“What if I die?” Senior Nic Ernhart fidgets as he awaits his turn to give blood. “Nah, just kidding,” he said. “Just, hopefully I can make a difference in the world.” Ernhart was just one of hundreds of BHS students that packed into the West Gym on Friday, October 14, for a blood drive. It started at 8:00 a.m. and ended at 2:00 p.m. It was organized by NHS and the American Red Cross collected the blood. I didn’t really think…

The Varsity Girls’ Soccer team lost their first Section game to Moorehead 1-0 at Cummings field on Thursday, October 13. Even without home field advantage, Moorehead got ahead early and the Bison were unable to recover. Bison were the favored team coming into the game with the third seed in the standings, while Moorhead was seated sixth out of eight teams. Playing in a section game is more nerve racking than regular games and mistakes…

“I noticed a lot of freshmen showing up to the first meeting,” said Science Teacher Rachel Busch. “People have said that there have been a lot more attending this year than in the past.” Every other Monday at 7:00, a student organized group called FCA [Fellowship of Christian Athletes] meets. The location of the meetings varies from members’ houses to local churches. They discuss religious views and will occasionally have guest speakers. For fun, they…

“I got a broken nose, a black eye, and possibly a mild concussion,” said Sophomore Ben Lepinski, describing his recent Speedball injury. On October 7, during his Team Fitness class, Lepinski broke his nose after colliding into Sophomore Max Lemp during an intense game of Speedball. “I got back up, and I could feel my face swell,” Lepinski said. “No one told me my nose was crooked, I just thought I had hurt my face…

”It all came to my head one night when I was watching one of my favorite T.V. shows, Firday Night Lights,” said Senior and creator of SUPERFANS Abbie Larson. “The whole town in that show is devoted to their football team and it got me inspired to try and create the same thing here at Buffalo High School, and we wanted to call it, SUPERFANS.” SUPERFANS started as a group that was created on Facebook by Seniors Larson and Katie…

After Kaelie Lund’s parents told her her grandfather had Leukemia, she updated her status on Facebook. “Like this status if you’d donate $1 to the Leukemia & Lymphoma society if i shaved my head this week.  If i get 100 likes, I’ll do it.. so get click-happy, people. And get ready to hand me those crisp dollar bills in the hallway this week (:.” Lund decided to step up and make a difference by challenging…

As Opening night for Once Upon a Mattress, BHS’s Fall Play, approaches, Director Tracy Hastrom Durant, Choreographer Deb Bestland, Music Director Michael Walsh, and the cast members are getting ready, and are all really excited for Opening Night. The cast has been rehearsing everyday after school, for the past month. “I feel very confident that by opening night, that we’re going to be ready in time,” said Choir Teacher Michael Walsh. This year’s performances will…

Students in Social Studies teacher Todd Manninen’s American Experience class had the opportunity to meet with Secretary of State Mark Ritchie speak about his job. During his speech on October 13, Ritchie talked about how his job works, what he does as Secretary of State and the differences between his job as Secretary of State and the Federal Secretary of State. He spent time after the presentation in a private interview with students who had…

Brenda Diekman’s Business Practices Class traveled to KPMG Accounting Firm in Minneapolis on October 12 to meet their mentors. The class of sixteen juniors and seniors have been given a mentor to communicate with for eight weeks. The mentors are given to the students by the company Best Prep. The students can ask their mentors questions about things that are related to business and about the topic the class is learning about each week. “We…

“[What I remember from 9/11] is putting some of my toys in a bag and giving them to my dad late at night, as he left to go to Ground Zero. I thought he was going on vacation or something.” said Junior Thomas Clarke Tom Clarke was in Minnesota talking to his mother in New York City when the buildings collapsed. At that point the phone went dead. “My first reaction was the buildings were…