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The movies would lead us to believe that at some point a pair of opposite gender friends will have a revelation and realize they are in love. Then the movie ends and they presumably live happily ever after. I mean, we don’t write songs about a man and a woman being great friends their whole lives. But this is cinema and song, so how do this play out in real life? Story continues after the…
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Carlton Urdahl’s eyes light up when a student finally makes a breakthrough in his calculus class. Whether he’s jumping with joy or slapping his Expo marker into his hand, Urdahl has spent 49 years of his life teaching kids how to solve quadratic equations and inequalities. Although he could have retired years ago, Urdahl returns each year for the love of what he does and the people that surround him on a daily basis. “I…
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Looking around the school on Friday, March 23rd one might notice all the kids wearing the same bright teal shirt that says “overcome hunger with love” on the back. Throughout Buffalo Middle School and High School, over 100 students went for 30 hours without food to raise hunger awareness. St. John’s Lutheran Church hosted The 30 Hour Famine, a program run through World Vision. Around 4:30 p.m. over 150 kids piled into the church. Students signed…
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The temperature has been over 70, and the snow is melted. You can tell it’s Track & Field season. At Buffalo High School, things are a little different when it comes to Track season. The Boys team is looking for its 9th straight Conference title and seems very confident about getting it. “We are not as good as we were last year,” commented Senior captain Blake Schmidt. “We lost a centerpiece of the program when…
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Staying in shape during the off season of a sport is important, but it can be difficult to do. There are many distractions that come along with free time. Being determined is an essential trait for an athlete and can determine being good from being great. “In the off season for football I am in track, so I stay in good shape and it keeps my agility and speed at a good level,” said Junior Mitchell Valli. “I also…
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Junior Michael Swearingen saw The Hunger Games twice in the first 12 hours after it came out. He went to see it with friends at midnight on Thursday, the night it opened, and then his CIS Literature class went to see it the next morning during school. He arrived home from the movie at 3:30 a.m. on Friday and had to wake up for school and his second viewing at 6 a.m.. “I woke up…
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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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After the discovery of Jux.com, a rising site that revolves around design and idea sharing, Juniors Samantha Sansevere and Erika Voeller made an effort to contact the CEO, Ted Metcalfe. “Honestly, I felt a bit doubtful because it seemed unlikely that he would answer, but he did,” said Voeller, “I knew that it if we didn’t talk to him soon, he’d eventually be too famous to contact. He is the CEO of a fantastic website and…
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Preparing for the ACT can be a stressful thing. It’s the test that can determine what a college sees in you. A single point in your score can change the outcome of being accepted or rejected. For many people studying for the ACT is a task that never seems to end. The test itself is four hours long and covers what students learned from Sophomore year. “When I started thinking about sitting down and taking…
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Difference in lunch hours is affecting students at Buffalo High School. For some, it affects their entire eating schedule for the rest of the day. While most students have B or C lunch, the few that are placed in A or D lunch have a struggle with the rest of their day. “I have had A-Lunch all year so for me, at first, it was a struggle but now since it’s already third term I’ve…
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