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Check out some amazing stories - featuring The Scoop on Poop, the impact of concussions, the psychology behind advertisements, One Act heading to State, the problems caused by lack of sleep, and many others.
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The BHS One Act play, The Amish Project, is headed to the State Festival after taking first place at Sections on Saturday at St. Michael High School. They earned top scores from all three judges. “Right before they announced who won, I turned to Senior Liza Davis and said, ‘I’m going to cry either way, win or lose.’,” said Senior Kaelie Lund. “They announced Second Place and my lip started to quiver. They announced First…
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Of 1.5 million applicants, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation(NMSC) annually awards a portion of the 15,000 finalists with the title “National Merit Scholar” – less than one percent. Of those awards, 17 have been presented to BHS students since 1995. This scholarship has most recently been awarded to alumnus Gina Filo and Jonathan Hank. Although no one from the class of 2012 won the National Merit Scholar award, students were notified throughout the month of…
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The Arts Magnet students preformed a showcase on January 24 to show off their talents and what they have done in school. An audition was required to get a spot in the show and only about 23 acts were chosen. “Auditions for me were really easy,” said Freshman Danielle Maas. “We really didn’t have to try. He just said good job, and clean it up. No one in my class was cut, but there were…
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Science teacher Kip Wold has been recognized as January’s “Teacher Of the Month” at Buffalo High School. Wold has received this honor multiple times in his thirty-five years of teaching. He has taught everything from environmental science to general chemistry. Wold said he was honored but humbled by the attention. “I don’t like the notoriety. I don’t want people to notice,” said Wold. “It’s kind of embarrassing.” With a double major in Junior High Science…
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Max Karels was taking a shower at Senior Blake Schmidt’s house when he noticed a mysterious looking bulge on his left testicle, so he talked to Schmidt about it afterwards and was convinced into visiting a hospital. Karels, a senior at Hutchinson High School and a former BHS student, was diagnosed with testicular cancer on November 7. “I was in the shower and I felt it and I thought ‘hmm… I should go to the…
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Students in FACS teacher Julie Mundahl’s second and third block Gourmet Foods classes bake cakes, and always have a competition every quarter to see who can decorate the best cake. Usually, they set up the cakes in the cafeteria and BHS students can vote on which one is their favorite. But now this year, Mundahl has decided to try something new in the class to showcase the cakes even more then just the competition. “A…
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With winter in our midst the water is frozen over and the ice skaters have now come out. Thanks to the amount of lakes and ponds here in Minnesota this is an ideal spot for any pond hockey lovers. Playing pond hockey has many up and down sides. “It is fun and good exercise during the winter said Junior Ben Leipholtz. “ I wish I could play hockey on a league but it is to…
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The popular app Words With Friends has made the typical high school students want to spell. Recently, the game has dethroned Bubble Shooter as the new online addiction for BHS students. “Every one is now addicted to this new Scrabble game,” Said Sophomore Justine Stensby “Words With Friends is now even bigger than Bubble Shooter. It’s mind blowing how fast it caught on through social media.” In Words With Friends, which works on Facebook as…
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Senior Kat LaCroix has been hard at work gathering numerous students/groups to put together a Lip dub video to the song Hey Ya by Outcast. Lip dub is a type of video that brings a community together to show off themselves and their group of friends while lip singing to any given song. “I was at a yearbook camp and they showed a video of lip dub to everyone . I thought it was really cool and…
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