Spotlight
Shining a spotlight on the Kind, Proud, Driven Leaders that make Buffalo High School stand out.
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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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The Bison Girls’ Basketball team played at St. Michael on Thursday, January 19, in the Coaches verses Cancer game. ‘We are here to make the yellow ribbon just as important and the pink’ was the speech given right before the game. The game was dedicated to Luke Letellier, a sophomore at St. Michael – Albertville High School who was diagnosed with stage four cancer two years ago. During the game there was a raffle going…
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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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With the prices of snacks going up constantly in movie theaters while choices stay the same, many students are finding creative ways to save money by sneaking in their own food and beverages. “My friends and I only had enough money for tickets, so we brought a one gallon pail of ice cream and plastic spoons from home,” said Freshman Annika Fredrickson. “As long as you have some sort of a bag to place it…
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The deathbed is an inconvenient place to post your last Facebook update. At that point, you might have other priorities. However, a new application for Facebook, called If I Die, gives people a chance to write their final status update in advance. Hopefully, long in advance. “This is a very unusual way for people to express their feelings, I feel like if you have to say something important enough to post that you shouldn’t wait…
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Last week Freshman Jojo York got the opportunity to travel to Los Angeles, California to model for IMTA, the International Modeling and Talent Agency. “The trip to L.A. I would say was life changing. The people I met I would have never been able to meet if it wasn’t for IMTA.” said York York decided to take modeling classes at Caryn International with one of her friends, just for fun. Just one year…
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As Freshman Ryan Bunting is walking down the hallway, he wears a fashion trend that seems to be seen everywhere in the halls, now that the Holiday and Winter Season has made its way to Buffalo High School. He is wearing the infamous ‘ugly sweater’. From obnoxious Christmas sweaters to bold striped oversize sweaters to vests of all colors, they can be seen all over students that you pass by in the hall. “They are…
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“There is nothing quite like it, / the feeling that I get when the music drops. / I think I might be psychic, / cause I’m seeing myself somewhere on top.” Junior Brody Stevens has been broadcasting his rap videos on YouTube and sharing them on Facebook. This has been a hobby of Stevens for a year and a half now and he has been improving his skills on becoming a better rapper. “It started…
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It’s that time of year again when Miss Buffalo candidates are needed for next year. “It’s a great oppurtunity to meet new people and visit towns,” said former Miss Buffalo Ashley Michalko. “Not only that but it’s a realy good expierience.” Miss Buffalo travels almost every weekend to a different city and participate in the towns parade and sit in the “Sparkle Section” that includes all the other towns queens and princesses, during the cornation. “I not…