Madalyn Nones

Pandora comes to life

Avatar makes quite an impact as movie-goers fl ock to the fi lm

58% of students have seen Avatar $1.84 billion made in box office revenue Avatar Blues: A feeling of depression that arises after watching the movie Avatar. This depression is due to the realization that Earth...

Embracing Cultures

Students leaders work to combine cultures one school at a time

Two brothers stand on the stage at Elk River High School in front of 200 students. One strums chords on his guitar while the other introduces the audience to their presentation, The New Wilderness Project. The faces...

Learning the hard way

Students fail to meet state benchmarks for testing

This year’s senior class is the fi rst class ever to fall under the State No Child Left Behind graduation requirements for the MCA Testing. Only 60.2 percent of last years Juniors and 82.9 percent of last years...

Travel With A Purpose

Exchange Teacher goes from teaching English in Thailand to learning the customs of Americans

7995 miles Southwest of Buffalo, temperatures in Udon Thani, the home Providence of Exchange Teacher Chanathip Sitthipsom, rise to a steady 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Clouds dotting the sky cast small rays of sunshine...

Fond Memories

Looking back on embarrassing childhood habits

Nothing makes a teenager blush harder than an embarrassing childhood story. Your story may tell about your chronic bed-wetting issue, or your Barney fetish. Either way, when the topic of childhood habits arises, you...

The Hoofprint

Less than three miles from Buffa lo High School, Minnesota’s fi rst Culver’s was built. This Culver’s dishes up food to families, students, as well as a variety of customers. Over onefi fth of students surveyed claimed...

Football captures M8 Title

Season ends one win away from State Tourney

Tears trickled down some of the faces of the members of the Bison football team as they marched out of the St. Johns University stadium. The team took second place in sections against St. Cloud Tech on Saturday,...

Icicles to Eskimos

The local band of sophomores does it all - on stage and off

A drum set waits quietly on a stage in a small arena in Burnsville. Suddenly, three boys step onto the stage. One takes his seat at the drum set. The other two are holding guitars. Lights flash on and one of the boys...

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