Culture
A deeper look at the issues and trends shaping culture and conversations at Buffalo High School.
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By Lindsey Erickson If you fell in love with Nicholas Sparks movies, like The Notebook or The Last Song, then his newest movie of 2012, The Lucky One, is the one to see. This chick-flick isn’t too much of a tear jerker, but the romantic scenes and amazing actors Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling, will keep your eyes locked onto the screen. Logan, a Marine serving in Iraq, finds a photo of a woman with…
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The top musical groups of Buffalo High School came together to put on the Showcase Concert, a chance to recognize seniors of the music department and for many of the groups perform one last time before summer. The groups performing were: Concert Orchestra, Concert Band, Concert Choir, Chamber Strings, Jazz 1, and BHS Singers. The Concert Orchestra began the concert with three pieces. “Serenade in E Minor, Mvt. 1,” which they had performed earlier this…
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The guys of BHS have said and done some pretty cute things to girls. Now they, along with their girls, have revealed them to Hoofprint.net reporters. Here are some of the favorites. “Can I get a picture of you for my sketches?” “I’m not the brightest, but you make me brighter.” “You’re my everything and you make me so happy. I want to be with you forever.” ~He wrote prom in candles on the side…
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The Minnesota All-State Honor Band had over 700 high school music students audition for 200 spots. Sophomore Hanna Hermanson received that honor, and was the lone representative from BHS Band. “When [Music Teacher Mike] Knutson announced that I got in, I was like, ‘How did I get in?’ I panicked, I was like, ‘Why did you call my name?’ I turned to my friend amber and I said, ‘What did I do?’ and Sophomore Amber [Doebler] said ‘ALL…
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“My favorite part of the play was getting to use my clown talents. And I liked to say the title of the play, The Farnsdale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Production of Macbath, to get people to come,” said Sophomore Michael Capps. This year’s Spring Play choice was MacBeth, but not like most people would think. This play was actually a play within a play. A local community theater is putting on a…
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Buffalo High School’s Jazz One, Two, and Three ensembles performed a concert with Buffalo Community Middle School’s Seventh grade Jazz band and Eighth grade Jazz band Monday night at the Performing Arts Center for their Jazzin’ It Up concert with guest artist David Singley. David Singley is a professional guitar player. He has performed with professional jazz groups, Broadway musicals, and many Symphony groups. Singley has published music, and teaches at McNally-Smith college of Music…
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Junior Michael Swearingen saw The Hunger Games twice in the first 12 hours after it came out. He went to see it with friends at midnight on Thursday, the night it opened, and then his CIS Literature class went to see it the next morning during school. He arrived home from the movie at 3:30 a.m. on Friday and had to wake up for school and his second viewing at 6 a.m.. “I woke up…
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Staying up for 22 hours and running on three hours of sleep isn’t ideal. However, students anticipating the premiere of The Hunger Games are willing to sacrifice their energy in order to be the first to see the new movie. Students in Denise Wahlin-Fiskum‘s CIS Literature class are taking a field trip to the theater on Friday, March 23rd, the first day the movie is in theaters. For some students, this will be the second…
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In the beginning of March, one of the most popular websites that students use to share and explore became blocked by the district’s Internet filter. If you’ve ever logged into the BHS computer system you’ve encountered the schools filtering system. From logging into the desktop, to logging into the Internet countless times, all students and staff have experienced the reminder that what they look at and what they do online is being monitored every second of…
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As hundreds of students at BHS know, Facebook can be very addicting. As I write this, I have a Facebook tab open and I find myself checking it periodically. And when I realize that three hours have gone by I think to myself, “what the heck was I even looking at?” I find myself looking through new pictures posted, the news feed, reading articles, listening to music, playing a game, creeping through my crushes profile,…
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