Voices
The student voices of Buffalo High School, offering diverse opinions on the issues and entertainment that impact the community.
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“A gun in your hand is better than a cop on the phone,” said Senior Ian Warpula. Rash decisions by the Obama administration have left gun owners shaking their heads. On December 14, 2012, twenty-six people were gunned down in an elementary school in Connecticut. Sparking national debate, politicians are tightening the belt on semi automatic weapons. “The constitution grants citizens the right to bear arms. Everyone has the right to defend themselves. Criminals don’t…
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Students at Buffalo High School have different opinions on what makes a good role model. Some think that a person with a good education would be a good role model but others think that a person that helps out with the community is better. “A good role model would be someone that you can look up to, and that would make you want to be the best person you can be,” said Junior Hannah Adams.…
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You might have noticed that the vending machines at school are offline at school until 2:20 in the afternoon but have you ever wondered why or wish they weren’t. For some reason the schools vending machines are offline until 2:20 and nobody seems to know why. A person might think that the school would want to have them on during the school day so the snacks would go faster and they would make more money,…
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Christmas is supposed to be a jolly time of the year where stress and worry are non-existent. When the holidays come around and Christmas is nearing, all of the plans you have seem to mash together and create a stressful environment for everyone. People tend to spend the most money around this time even though we’re in a bad economic situation. Parents are trying to make a it a perfect time of the year for their…
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Schools have the right to search any student, any time, for any reason. Some of BHS’s students agree in the name of safety, while others think it is an invasion of privacy. “Schools have the ability to search anyone’s bag, without a reason, at anytime. Although they do try to have a reason,” according to School Resource Officer Josh Erickson. Student’s like Junior Patrick McNabb disagree with this. “I don’t believe schools should be able to search…
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“I don’t understand why Sign Language is accepted as a second language but Braille isn’t,” said Sophomore Alexis Garcia. Garcia has been pushing for the opportunity to take Braille as his second language for about two years. However, he hasn’t been able to make progress. Most blind or visually impaired kids around the state of Minnesota have to get it approved by their school district to study Braille as their second language, but some high schools have the choice for…
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Do students really learn from doing homework? Homework is a daily fact of life for students at BHS, but research has cast doubts on its benefits. Many American elementary schools have banned homework, and some high schools in France and Germany have placed moratoriums on homework. In an interview with the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper in October, Head teacher at Elsa-Brandstrom in Germany, Brigitte Fontein explained that generally “no child would be having their free time dominated…
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Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to get together with friends and family. There are a lot of ways to spend the holiday. Different family traditions show different unique ways to celebrate the special day in fall. Thanksgiving isn’t only a day to prepare and eat food, the real meaning of Thanksgiving is to spend time with family and share your thanks and thoughts from the past year with each other. Some families share their highs…
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Any time and any where a fight breaks out, on Facebook. Though they are pointless and flat out dumb, everyone has fought at least once on Facebook. How many times do people fight on Face book? Senior Riley Smithson says, “I have have a fight on Facebook at least two or three times a week.” People fight over the most random things when on Facebook. There are topics ranging from politics or religions to relationships,…
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“Act of being diverse, different, unlike the rest.” Buffalo High School will and has a lot of names, but one it can’t say it is, is actually being diverse. The staff might say we are, but Buffalo really isn’t. Buffalo High School has 1,756 students attending, only 7.89% are a different ethnic background besides white. 156 students are of different ethnic background beside white. 51 out of 156 are of Hispanic Background, 31 of Asian background, 23…
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