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The twenty members of BHS’ One Act Play participated in State Competitions at St Catherine University in Minneapolis/St Paul on February 10th and 11th. The 16 cast members and four crew members performed “The Pageant Play”, a story about feuding mothers who put their children through childhood pageants. “‘The Pageant Play’ is a very serious show,” said Senior Rebekah Herdklotz. “Most of the students in the audience didn’t know how to react and so they…

GMSA is hosting a shoe drive, Monday March 7th through Friday March 25th and will be accepting any and all kinds of shoes. All of the donations will be going to Making a Difference International Inc. Making a Difference International Inc. is an organization that donates solid, used shoes to the people in Africa. This organization is especially in need of boy’s and men’s shoes. Last year, with the help of St. Michael High School…

The Buffalo Knowledge Bowl team won their eighth meet of the year Saturday morning at Rogers High School. However this win was overshadowed by the presence of Minnesota Twins announcer, Dick Bremer. “I was so happy getting [the opportunity] to meet Dick Bremer,” said senior Matt Feinberg. “He’s my favorite announcer, and I consider him a hero.”Bremer acted as special guest reader for the meet. His booming voice and sense of humor made it a…

Social Studies teacher Todd Manninen had a guest speaker, Dr. Rosilyn Carroll,academic adviser at Hamline University,  come and speak to his class about racism on Friday. Carrol is originally from the St. Paul area. She came to our school with the goal to help teach and inform students for a day about the effects of Racism and help them try to understand what it truely is defined as. She greatly  emphasized her opinion that racism is a…

Last week, February 7-11, students at BHS filled out a Valentines matchmaker questionnaire. This questionnaire was filled with questions that would match them up with someone that they are most compatible with. There are two sheets: Same grade and the rest of the school.  Not only would they match them up with the opposite sex but, this questionnaire would tell them their most compatible and opposite friends. “I thought that the matchmaker questionnaire was a…

For many juniors, sophomores and especially freshman, next year’s school schedule is the last thing on their minds considering they’re barely even half way through their current school year. However, counselors, who have to get everything planned out and ready for next year, need the students’ decisions on their next year’s classes ASAP. At the begginning of the 2nd semester, the counselors are already having kids register for next year. To some, this may seem early, but, “It is definitely  to the advantage of…

“You, my friend, look absolutely amazing today.” Starting last Thursday, ego-boosting notes such as this one have been mysteriously appearing in the girls bathrooms of BHS. Taped to the mirrors above the sink on notebook paper written in blue glitter-pen and construction paper written in pink marker, these phrases of encouragement have been displayed by an anonymous writer. “It immediately made me smile,” said Junior Stephanie Hansmann. “There was no way you could look at…

Forty-five degrees and mostly sunny, that describes how this week will be. With Spring on its way and temperatures rising, Minnesotans went out and about this weekend to rid those Winter blues. This weekend students found themselves at concerts, spending time with distant family members, washing their cars inside and out and spending plenty of time with their friends. The burst of sunshine has got everyone smiling this weekend. “I spent my Sunday afternoon cleaning…

Junior Jade Dietz blew the audience away with his performance Saturday February 5 at the Buffalo variety show. Dietz sang a song entitled “Two Hands” in which he also wrote, while he played the acoustic guitar. “Two Hands” was written by Dietz with the help of Frannie Pearson. “It took me about a week to write the song then Frannie added some lyrics and tuned it up a bit” stated Dietz. The two have been good friends for about…

Last Friday took third place at the Minnesota State Music Listening competition, with a score of 83 points. Pine Island took first place with 85 points, beating Buffalo by 2 points. Montevideo took second place with 84 points. Representing buffalo at the state Music Listening competition were Seniors Anna Huff, Sam Bergstrom, and Elizabeth Thompson. Buffalo had been in the top two teams at the competition until the last round, when Montevideo pulled into second…