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SEX.

Reactions to the changes in sex education policies across the nation

In the past year, several states across the country, including Minnesota, have debated whether or not to alter their sex education curriculum in secondary schools. While some states, like Mississippi, are attempting...

GIVING FEEDBACK

New end-of-semester surveys will give all students a chance to evaluate their classes

Every year in the spring, students are encouraged to take the Climate Survey to help administrators determine what changes, if any, would benefit the school, and also to gauge how students feel at BHS. This year,...

... To Finish

Senior Colin Olmsheid shares hopes for his last year of high school.

Senior year, while seen by many underclassmen as a chance for fun and games, is both fun and extremely stressful. A student’s senior year will be full of decisions to make and applications to write — it’s a long...

DIFFERENCES IN

Policies and Administration Making the Difference

In the BHM school district, it seems that most issues regarding the administration are small and easily solved. Unfortunately in other districts, most notably perhaps, in the Anoka-Hennepin (AH) school district, it...

Pyromaniac Wold retires after 36 years

come to an end

Teachers have the power to leave lasting impressions on the youth of today, but one teacher has also left an impression on his ceiling. Science Teacher Kip Wold is retiring from teaching after 36 years at Buffalo...

Man or Muppet?

Senior Leif Nelson is everything music

At many high schools across the nation, and even around the world, arts tend to be pushed aside and taken less seriously in comparison to sports and other activities. The percentage of schools with programs...

On a Stick

From numerous lakes to the Mall of America, Minnesota is a tourist destination for people all around the United States. One of the most popular stops for tourists and Minnesota natives alike is the annual State...

Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified

Deadly eating disorders are mistaken as cries for attention

When someone mentions the term “eating disorder”, the first thing that pops into a person’s head is generally an image of a skeletal figure or someone leaning over a toilet, vomiting to remove the few calories they...

RAVE WEEK

Students jazz up their lives by respecting and valuing everyone

Recently, students and staff members at BHS had the opportunity to partake in this year’s RAVE week. RAVE week, ‘RAVE’ standing for Respect and Value Everyone, has been an event at BHS for two years now and it seems...

How to Break the Rules

Morals vs. Law: Which has precedence

If a person were to type “How many laws are there in the United States?” into Google all of the results would come to the same conclusion: it’s incalculable. Most of the laws in place are long, tedious, and often...

Finding the Patterns

BHS student gets essay on the Fibonacci sequence published

At Buffalo High School, students have the opportunity to partake in a Post-Secondary Education Option (PSEO) program. Junior Joe Shoulak was quick to jump at the opportunity to study his love, math, through this...

Calling for Trigger Warnings in BHS Classrooms

The Long Hard Walk

According to teendepression.org, the number of teenagers struggling with depression has skyrocketed from ten percent to 20 percent within the past couple of years. While mental health professionals are still unsure...

HOW TO BUY HAPPINESS

Is it better to receive or give to another?

Material goods are a huge part of everyday life. However, people do not need everything they have. People don’t need cell phones and laptops and all of the other technology they have; they own these things purely...

It’s Easy Being GREEN

One person’s choice to become a vegetarian

Nearly three and a half years ago, I made the decision to become a vegetarian. Since I’d never enjoyed the taste or texture of meat all that much, I chose to cut it out of my diet completely, and after reading some...

Let The Obsessions Begin

Exploring “Fandoms” at BHS

The new internet term “fandom” describes a group of people who obsess over the minor details of a given movie, book, musician, etc. more intensely than casual fans. These “fannish” (members of the fandom) know the...