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It all started when her parents met through playing volleyball. Her mom begged her in fourth grade to give it a try. Hating it, Senior Kylee Zumach took the next year off. Her mom wanted her to try again. Surprisingly, she ended up liking it and was actually pretty good. That was when she decided to join a Junior Olympics team, which she is currently on called Northern Lights. Zumach is graduating early this January…
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Buffalo High School has nine exchange students this year. The students’ home countries range from Spain to France, from Germany to Norway and from Japan to Thailand. Senior Leonie Dre, Senior Henriette Kjos-Hanssen, and Senior Cristina Aliu are three of the exchange students we have this year. Dre is from Germany, Kjos-Hanssen is from Norway, and Aliu is from Spain. All three girls agree that life in America is much different than it is back…
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The girls’ volleyball teams have been dominating their opponents with an 11-0 record so far this season. “I’m so proud of them, they’ve worked really hard and I’ll miss all of the senior volleyball girls on varsity,” said Assistant Coach Rebecca Karna. “I think our best game was our very first game. It was against Delano High School, the whole time during that game all I was thinking about was winning,” said Senior Brooke Simonson.…
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Its the end of the school year, everything is coming to an end. The sports, the grades, and the long hours sitting in the classroom. But some organizations are given ‘er full tots. FFA still goes through the whole summer. The fair is one of the most favorited activities still to come this year! “My favorite time of the year is showing horses at the fairs and helping at the FFA barn, petting area,” said…
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Junior Wyatt Wentland stays in shape by lifting weights, running and playing soccer. “Ever since I tried fitting it in four months ago, I work out every single day,” Said Wentland “even with school, soccer, work, and chores at home.” Even with putting time into working out, you need to have a balanced diet too. Putting the time in goes hand in hand with effort and results aren’t always instant. “People assume you see results…
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The lights are shining down bright illuminating the field and all you can seem to hear is the grunting of the football players and excited parents cheering their kids on. But in the way back of all that noise is the subtle rustling of pom poms and girl voices cheering in unison. Would people notice if that was missing next year? As of right now that is a strong possibility. They administration are currently talking…
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Despite the rumors of him not coming back, Gary Gullickson has made his 23rd appearance at BHS on Thursday, May 23. Gullickson has spoken at BHS for 12 years about his experience as a Marine in Vietnam from 1967 – 1970. However, Gullickson may not be able to speak at BHS for much longer. In August of 2012, Gullickson was diagnosed with Agent Orange — a fairly common disease amongst Vietnam Veterans. “It was like…
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Minnesota is now the 12 state to legalize same-sex marriage. It is also the first state to pass it by a legislative vote. The bill giving all Minnesotans the freedom to marry any sex was signed by Gov. Mark Dayton on May 14. “What a difference a year and an election can make in our state”, Dayton said after the law was passed. Starting Junbe 6, Hennipen County will be accepting same-sex marriage license applications available…
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Students in BHS are trying to make money with the energy drink, Verve. There’s a lot of “Get-Rich-Quick-schemes” out there, and most of them don’t actually work. Most of these schemes are called Pyramid Schemes, which are illegal. A Pyramid Scheme is defined as: a system of selling goods in which agency rights are sold to an increasing number of distributors at successively lower levels. The only thing keeping Vemma from becoming a pyramid scheme…
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