Voices
The student voices of Buffalo High School, offering diverse opinions on the issues and entertainment that impact the community.
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About 1,100 students eat school lunches daily, lunches cost $2.65 without any extras. The schools takes in about $559,680 a year from just the school lunches alone. 20 random Students were asked to answer one question: 1-10, on a avage how good do you think our lunches are? The average number was 4.35 out of 10. Everyone who took the survey said the lunches can and should be improved. “Bring back 2011 food!” Says Senior…
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“We shouldn’t have to pay $100 a year to park in the school parking lot,” said Senior Shianne Kempel. “The potholes aren’t fixed and they don’t plow it when it snows. Think about how much money the school makes in just parking lot fees per student. They can definitely afford to fix the potholes, repaint the lines, and plow the snow with that kind of money.” The student parking lot is leaving many students and…
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The past couple of years we have had some long winters. So far, this year seems to be going differently. It got cold a lot quicker, and had the first big snowfall early. Since then, there hasn’t been too much snow. Lately it’s been warming up. It feels like spring. So this brings the question, is winter over already? Most people at BHS don’t seem to think so. “I like the warm weather, I’m kind…
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I think the vast majority of the population of Buffalo High School knows what Snapchat is, an app that allows you send pictures, videos, and chat with friends or strangers. Now you may know about snapchat and use it, but do you really know all about it? “My sister really wanted me to get a Snapchat, but when I got it there was an ad for the Ouija movie and I don’t support that so…
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I want to start off this story by saying, this is a story coming personally from my heart. I am a young activist women, in high school, who wants to see change happen in the world. A way to initiate change for me is writing about problems and injustices in the world. There is an injustice happening every single second of the day, it happens here in Minnesota, this great country we call America, and…
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The ACT. The test we will probably all end up taking at some point in time. The ACT is a test that is five hours with hundreds of questions, and it probably will affect your further education quite a bit. Now with this test you will have your test evaluated and scored and so on, we all sorta get the gist of the ACT. Then it will be sent to colleges for them to judge…
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After much planning and discussing, Mrs. White -BHS FACS teacher- set up a field trip for her hospitality foods class. The goal of the field trip was to show students more of what you can with food. First stop- Stafford Photography. Here students were shown how much work is put into creating one perfect image. Many shots need to be taken and lots of food is used. When trying to find the perfect colors for…
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Three quarters of strenuous work, and it all comes down to one test. Students at BHS are preparing for the exam that could potentially save them thousands of dollars in the near future. Indeed, students are very fortunate to be offered a variety of AP courses throughout the year, but how often do students actually receive college credit? AP exams are distributed in the spring every year. These exams typically last anywhere from 3-5 hours,…
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Prom season has just blown by and with it the tanning sensation, as summer rolls around so does the summer body obsession. Although can these trends go into extremes. With people out in the world who look like real life barbies for example Valeria Lukyanova a 21 year old from Russia made the biggest extreme the media has seen. She has made a her body into a real life Barbie-Doll. Including plastic surgeries that removed some…
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Every week the Hospitality Foods class goes over yet again another packet. You might say that you do this a lot in other classes; but is reading those packets benefiting you in some way? Hospitality Foods offers students the opportunity to become “servsafe certified”. Being servsafe certified means you are knowledgeable in safe food handling processes. “It makes you certified as a manager in food safety.” explains FACS teacher Bonnie White. Throughout the semester, you…
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