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In a controversial decision, Buffalo was disqualified from the One Act Play Sections on February 2. A week later at the State Festival, Director Tracy Hagstrom Durant found out that the rule that played a part in their disqualification is now being rewritten. The play was originally disqualified for soliciting an audience response. “It’s a good thing for the change,” Hagstrom Durant said. “Clarity of rules is always important. I felt bad for our kids, technically it’s my fault.…
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Imagine getting an ultrasound to see if you have a kidney infection, but instead see a head and a hand of the child inside of you. Delivering her son at two pounds, four ounces, Junior Madison DesMaris didn’t know she was pregnant until she was 28 weeks (nearly seven months) along when she went into the doctor to see if she had a kidney infection. “I’ve had a few kidney infections,” said DesMaris. “So when…
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“Once I hit a move, I can feel the beat and everything comes natural. It is something I know I am pretty good at, so it’s easy for me. I feel like it’s something I can connect with. I feel confident doing it.” Four months ago, Junior Reed Kuhlman found a video on YouTube of a guy who goes by the name of NonStop who dances “dubstep.” Nonstop’s video’s encouraged Kuhlman to try this style…
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Coming into the Buffalo High School gym, Junior Tyler Pinor was sporting his bison apparel ready to cheer on the boys basketball team. “I get excited to come to the basketball games to pump up the crowd. They could practically hear me cheering on the other side of the gym,” said Pinor. “I think that’s why Bauman noticed how fired up of a fan I was.” Pinor was a nominee for the “Fired Up Fan…
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Drives in the lane, shoots and makes it, foul, and one. The crowd goes wild and the student section holds up four signs: 1 0 0 0. Senior Ethan Freer scored his 1,000th point. “My mom told me I was 13 points away before the game, so I wasn’t positive I’d get a thousand,” Freer said. “When I got 11, the fans said something about it and it crossed my mind other than that I hadn’t thought about it…
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The percentage of people in the world who eventually become famous is estimated to be about 0.0265 percent. Do you ever wonder what it would be like to be a famous celebrity? Tom Kruse, Mariah Carey, Lebron James, etc. What do you think it would be like to live their life? “I would be Jennifer Anniston,” said Senior Haley Prim. “She is like 40 years old, she is still gorgeous, she has never been in a scandal,…
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“This is a cool energy in here,” teacher Jon Holtz mentions about the group of his two Ceramics II classes gathered in one room, as the smell of burning wood pools in from the tech ed hallway. More than 60 Ceramics 2 students gathered on February 15 in Holtz’s Ceramics room for a demonstration from Keith Williams on how to make both functional and nonfunctional teapots. Keith mentioned how he wasn’t a natural at clay…
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Q: What did the ship say to the pier? A: What’s up, dock? “Haha, I get it…because docks are like piers!” said Senior Jonathan Wirkkala. The lunch room jokes, a staple of BHS, has been making students chuckle for years. “Oh, I don’t know how many years ago that [the jokes] started,” Food Service Assistant Nancy Allen said. “I’ve been probably here ten years, and [Food Service Assistant] Katie [Lohse] started it before then. The kids…
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Most seniors, when asked, thought their unspent lunch money went to the school to help with paying for books, laptops and other school needs, but this isn’t the case. “[After you graduate,] your lunch money can go to one of three places,” said Secretary Linda Thompson. “The Angel Account; a younger sibling in the same lunch program or your parent can call the school and ask for a refund.” The Angel Account is an account that is set…
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Follow us! The Hoofprint is now on Instagram. Instagram is a photo sharing app that enables it’s users to take and apply filters to their photos. Users are able to share them among many social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter. The Hoofprint Instagram is completely run by students at BHS, so all of the pictures that are posted are from the eyes of the students. The Hoofprint Instagram will be used to post…
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