Voices
The student voices of Buffalo High School, offering diverse opinions on the issues and entertainment that impact the community.
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By Christoper Veeder During the November elections there will be a vote on an amendment concerning same-sex marriage. By voting no future generations could change the laws about same-sex marriage. By voting yes it puts the amendment on the state constitution and makes it very difficult to change. With younger people becoming more and more accepting of each other, this amendment will hurt how young people will be living in the future. 70% of people…
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Excited students piled into the River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud, passed through check in, and finally made it onto the dance floor. After months of waiting, Prom was finally here, and they could finally dance with the quintessential blaring music and catchy pop songs. Except there was no blaring music and not many catchy pop songs. In fact, many students complained that they couldn’t hear the music at all, those in the back…
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The majority of students will, at some point, take a foreign language class at the high school. Most however, will not take up to the College in the Schools (CIS) level. I am currently taking CIS Spanish 4, and after the equivalent of almost 4 years of a language, I have learned more than I ever expected. A lot of what I learned though, was not necessarily words or phrases in the language, it was…
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This Sunday will be Mother’s Day, a day to celebrate mothers everywhere. Sons and daughters everywhere of all ages are making collages, picture frames, and handwritten notes to give to their moms. Everyone’s mom is different though, so here are some of the things that make those moms (and grandmas) great. 1. “My mom is always willing to drive me to different rodeos and willing to support me in whatever I’m doing. Whenever I have…
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If you’re reading this, I assume you are on some kind of social networking site. If you’re not, continue, this won’t apply to you, but go for it. As a teenager in this generation, I have a Facebook account, I have a Flickr account for my photography, and I have a pinterest account to plan my fake wedding to Joe Mauer. By this point, I have established an online identity, whether I like it or…
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Quick, what is the Secretary of Defense’s name? Yeah, I don’t know either. Ok, how about this, name a Kardashian. Did you come up with one? Me too. If you asked a random person from any high school across the country to name a Kardashian, it would be almost guaranteed that they could tell you, whether they actually cared about the Kardashians or not. If you asked a high schooler something about the Iraq/Iran/Afghanistan wars,…
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Everyone has something they could never give up or throw away. Sometimes, it’s a baby blanket from childhood, other times its something that has no meaning to anyone else. Usually they hold a great memory or bring joy. Junior Abigail Nowak says, “my relationship with God,” is something she couldn’t live without, “because it’s where i find my purpose in life from and were i draw my strength and joy for life from.” For sophomore Breanna Heuton it’s her…
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By now, most of BHS has heard of the Kony 2012 campaign, or at least seen the large, red poster hanging in the World Languages resource area. If you haven’t, here’s what you need to know: Joseph Kony is a Ugandan warlord who has been kidnapping children to fight in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) for over 26 years. A non-profit organization, Invisible Children, is doing everything they can to make Kony famous, so that…
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Tim Skarin: “I am joining the Marine Corps. because I believe that the Marines will give me the best training,” said Senior Tim Skarin, “and my father is also a Marine.” When asked how long he is planning on staying in the military for, he said, “As of right now I am enlisted for a total of eight years, six active and two reserve. After that is done I will decide if I want to…
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As hundreds of students at BHS know, Facebook can be very addicting. As I write this, I have a Facebook tab open and I find myself checking it periodically. And when I realize that three hours have gone by I think to myself, “what the heck was I even looking at?” I find myself looking through new pictures posted, the news feed, reading articles, listening to music, playing a game, creeping through my crushes profile,…
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