Susan A. Hundt
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Final Word, final tribute, final awards handed out
The Final Word
This past year, many events have shaped the course of time. So, besides my farewell to BHS, I would like to start a tradition with the Susies. You all have heard of the Oscar, Tony, and Emmy. The Susie is an award...
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Women shoppers plagued by 1990's case of PMS
The Final Word
Okay, I want some answers. I have been of the female persuasion for my whole life, but one part of the feminine mystique has evaded me. Why do women like to shop? Why? I don’t expect to find the answer to this...
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Great works of literature beckon vacation readers
The Final Word
As I look forward to the up and coming Spring vacation, I am quite worried on how my fellow classmates will spend their time. I should hope that you won’t veg on the couch in front of the TV and catch up on Days of...
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War brings unanswerable questions, fear
The Final Word
In a time and holiday meant for love, I am torn apart inside by the war. I am sure I will always remember watching Family Ties on channel nine, drinking a Coke and wondering if it would really happen. A special...
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'Top Seven' Lovers List
The season of love is upon us once again. Boyfriends and girlfriends are walking arm in arm down the hall slower than ever. They stop, and the female one usually leans against the wall or some other protruding...
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Growing up in today's unadmirable society; age, adult privileges grow; time marches on, on, on
The Final Word
When does the life sentence in the institution called “adulthood” begin? My birthday’s coming up, and I will be turning 18, and I’ve been wondering about this for quite some time. I keep thinking I am an adult, but...
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Beware of blonde eyed, blue haired women with rabid cattle
The Final Word
To most people, progress is a step in the right direction, the leaving behind of the old and moving onward and upward to the new and improved, leaving us thinking that all along that we were using the old and the...
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Contemplating life, death, and bronchitis
The Final Word
Fall is upon us once again. My parents will wake me out of my deep Sunday slumber to drag me along to watch the colored leaves along the Saint Croix River Valley. I always complain, but secretly, I love to see the...
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Board pressured; gives MLK Day off
The Civil Rights Movement will be honored by District #877 next year, when January 21, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will be designated as a student (K-12) holiday and a teacher (7-12) workshop day. The School Board...
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Speech team competes for rankings
Five o'clock in the morning. Travelling on a bus as far as 80 miles. Delivering a well memorized speech. Not many people would consider it an ideal Saturday. But for a small group of students, Speech participants,...
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Concert Band, Concert Choir prepares to attend music festival in Chicago; performs at concert
After months of soliciting jelly and candy to neighbors and relatives, the Band and Choir students finally reap the fruitful rewards. "It's great to think that selling sausage and cheese can actually get me to...
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Functional Industries gives handicapped adults a chance in the work force community
Before 1973, the "special people" in Wright County had no reason to go out into the community and earn a living. That has all changed. In 1973, Functional Industries began incorporating students into the real life...
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Work beyond blackboard
Before 1973, the “special” people in Wright County had no place to go out into the community and earn a living. That has all changed. In 1973, Functional Industries began incorporating handicapped people into the...
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MAP predicts teens to follow drug users as next AIDS target group
First it was a disease that only homosexuals got. Then it spread to intravenous drug users that shared needles. Now it is predicted that the next group to be affected with AIDS will be teenagers because of...
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Cliff Notes: Use or abuse?
Cliffs Notes. The handy little yellow and black study guides used to help in understanding literature. The ads, which have popular, preppy looking students smiling as they study, have captions that read, "Even the...