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Many BHS teens are prescribed Adderall, or Ritalin to help with lack of attention and to help them pay better attention during class. “Ritalin (methylphenidate) is a central nervous system stimulant. It affects chemicals in the brain and nerves that contribute to hyperactivity and impulse control. Ritalin is used to treat attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Adderall (Amphetamine and dextroamphetamine) are central nervous system stimulants that affect chemicals in the brain…
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There’s a twitter page going around and being talked about called “Puck Sluts 101.” The page tells you things that girls usually say or do at hockey games. Puck sluts are girls that go to hockey games and claim that they know whats going on. Mainly the girls at the hockey games are for the sole fact of the hot boys or their boyfriends. Urban dictionary’s definition of a puck slut is…. “A ‘hockey fan,’ usually female,…
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Oppurtunities for sophomores are available at BHS which not many people have known about until now, a two-year CPR certification program is being offered to students who have taken, or are taking, health this school year. This program has been offered to BHS students since the 2012-2013 school year. Just this year, 120 students have been certified in CPR/AED by Nancy Halagan, RN, LSN, who is a CPR instructor with the American Heart Association. The students who…
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In this February issue of The Hoofprint, we cover the topic of a possible later start for next year, celebrate the sports and arts of BHS, and more. Stories include: School Lunch Changes, Guida Stepping Up, A Later Start, Underrated Sports, Why Code Matters, Solstice, and Johnny Schoder. (The issue is dated for February 26, but due a quick turnaround, we received and are able to distribute the issue early.)
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The Buffalo Bison had a great run this season. Our hope next year is the Girls Hockey team can pick up where they left off. Girl’s Hockey faced the Edina Hornets in St. Paul at 1:00 p.m. at the Excel Energy Center in the State Quarterfinals. Fan support was enthusiastic with 21 buses, people driving from home along with a pep band and an administration that realized the value of their teams passion. The game…
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One Act Play has done it two years in a row, they received a star at state. The cast performed Goldstar, Ohio by Michael Tisdale. They worked very hard to get that far and it paid off in the end. “[Their performance] was probably their most solid performance of all, their best performance.” said Director Tract Hagstrom Durant Buffalo has gone to state seventeen times, ten of them under Hagstrom Durant and won a total of nine…
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In 2013 Cheerleading was cut from being school funded only to be replaced by two title nine equalizers, Boys Swim & Dive and Girls Dance Team. Since then there has been a small amount of tension between the recently school funded Cheerleading squad, and the new addition, Dance team. Both are considered sports by the athletes that make up the team, but for others who don’t know the first thing about them… not so much.…
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“It was 9:02 a.m. The phone rings, its my wife, and she says turn on your TV, some idiot just flew a plane into the Trade Center. So I had turned on the old monitor and I’m on the old phone and sure enough some idiot flew into the tower. I’m like its a beautiful day and the sun’s out how could you be that stupid? So there’s this period that most people in America…
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Nerves were running high on February 13th at the Brainerd Hockey Areana during the Section 8AA championship hockey game. “Before the game, I was not that nervous until I actually started warming up and saw the other team,” said Senior Sydney Driver. “When we were on the ice doing starting line ups, my stomach starting flipping and I got butterflies.” During the first period, the momentum went back and fourth between the Bison and the Rams.…
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It’s that time of year again… February, 14. The either dreaded or anticipated day. It’s when flower shops and candy stores increase their sales, it’s when people of all ages confess their feelings for each other, and young kids stay up late making a little treat for each student in class. Does all of this seem too mushy, or is it special and memorable? Single students perspectives: “I think it’s a dumb holiday because obviously…
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