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For the past four years Senior Jared Wycoff has been working on bringing a 1980 Chevy 350 Silverado back to life. After plenty of work and spending $4000, Wycoff can finally say that he is finished restoring the truck that has been sitting in his shed his entire high school career. “I’m excited and sad. I’m sad to be done because now I have nothing to work on,” said Wycoff. “The exciting part though is…
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After 40 years of dedicating his life to teaching, Science Teacher Boyd Emmel has made the decision to retire. Emmel has spent his years teaching in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and at BHS. He has taught Biology, 9th Grade Physical Science, Basic Biology and Biotechnology. He also teaches Driver’s Education and coaches the Track team. “I thought earlier in life I would teach as long as my father did, which was for 38 years,” said Emmel. “And…
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The pressure was on as the Junior Varsity mock trial team took the stand at the state competition on March 12 and 13. Out of the team two members received awards recognizing their accomplishments. At the state competition two people from every team receive either All State Witness or All State Attorney. In each trial the judges vote on who they think is considered to be the best attorney or witness on both sides, and…
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Every year on March 14, math geeks around the world come together to celebrate the number Pi. Pi day is celebrated on March 14, because the date (3/14) is the same as the beginning of the number (3.14). The number Pi has over one trillion digits after it’s decimal point, and at BHS, there are many different ways students and staff have planned to celebrate it. “If I’m right, Pi Day is on March 14…
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Food is something we all have in common, but our relationships with it are very different. This month, The Hoofprint explores food from a variety of perspectives. From Peter Cassidy’s mom’s famous crappie recipie and a vegetarian
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On August 9, 2012, exchange students Meng-Hsien Lin and Raveerat Rojtavornpornsuk stepped off their plane into America. Lin, known as Violet to fellow BHS students, is from Taiwan. Rojtavornpornsuk, known as Eve to fellow BHS students, is from Thailand. Both girls will be here until June 15, 2013. “My favorite part about America is the freedom. Back home, we have a lot of parental and governmental control,” said Rojtavornpornsuk. “I don’t like the snow though,…
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We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties Twenty students sit in a large circle, discussing human nature using a Paul Laurence poem entitled “We Wear the Mask.” The AVID students share their thoughts on why society hides their feelings. “Everyone knows there’s something wrong, but we play…
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With track season beginning in under a week, many seniors are preparing for their final track season in high school. “I’m trying to get a lot of vaulting and lifting in,” said senior pole vaulter Mitchell Valli. “I try to do both three times a week so I am ready to go.” This year will be a special one for these students. It will be the last time they get to wear the purple and…
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As you walk into the lobby of Emerson, you immediately feel like you’re on the cutting edge of technology. A security guard, gun strapped to his side, has been awaiting your arrival behind his desk. It all seems a bit far-fetched to see security like this on a leisure school field trip, but the students approach the desk with an avid smile regardless. After a few students relieve themselves after the hour bus ride, they…
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Behind new leadership and perspective with a new coach, the Buffalo Dance Team is back again and hoping they’re here to stay. For the past ten years the Bison Dance Team has been an on again, off again sport. The school has had trouble finding coaches and funding for the team. The last year Buffalo had a dance team was in 2010. This year they found they’re new coach, Kaitlin White. “I have been teaching dance…
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