After months of debating and frustration, Buffalo’s School Board has decided to keep Nordic Ski and Boys’ Swimming in the 2009-2010 school year. The decision was made on May 26 at the school board meeting, after Nordic Ski Head Coach Jill Hanson presented the board a $10,000 check to cover activity fees. Many swimmers and parents also attended the meeting along with Boys’ Swim Coach Ryan Renstrand, and presented their check as well. The decision…

The 2009-2010 school year quickly approaches, so does a whole new set of rules.  The rules that Buffalo High School students have had to follow in past years, have all been lenient, and flexible.  But next year, students are in for a big change.  With the constant use of cell phones among the students, teachers often feel disrespected.  If a student got their cell phone taken away this year, it wasn’t a big deal.  Teachers either placed the…

“Closing time, time for you to go out, go out into the world.” The seniors were greeted with the annual count down sign last week, marking the end of the school year and of high school for the class of 2009. As the final ten days began many are struggling to stay ahead in classes. “I don’t even care to show up anymore, I don’t want to be here I just want to do what…

It starts in November 2003, The Pirate Bay is created. During the span of five years, there were many flips and turns that they went through. People were suing, the police raided the site and detained three men, and other stuff like being charged with copyrighting. But what file sharing site isn’t? “It’s just so much easier getting music from a file sharing source because who is going to spend a dollar on a three…

   Buffalo High School has been a comfort zone for all students that have come and gone though its school system.  It focuses on teaching the students all the necessary materials that they will need to succeed in college, life, and anything else that they choose to embark on.  With graduation quickly approaching, Seniors are coming to the realization that the sheltered walls of high school will soon be coming to an end, and the…

last Friday the Buffalo FFA had it’s banquet. they started grilling hot dogs at 11:00. while doing this they also set up the PAC for the meeting that installed new officer and give out awards. Leah Petersen said “the meeting went off without a hitch.” during the meeting the member and guest got to look back on  all the things that they accomplished during the year. this year has been great for the FFA sending 8 teams…

After Buffalo Bison girls softball ends their season with a successful record of 14-5, they end up falling out of sections with a record of 3-2.  Losing to Shakopee on their first trip down to Mankato, where sections were held, and then losing again to Mankato East on Saturday took them out of sections. “We had a great season and a great run at sections,” says team capitan Kristin Jeske.  “I’m not disappointed at all.  I’m…

The Buffalo FFA Chapter will hold it’s Award Ceremony and Banquet on Friday, May 22nd 2009, in the PAC. There will be food and beverages, as well as an excellent Powerpoint created by the outgoing President, Lacy Swearingen. There will be new officer inagurations, as well as State participant awards and some “goof off” awards. The chapter is excited to welcome it’s new officers, and sad to see it’s old officers departing. NEW OFFICERS- PRESIDENT-…

Beginning over a month before the May 6th Supreme Court visit, the Cultures United group along with Denise Wahlin-Fiskum’s CIS Literature class read A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines, relating it back to the Meng Vang trial. The book was set in the 1940s and was about an African American man, Jefferson, who was caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Jefferson was wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to the…

On May 17  Buffalo High School’s Globally Minded Student Activists group hosted their second annual community benefit. The event was organized to spread knowledge and donate to the “Not for Sale” foundation on Human Trafficking. The event consisted of a silent auction, and booths with jewelery, frames, hats and Henna tattoos, followed by student performances. Many acts were similar to last years event performed such as student bands Icicles to Eskimos and Undefined Purpose. Performances also…