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The Bison Competitive Cheerleading Team competed at the National High School Cheerleading Championship in Orlando, Florida from February 8-12. Near the beginning of the season, the Cheer Team was just shy of getting a bid to Nationals at the Regional competition. The team decided to try their shot at it again at a competition in Iowa. When they went to Iowa, they had their best performance yet. Finishing the meet off with a first place…
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“There was about a month where I thought I could make a living off music,” said English Teacher David Robinson. Robinson frequently plays for Crows Feet, a local band, and been in a myriad of bands previously. After that successful month of fill-in jobs and various shows, he experienced an eight month dry spell. He had joined his first band in college and has been playing guitar since. Each band has had its ups, downs,…
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You know it’s sections time when the boys swim and dive team have the best hair cuts in school. Sophomore Tommy Peterson struts his stuff down the hall with his half Adidas head half striped head. Even though some students may give him looks he owns the fact that he is a swimmer. “It’s just something fun to do with the team, ” Sophomore Peterson said. Every year right before sections the team shaves their heads in…
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“He was reading when he was one-year-old,” Nancy DuBois said of her son, Senior Robbie DuBois. Robbie, along with his older brother, Joe DuBois, is exceptionally gifted. “He worked with a professor from the University of St. Thomas and they tested his IQ and his grade level equivalencies and determined he should start school early,” Mrs. DuBois said. “I know when Joe was four, they tested his academic level and he was 10th grade, four months.…
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“I will admit, I have a problem.” 360 calories and two dollars and fourteen cents later, teacher Gerard Rohl’s morning McDonald’s cravings are satisfied. With a routine of going through the McDonald’s drive through, the cute, little old lady employees expected to see Rohl that morning. “The old retired ladies pretty much already know that I’m going to order my Breakfast Burrito and Diet Coke,” said Rohl. “The Egg McMuffin doesn’t really have a taste…
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You always hear about the usual ways to ask a girl to prom, but girls really want to see a guy’s creativity in such a memorable moment in their high school career. Some cool ideas that girls suggested are: 1. Fortune Cookie 2. Parking Ticket 3. Candles spelling out “Prom” 4. A scavenger hunt 5. Over the intercom during school Last year, Senior Hope Mueller got asked by Senior Jordan Johnson. At first he wrote…
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Snow Days is more than students dressing up. There are AAA activities and even broom ball at the rink. “The after school activities are a joke. Why would anyone waste their time,” said Bjorklund. The students that dress up feel that snow days has a lot to do with school spirit. “I don’t feel stupid dressing up because I like to dress up and be different,” said Junior Lexi Bollant. Most students are sick of…
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In a controversial decision, Buffalo was disqualified from the One Act Play Sections on February 2. A week later at the State Festival, Director Tracy Hagstrom Durant found out that the rule that played a part in their disqualification is now being rewritten. The play was originally disqualified for soliciting an audience response. “It’s a good thing for the change,” Hagstrom Durant said. “Clarity of rules is always important. I felt bad for our kids, technically it’s my fault.…
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Imagine getting an ultrasound to see if you have a kidney infection, but instead see a head and a hand of the child inside of you. Delivering her son at two pounds, four ounces, Junior Madison DesMaris didn’t know she was pregnant until she was 28 weeks (nearly seven months) along when she went into the doctor to see if she had a kidney infection. “I’ve had a few kidney infections,” said DesMaris. “So when…
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“Once I hit a move, I can feel the beat and everything comes natural. It is something I know I am pretty good at, so it’s easy for me. I feel like it’s something I can connect with. I feel confident doing it.” Four months ago, Junior Reed Kuhlman found a video on YouTube of a guy who goes by the name of NonStop who dances “dubstep.” Nonstop’s video’s encouraged Kuhlman to try this style…
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