In February 2005 YouTube was founded and now it is the world’s most popular online video community. According to YouTube’s fact sheet it allows millions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. The site YouTube features include: video embedding, public or private videos, subscriptions, record from Web cam, and TestTube. People who use YouTube are watching hundreds of millions of videos a day on YouTube and uploading thousands of videos daily. According to YouTube’s fact…

From December 7-18 BHS held a Toys for Tots drive. The Toys for Tots drive is run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve, and was founded by Major William L. Hendricks in 1947. BHS has held the dive for several years running, bringing in hundreds of toys for children in need. A donation of $3 is considered the equivalent of one gift. “I love the toys for tots drive so much,” said junior Samantha…

School has been opened at Buffalo High School for the last three days prior to Christmas vacation. Many students have wondered why this is because they think it’s pointless. Christmas Eve is the first day that is off, and many students have been asking why this is. “Nobody is focused and no one will remember everything they learned,” said Sophomore Prentice Basten. Many students have skipped the last day before break because of the winter…

New Years Eve has always been a time for us all to celebrate the upcoming of a new year as well as the ending of an old one, a time to look forward to and also a time we will back at. A time to analyse the changes we set to make on the upcoming year, but will we actually stick to them? 75 percent of people who make a New Year’s resolution loose the motivation to…

Winter driving always involves lots of accidents every year. Drivers have to be more alert while driving. Accidents effect lives, money, insurance, and cars. “I was driving on Rosedale Avenue, the speed limit is 50mph. I was going 40mph, there was a driveway connected to the road. An Old guy backed out and I hit him going 40mph. I totaled my car and bent his truck frame,” said senior Joel Morehouse. There are a lot…

The boys and girls Varsity hockey team played a double header on Tuesday, December 22nd. Due to a scheduling conflict the girls team was flexible and moved around Junior Varsity times so that the boys Varsity could play at 5:00 and the girls at 7:00. “We wanted to make it work so that both teams could play,”  said Girls Varsity Head Coach Ray Dahlof. “We had the ice scheduled first, but we knew that the…

Snow is on the ground, students are getting restless, and teachers are dreaming of lazy mornings in their pajamas- it’s time for Winter Break. This year, break starts on Thursday, December 24th, 2009 and BHS classes don’t resume again until Monday, January 4th, 2010. Many students have big plans for their days off, and are excited for the New Year. When we return to the halls of Buffalo High School it will be 2010. The…

The month of December is full of different types of holiday celebrations. The holidays range from Christmas to Hanukkah, and many more. At Buffalo High School (BHS) ninety six percent of students celebrate Christmas. According to the History Channel, “the middle of winter has long been a time of celebration around the world”. Christmas is celebrated on December 25th and Christmas eve the day before. On June 26, 1870 Christmas was declared a federal holiday…

The varsity girls basketball games had two close game to close out this past week. Saturday afternoon they played Moorhead at home. It was a close game but Moorhead came out on top 57-55. This was the girls first loss of the season. “If we would have knocked down a few more free throws or play a little better defense toward the end of the game we could’ve pulled it out.” Said head coach Scot…

The bison on saturday lost to the 5th ranked Cambridge Bluejackets. The bison lost by 18 points with a score of 141.275 to 123.475.  In every event the bison got sweeped from the top three. The best finish all event was Nadja Vragovic  Floor routine scoring a 8.5 and finishing 4th in the floor routine event. The bison will take on St. Cloud Tech on Saturday trying to improve their 0 and 3 record. and…