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“I listen to mainly pop music because I am a energetic person. But I also listen to some country,” said Freshman Tristan Hardt. The type of music that a person listens to can tell a bit about the type of person they are. Everyone listens to music but not everyone listens to the same thing. For example, out of a randomly selected 30 people surveyed, 13 answered that they mainly listen to rap, hip hop…
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At buffalo high school already in January, people are talking about prom? Junior Hannah Adams, a junior at buffalo high school loves to talk about prom. “There’s so many fanciness, excitement, and everyone’s imagination. It’s a special night but everything’s going to be expensive. If you don’t have the perfect dress, you won’t have a perfect night.” said Adams. Everyone at lunch tables are talking about dresses and how everyone’s going to look so pretty.…
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If you knew it was your last week, and I handed you one million dollars, how would you choose to spend it all? Some people with one week left would choose to do some stupid things but others have realistic goals. “I would buy a plane ticket.” Said Senior Katie Rooney. “I’d want to travel the world and experience all that’s out there.” “I would get all the important people in my life together and try…
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The Buffalo Hanover Montrose school district costs $306,000 to run for just one day. All together, the district has a yearly $53.2 million budget, but that doesn’t just sit and not get used. It goes towards everything that makes a school run properly each day. For instance 78% of that goes towards the teachers’ salaries. In the winter, it’s about $45,000 alone to plow the parking lots. In the summer, it’s about that much to…
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Many people make a New Year Resolution. Some people follow through and do it, but others give up because they get to busy. One of the most common New Year resolutions is getting back in shape or loosing weight. But it also can be one of the hardest ones to keep because it is hard to make time in the day to get active. “I need to loose 25 pounds,” said Activity Director Tom Baumann,…
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Walking down to wood shop you hear the stories about this graffiti on the wall. Entering Konsela’s room there it is the graffiti on the wall courtesy of Senior Joe Neumann. “He wanted me to TA for his class,” said Neumann. “I did a lot of stuff but he asked me to paint the wood shop.” Joe had never used spray paint to do graffiti before so this was his first project to do something with his talent.…
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The Boy’s Basketball team won the Varsity game against St. Cloud Tech. The team was down 23-18 at halftime, but turned it around in the second half to take a three point lead. With 11 seconds to go in the game, St. Cloud Tech. called a timeout, passed the ball in, shot a three pointer to try to go into overtime but missed in the final seconds of the game. Buffalo had won the game…
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A good teacher is able to prepare their students for the upcoming tests. What does it take to make a great teacher? Many students at Buffalo High School have teachers or staff members that they really enjoy being around. “[Physical Education Teacher] Jason Karn is a teacher I really look up to,” says Junior Sam Ortmann. “He always does what needs to be done and he always leads by example.” Others like a certain teacher because…
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“I feel like Cesar Millan in a dog park whenever I come into the classroom and start speaking French,” said French Teacher Jason Swanson. Every year teachers teach the same thing. Ever wonder how they feel? Lets find out. In all her years of teaching Current Event American Experience, Cindy Khalil said, ” It’s never boring, you get new faces every year and plus I teach Current Events so the class is always changing every…
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Shorter and shorter, inch by inch, skirts in the school are getting shorter. Fifteen out of 15 teachers surveyed agreed skirts are getting shorter. The question is how short is too short? “I think you should be able to walk up the stairs without me seeing your underwear,” said English Teacher Tracy Hagstrom Durant. Some choose to go with the more respectful route and prefer longer skirts. Taking a secondary approach to the typical high…
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