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National FFA week wraps up tomorrow and members at Buffalo High School are celebrating. On Monday there was a fun day for FFA members, on Wednesday four FFA members went to Mrs. Ramsey’s third grade class at Tatanka to talk to the kids about agriculture, and this morning there was be a staff breakfast put on by FFA. About 15 FFA members hung out in the agriculture room on Monday playing games like Apples to…
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The Buffalo girls’ basketball team defeated STMA on Tuesday for a conference and section match up. The Bison not only had the traveling trophy on the line, but also the Mississippi 8 conference title. The Bison have never defeated STMA twice in one season during conference play. The last time the Bison met with STMA, the Buffalo girls came out strong and defeated the St. Michael Knights 57-44. Last year, the Bison beat STMA to…
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People holding hands, kissing, giving hugs and laughing. Eating chocolates, carrying flowers and teddy bears. It’s that one day of the year dedicated to that special person you love. The one day guys don’t get crap from their friends for showing their girl how much they love them… If they remember. According to squidoo.com, 53% of women would dump their boyfriend if they did not get them anything. Flowers are the top choice for presents…
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Freshman Carl Sones, at 14 years-old, is the lead vocalist and guitarist in the bluegrass band Barton’s Hallow. The the group originated while Sones was at a bluegrass festival when an old friend, Kylie Ellingson, asked if he wanted to join a band. The band consists of six musicians that have been together since June of 2011. Sones has been exposed to music throughout his life and knew it was for him the first time he saw…
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Long term Substitute James Schultz is teaching Science Teacher Greg Hygrell’s Natural Resources and Biology classes while Hygrell takes time off. Schultz thought at Osseo High School for 32 years and Japan for one before retiring this September. He also coached Nordic skiing as well as one of his favorite sports, Girls and Boys Soccer. “I started the soccer team in Stillwater the first Varsity team,” he said. “I was the one who started that…
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Today, almost every computer comes with a webcam and one of the biggest uses for it is Skype. Skype is a video chatting service, which originated in Sweden, allows people to chat face to face via computer. Skype has allowed soldiers to talk to families overseas, let a bed-ridden mother watch her daughter get married, and allows grandparents to read bedtime stories to their grandchildren, but what does it do for Buffalo High School? In…
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From the moment I turned fourteen, I knew that I wanted to get a tattoo. I just wasn’t sure where or of what, I just knew that I really, really wanted one. On July 1 of 2010, a new law was passed announcing that minors were no longer allowed to get tattoos, even with permission from their parents, in the state of Minnesota. Upon hearing this news, I was upset because I was planning on…
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The Boys’ Swim and Dive team hosted a spaghetti dinner at the St. Francis Xavier Educational Center last Saturday night. Their team is self-funded and this is one of the three big fundraisers they have to do to stay afloat. The spaghetti dinner has been around for three years and this year was the biggest turnout yet. Usually, there is leftover food to be frozen, but this year there was barely enough. Besides the dinner…
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Spiderman, Batman and Iron Man are comic book heroes that we love because they fight crimes and save people, but who are students’ real life heroes? For Junior Donna Peterson, her sister is her hero. “She’s always there for me when I need someone to talk to or if I’m having a bad days she can always make me feel better,” said Peterson. Sometimes heroes are teachers. Junior Amanda Letsinger said, “Mr. [Jon] Holtz, because…
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Facebook and Twitter are the most popular social networking sites that millions of people around the world use. Out of 100 students surveyed at Buffalo High School, 74 percent of students prefer Twitter over Facebook. “I like Twitter better because my younger brother, parents, and other relatives are only on Facebook. Since Twitter hasn’t really caught on with the younger & older generations, I feel that I have more freedom on Twitter. There is not…
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