Voices
The student voices of Buffalo High School, offering diverse opinions on the issues and entertainment that impact the community.
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Buffalo High School students can achieve college credit by taking specific high school courses. This innovative program saves money and gives students a head start. An informal survey was taken by 50 BHS students. 21 males responded that they took 4 CIS classes. 29 females responded that they took 6 CIS classes. If you pass these college courses you will receive college credit and won’t have to take those classes again in college. “I took…
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Buffalo has never blown away the State with its athletic programs. The school won its first athletic team State Title in 2007, beating Robbinsdale Armstrong in the class 4A basketball final. Two years later, Buffalo’s track and field team found its way to winning their first State Title in 2009. This is arguably the peak of Buffalo’s athletics winning two State Titles within two years. At the same time, the school had a superb football…
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In the 1980’s a law was passed to set the drinking age to 21 to lower the rate of drunk driving accidents. Still, today the drinking age is 21, however there has been contemplation on whether the drinking age should be lowered to 18. This law is being considered to lower the amount of college rape. American 18 year olds have the right to marry, buy guns, and join the military. So, why not be…
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Updating your Twitter feed, liking photos on Instagram or you can’t stop watching Grey’s Anatomy on Netflix … A couple minutes turns into hours when you are on your phone or laptop at night. “I go on my phone before bed and then realize I’ve been on it for a couple hours.” said Junior Sabrina Kumlin, The next morning you wake up with less than the recommended amount of sleep because your phone kept you awake.…
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This time of year can put some people into a slump. It’s cold out. Most of the time you’re tired and feel less motivated to do stuff, like school work. Some students feel that it’s getting closer to the end of the school year so they don’t have to try as hard. When students get into this mood do their grades start suffering? Does the long winter have this big of effect on students? “I have no motivation…
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It’s that time of year again… February, 14. The either dreaded or anticipated day. It’s when flower shops and candy stores increase their sales, it’s when people of all ages confess their feelings for each other, and young kids stay up late making a little treat for each student in class. Does all of this seem too mushy, or is it special and memorable? Single students perspectives: “I think it’s a dumb holiday because obviously…
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Are you or someone you know a sports bandwagoner? A sports bandwagon fan is someone who only supports a team in periods of success. These are the people you see wearing Chicago Blackhawks hats not knowing what sport they play, or people who just started to like a team that recently won a championship. Bandwagoners make the years of loyalty and dedication for a team’s true fans go unrecognized and unappreciated. “I wear my Avalanche…
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There has been a new change in the lunchroom which makes students and teachers have to pay to put the schools dressings on lunches brought from home. Instead of having the dressing cart located in the cafeteria it is now next to the lunch lines and is closely watched by a food service worker. “I don’t like [the new change],” said sophomore Jack Freitag. “I don’t get why it matters if I use the dressing…
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“School Spirit” seems to have disappeared in the BHS student section this year. The scarcity of enthusiasm this year makes the student section almost seem lifeless. In past years, the student section has roared with excitement, rocking the building. Fans have seemed to have lacked that sort of excitement of roaring chants or Super Fans. ”We don’t have that shock and awe factor we have had in previous years.” junior defefensemen Michael Sawdey.…
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High schoolers are known for sleeping in late on the weekends and complaining about waking up early on school days. Teenagers are usually tired, even on weekends, because they don’t get enough sleep during the school week. 53% of Buffalo High School students surveyed do not get the minimum number of hours of sleep a person of their age needs. When surveying students, we found that on average students get anywhere from 5-10 hours of…
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