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Over the course of one week, NHS [National Honor Society] helps set up Halloween decorations to deck out Madelynn Yates’s house. It is known throughout Buffalo and becomes a “must see” attraction every Halloween. “My kids always beg me to take them,” said Art and Ceramics Teacher Jon Holtz. “Its definitely worth while to see.” Every year the Yates add over 700 dollars worth of decorations to their house. They feel that they have to…

During the month of November many male Buffalo High School students will participate in “No Shave November”, an anual tradition of not shaving at all in November. “It’s fun not having to shave and seeing everyone get scruffy,” said Sophomore Wyatt Wentland. “It’s not November for my beard, it’s Yesvember” This trend most high schoolers participate in actually started as an awareness campaign for prostate and testicular cancer to combat October being breast cancer awareness…

"Zeke’s looks different, he said it would go the furthest,” said classmate Lexie Schmidt. “He’s really smart, so we all believed him.”

Buffalo High School now has an official presence on Twitter.  The account, @bhsbison, mostly gives results of games and gets news out about school events. “The thought behind getting a Twitter for BHS was to get the news out there about our school,” said Activities Director Tom Bauman. “Another reason why we are using Twitter account is that is becoming another way of communication that is most commonly used.” Some high school students are refusing to follow this…

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“What if I die?” Senior Nic Ernhart fidgets as he awaits his turn to give blood. “Nah, just kidding,” he said. “Just, hopefully I can make a difference in the world.” Ernhart was just one of hundreds of BHS students that packed into the West Gym on Friday, October 14, for a blood drive. It started at 8:00 a.m. and ended at 2:00 p.m. It was organized by NHS and the American Red Cross collected the blood. I didn’t really think…

As Opening night for Once Upon a Mattress, BHS’s Fall Play, approaches, Director Tracy Hastrom Durant, Choreographer Deb Bestland, Music Director Michael Walsh, and the cast members are getting ready, and are all really excited for Opening Night. The cast has been rehearsing everyday after school, for the past month. “I feel very confident that by opening night, that we’re going to be ready in time,” said Choir Teacher Michael Walsh. This year’s performances will…

Students in Social Studies teacher Todd Manninen’s American Experience class had the opportunity to meet with Secretary of State Mark Ritchie speak about his job. During his speech on October 13, Ritchie talked about how his job works, what he does as Secretary of State and the differences between his job as Secretary of State and the Federal Secretary of State. He spent time after the presentation in a private interview with students who had…

Brenda Diekman’s Business Practices Class traveled to KPMG Accounting Firm in Minneapolis on October 12 to meet their mentors. The class of sixteen juniors and seniors have been given a mentor to communicate with for eight weeks. The mentors are given to the students by the company Best Prep. The students can ask their mentors questions about things that are related to business and about the topic the class is learning about each week. “We…