Culture
A deeper look at the issues and trends shaping culture and conversations at Buffalo High School.
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A silver men’s ring was found on the floor of the BHS prom. It has had a rough journey and deserves to find it’s way home.
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Sensitive subject to some, but there’s no avoiding it. When you gotta’ go you gotta’ go. Nobody likes to do it, it’s embarassing especially for the ladies…So here are some helpful anonymous tips from your fellow BHS classmates: “When you’re in the stall and someone is next to you, and you really have to go… drop your phone on the tampon box right as it hits the water.” “Bring your Poo-Pourri.” “Go to the locker…
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Prom season has just blown by and with it the tanning sensation, as summer rolls around so does the summer body obsession. Although can these trends go into extremes. With people out in the world who look like real life barbies for example Valeria Lukyanova a 21 year old from Russia made the biggest extreme the media has seen. She has made a her body into a real life Barbie-Doll. Including plastic surgeries that removed some…
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To find out about school delays and closings students head to their number one source, Twitter. As they eagerly await the first post stating a school closing, Senior Mason Cox has his predictions set and posted on Twitter for his followers to see. “It’s unreal. I mean some people are good at sports and some people are good at music. I’m good at predicting the future,” said Cox. “You tell me which is the best. It’s…
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We all get the urge or feeling to post something random, or “out there” on our social media sites, but we hold back because we don’t want to be judge by our peers, or we feel insecure about it. There is this a longing an urge that you have now to be post these things that clutter your mind. They may drive you crazy, they may not, but there actually is an app for that.…
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Many seniors are getting ready to pack up their bags and leave home soon, but for Senior Maria Hanson her route is a little different. “This upcoming summer I hope and plan to go to the city of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala; the country’s second largest city.” While there, she plans to stay with a host family and attend a Spanish immersion school. This wont be Hansen’s first time to the beautiful country though, last summer she…
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At Buffalo High School there’s always different fads going around. The most recent thing that most students are talking about is the popular game “Flappy Bird”. Flappy Bird was released last year for iOS devices but just recently began gaining popularity. There’s a lot of talk going around about the app in classrooms, in the halls and, on social networking sites. The game seems pretty simple, just get the bird to fly in between sections…
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With the 2013-14 school year entering the second semester, “senioritis” is falling upon the senior class. Many seniors plan to attend college this upcoming fall but they are not going in alone. While some colleges pair you up based on a list of qualifications some seniors are taking matters into their own hands. “UNI has this Facebook app that allows you to post roommate listings. You create a bio for yourself and just start talking…
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Thursday May 30th at 6:30 pm, family, friends, and others gather outside the PAC and admire the work of this quarters Ceramics 2 classes. This year the goal was to raise $1,000.00 for VSA, and we broke that record! Over $1,000 was raised and benefited VSA that night. VSA Minnesota, founded in 1986, is an affiliate of VSA in Washington D.C. which was founded in 1974 by Jean Kennedy Smith. VSA Minnesota is a non-profit agency…
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One weekend every year, over 5000 people will converge in a small hotel in Bloomington Minnesota. For up to a year before, people will prepare. Carefully planning outfits that will make or break their time at the hotel. Packing various supplies vital to the coming three days. Every April, the Bloomington Doubletree hosts Minnesota’s largest anime convention, Anime Detour. “It’s nice meeting people with similar interests, we get to be nerds the entire weekend. My…
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