Boys’ LAX Puts Up Tough Battle Against Blake
Written by Theresa Lau · April 30, 2009
The boys’ varsity lacrosse team played long-time rival number-five rated Blake on Tuesday, Apr. 28. The teams kept the score close throughout the majority of the game, but in the end the number-six rated Red Knights lost 7-8. “It was a really good game,” said sophomore midfielder... (more...)
Student trip to Scotland Fringe Festival
Written by Maria Cass · April 28, 2009
Back in 2004, around 15 students from Benilde-St. Margaret’s brought their performance of “The Feast of Life” to the world’s largest, most diverse arts festival, Scotland’s famous Fringe Festival, or simply, “the Fringe.” In the summer of 2011, current... (more...)
Passing out at the blood drive
Written by Shannon Cunnien · April 28, 2009
Everything went black. Suddenly bright, bold colors of images I hardly recall flashed before my eyes just as I awoke in a blurry haze. The only facial expression I could concoct was a blank stare. “Do you know where you are?” I have no issue with blood or needles. The sight of pain... (more...)
Crazy cat bites girl
Written by Mary Musilek · April 27, 2009
The Schiks’ house, to me, is nothing more than a treacherous cavern that houses the world’s most atrocious, evil, and conniving cat: Smokey a.k.a. Fumar. This horrendously overweight gray cat has become one of my greatest fears. Looking more like an electrocuted dog, Fumar scares... (more...)
The invasion of the creepy college letters
Written by Rachel Kaplan · April 27, 2009
Ever since discovering the plastic Play-mobile mail center in Community Childcare Center when I was four, I have realized my true love of life: getting mail. Unfortunately, because I have a significant lack of tall, dark, and handsome secret admirers and Australian pen pals, my side of the... (more...)
BSM basement: an arctic tundra
Written by Rachel Kaplan · April 27, 2009
The basement of Benilde-St. Margaret’s is a scary place. Labyrinthine halls, window-less corridors, and rooms better suited to solitary confinement in Alcatraz than learning are enough to make anyone cringe, but none of this compares to the real torture of the basement. In the very depths... (more...)
Fears put to the test at the Science Museum
Goosebumps Exhibit at Science Museum
Goosebumps helps people test their fears using fun, lifelike replicas of the four most common things people worry about.Written by emily roberts · April 27, 2009
Featured at the Science Museum of Minnesota until May 15, the exhibit Goosebumps helps people test their fears using fun, lifelike replicas of the four most common things people worry about: falling, electric shock, animals, and loud noises. These thrilling tests are provided to assure that... (more...)
My Love Mishaps
Written by Jasmine McFarlane · April 27, 2009
Why is it that in freshman year people become so serious with their first actual “loves” or crushes? Once when I was a freshman, I touched the hand of my crush and immediately affiliated it with the “touch of a relationship.” Let me just say that when I like a boy,... (more...)
Protesters serve as a necessary opposition
Written by editorial staff · April 27, 2009
Whether or not you would consider yourself a supporter of taxes as a patriotic duty, the protesters against taxes and excessive government spending have sparked a national conversation and have also shown the strength of the American Constitution 200 plus years later. First Amendment rights,... (more...)
Junior class attends annual college fair
Written by Emily Roberts · April 24, 2009
Watch VideoAs the current senior class anxiously waits to hear back from the college admission departments, the Benilde-St. Margaret’s annual College Fair attracted many juniors, and even some underclassman, to begin to examine future college options. Parents and students alike feel that with the... (more...)