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Follow us! The Hoofprint is now on Instagram. Instagram is a photo sharing app that enables it’s users to take and apply filters to their photos. Users are able to share them among many social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter. The Hoofprint Instagram is completely run by students at BHS, so all of the pictures that are posted are from the eyes of the students. The Hoofprint Instagram will be used to post…
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The dream teams’ season came to a crashing halt when they faced the Minnetonka Skippers two nights ago at Parade Ice Garden in Minneapolis. The Bison ended their season with a successful 20-7 record. The girls kept their heads held high because they had nothing to be ashamed of. “As a first year varsity player, watching the older girls and being successful this season has set us up really well for next year,” said Sophomore…
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It’s Valentine’s Day and all the couples unite; you can tell by the flowers, chocolates, and balloons. But in all seriousness, do we know the stories behind a person’s “love story”? “We met through his sister [Valerie Campa], who also happens to be a friend of mine so it was kind of awkward,” said Junior Hannah Calder. “The first time I saw him I liked him but didn’t know how to tell him. He sat…
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“I haven’t even started packing,” said Senior Amanda Letsinger. In a month 18 BHS students will embark on a trip of a lifetime. Students travel across the globe to fulfill a deeper desire than warm weather or the beach. “I’m looking forward to diving into the culture of another country. I can’t wait to spend almost a week with a French family that speaks a different language than I’m used to,” said Letsinger. Senior Taylor…
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Love takes many forms. It can be the bond one class makes with their teacher or the relationship between the AAA improv leaders. It can even be the story of a beloved teacher who shows no signs of slowing down even after 50 years of teaching. We welcome you to explore new definitions of love throughout this issue. After all, the only reason you are currently reading this magazine is because of the love each…
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February second kicked off the 13th annual Pat Sonju Memorial Game in honor of celebrating Pat Sonju, a father, husband, coach, and teacher of Buffalo High School. October 27th, 1999 was the shocking day science teacher and head varsity boys basketball coach, Mr. Sonju had passed from a tumor that ruptured on his adrenal gland, following a knee surgery. Pat has two children. Cameron Sonju, a junior at Buffalo High School,and Avery Sonju, 8th grader…
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The Girls’ Hockey team is on fire, and their 20-6 record proves it. Section 6AA will test their skill. With four of the top ten teams in the state are within their section (the Bison Ranked #6) the girls scored the #4 seed for their section. The girls faced #5 seeded Wayzata this past Saturday. Sophomore Kirsten Olson scored the first goal of the game within one minute of play. Shortly after, Freshman Allison Roethke…
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“In regards to body strength, boys and girls are built differently,” said Physical Education teacher Nick Guida. “It’s like comparing apples to oranges, not apples to apples.” For a boy to get 11 points on the mile, he must run it in under 5 minutes and 45 seconds. For a girl to get the same score, she has to run it in under 7 minutes and 30 seconds. Is this fair? Of 30 randomly-selected students surveyed 77…
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One question divides most of BHS, “Do you love or hate Chipotle?” More than fifty-two percent of students surveyed say they love it, while nearly forty-eight percent hate it. Those who said hate link their feelings to sickness. “I couldn’t make it out of there [Chipotle] without a thirty minute stop at the bathroom first,” said Senior Grant Hopkins. Chipotle prides itself on its “food with integrity.” Locally grown, handcrafted burritos are part of the…
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“I didn’t feel like we were discarding anybody’s history by removing that and covering that picture up,” Principal Mark Mischke said of the purple mural by the counselor’s office. Students walked in first quarter to a previously unknown mural depicting dinosaurs. Near mid-quarter, Mischke asked Art Teacher Ciann Jackson to paint it black. “Mischke was freakin’ out about it and said we should take it down because it was bad and [the mural] wasn’t really…
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