currently at Buffalo High School a basic school lunch sells for $2.75. Milk costs an additional $0.50…
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