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“There is nothing quite like it, / the feeling that I get when the music drops. / I think I might be psychic, / cause I’m seeing myself somewhere on top.” Junior Brody Stevens has been broadcasting his rap videos on YouTube and sharing them on Facebook. This has been a hobby of Stevens for a year and a half now and he has been improving his skills on becoming a better rapper. “It started…

Every year the Salvation Army places red kettles outside of popular stores to raise money for the less fortunate during the holiday season. In Buffalo there are kettles outside of Walgreens, Coborns, Walmart, Cub, and Target. Shoppers are encouraged to quickly stop and put some loose change into the kettles. In a survey of 50 BHS students, 72 percent said that they will donate to the kettle every once in awhile. Sixteen percent said they…

Mandy Boyle and Mike Curry share a common aspect of their jobs as they walk the halls of BHS.  Both Boyle and Curry are ending their student teaching experiences today. The two familiar faces will no longer be a part of the BHS community when classes begin tomorrow. “Buffalo is an amazing school. There is great student and staff support and I feel very welcome here,” said Boyle. Both Boyle and Curry enjoyed being at…

Three Buffalo High School teachers have proposed an idea to offer hybrid and online classes for next year, as an alternative learning experience for some of the classes that they teach. Brenda Deikman, Daryl Boeckers, and Jason Karn are hoping the proposal passes, so students have an option of doing things more independently instead of being in the classroom five days a week. Right now this is just a proposal that still needs to be…

Last Wednesday, December 7, Foreign Exchange Student Eman Swidan, came to speak to members of SSU at the media center during AAA. Swidan traveled from Palestine to spend the year here in Minnesota. “In the past, we have gotten a list of all the foreign exchange students early on in the year, and if have any in my class, I ask if they would like to present [to SSU],” said SSU Advisor Tracy Hulley. Palestine…

With four main sets of stairs here, one by each grade level, and only eight minute passing periods, the stairs have been fallen on many different times, and on many different occasions. Falling down the stairs has become part of the culture here at our school It’s even happened to our new coming Freshman already, like Anna Demgen, who has fallen down the stairs at least twice already. There are many different ways falling up…

Almost every sports team has a leader, especially here at Buffalo High School.  For the gymnastics team this winter it is Senior Paige Habisch. This previous summer for Marching band’s flute leader was senior Kirsten Olson. She is also a leader for this fall’s Girl’s Swimming and Diving team. These girls are just some of our 2011 Captains. They are captains themselves and also with one other girl.  Annika Bordak is the other captain for…

Elementary Classrooms all piled into Buffalo High School Performing Arts Center on Wednesday to watch the very first performance of Once Upon a Mattress. One of the classrooms sitting in the auditorium was Sharon Herzfeld’s fourth and fifth grade class from Parkside Elementary. “I thought it was cool they invited us,” said fifth grader Jayden Perry. “We were the first to see the play.” The young students were enthusiastic when describing their experiences watching the…

The first snowfall occurring on Saturday, November 19, brought slippery roads and dangerous conditions for all drivers. Especially young inexperienced ones. “I was waiting for my friend [Sophomore] Jesse Sullivan to get to my house Sunday night when my power went out,” said Sophomore Wilson Anderle. “When I looked out my window, there was Jesse’s truck in the ditch wrapped around a power pole about 40 yards down the road.” Some incidents involved more than…

Many Buffalo High School students dressed in blue shirts and “Sky High” bracelets last Tuesday to remember Jon Kramnic who was in a head-on collision with a drunk driver on his way to a friend’s house on November 22, 2009. “It’s a great way to remember him,” said Junior Nikki Bonin. “And it’s really cool to see the freshman and sophomores dressed in blue in honor of him when they didn’t even get to know him.” Kramnic was the star…