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Vocations classes host speakers from the Archdiocese

Our Lady of Grace couple Dan and Sheryl Moran spoke to BSM seniors about marriage. (Emma Eldred)

Vocations classes host speakers from the Archdiocese

May 11, 2012

Giulia Imholte and Katie Sisk

The hype turned out to be more than the actual event. In November the Archdiocese announced plans to have speakers on marriage visit all of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Catholic Schools, and what students expected to be a controversial discussion––after reading about the heated question and answer session at DeLaSalle––ended up being an uneventful,... Continue Reading

BSM hockey players weigh options for their future in the sport

Ryan Collins is one of two sophomores that have recently made the decision to play for the U.S. NTDP next school year. (Emily Kruse)

BSM hockey players weigh options for their future in the sport

May 9, 2012

David Nelson and Peter Best, Staff Writers

Hockey is a fast-paced sport that lives off choices that need to be made in milliseconds. It’s a sport where one wrong choice can be the difference between success and failure. Sophomores Jack Glover and Ryan Collins were given the opportunity to play in the USA National Team Development Program (NTDP), based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This decision... Continue Reading

Foreign language teachers work to balance the curriculum for bilingual students

Juniors Eleanor Raether and Alex Rios are two of BSM's bilingual students who are either from one of the various language immersion schools in the area or have grown up speaking a second language at home. (Megan Beh)

Foreign language teachers work to balance the curriculum for bilingual students

May 10, 2012

Kellen Gill, Staff Writer

Within the past ten years, language immersion schools have been growing, becoming more popular, and expanding to different languages. Benilde- St. Margaret’s is home to a number of bilingual students who are either from one of the various language immersion schools in the area or have grown up speaking a second language at home. Bilingual Spanish... Continue Reading

Fun. releases ‘Some Nights’ album

The band experimented heavily with hip-hop inspired beats and auto-tune––though Ruess’s crystalline voice doesn’t need it. (Vinyl Records)

Fun. releases ‘Some Nights’ album

May 2, 2012

Lauren Effertz, Staff Writer

Three years after dropping their first album, “Aim and Ignite,” the New York-based indie pop band fun. released “Some Nights.” fun. is a supergroup of sorts; lead vocalist Nate Ruess formed the band after the break-up of The Format, guitarist Jack Antonoff also serves as the frontman for Steel Train, and keyboardist Andrew Dost is from Anathallo. Overall,... Continue Reading

Four speech members place at State tournament

Anna Landis, Juliet Beckstrand, Rachel Hogen, and Sian Last represented BSM at the State Speech tournament where they all placed in the top eight. (Maura Brew)

Four speech members place at State tournament

April 30, 2012

Shannon Galvin, Staff Writer

On Saturday, April 21, BSM speech team members headed to Chanhassen High School to participate in the Minnesota State Speech tournament. At the end of the day, four students, seniors Anna Landis, Juliet Beckstrand, Sian Last, and junior Rachel Hogen, all placed in the finals. Landis placed third in Poetry, Beckstrand placed second in Great Speeches,... Continue Reading

SportDateOpponentResultW/L
Boys LacrosseTue, May 15 Spring Lake Park21-0W
BaseballTue, May 15 Bloomington Jefferson7-5W
SoftballMon, May 14 St. Francis3-4L
BaseballMon, May 14 Fridley13-2W
Boys LacrosseSat, May 12 Minnetonka6-16L
BaseballFri, May 11 St. Louis Park7-3W
SoftballThu, May 10 Blake23-1W
SoftballWed, May 09 St. Louis Park18-6W
Boys TennisWed, May 09 Robbinsdale Armstrong1-6L
BaseballWed, May 09 Irondale10-2W
Boys LacrosseTue, May 08 Totino-Grace13-3W
Girls LacrosseTue, May 08 Spring Lake Park13-11W
Click on any sport above to see a full schedule for that sport.
SportDateTimeOpponentLocation
BaseballFri, May 18 4:15Totino-GraceTotino-Grace
Boys LacrosseSat, May 19 12:00Holy AngelsHoly Angels
Boys TrackSat, May 19 True Team OpponentsTBA
Girls TrackSat, May 19 True Team OpponentsTBA
BaseballMon, May 21 4:15Holy AngelsHome
Boys TrackTue, May 22 NSConference OpponentsTotino-Grace
Girls TrackTue, May 22 NSConference OpponentsTotino-Grace
Girls TrackTue, May 22 NSConference OpponentsTotino-Grace
Boys TrackTue, May 29 Section OpponentsTBA
Girls TrackTue, May 29 Season RecordTBA
Boys LacrosseTue, Jun 05 1:00TBAChanhassen
Girls LacrosseTue, Jun 05 1:00TBAChanhassen
Click on any sport above to see a full schedule for that sport.

Christmas Common Basket was a success

Chloe Kennedy, Staff Writer
December 23, 2011

Presents and prayers have been collected, blessed, and sent to the families, but the generosity keeps coming for the Christmas Common Basket. Mary Beth Liekhus recently received a thank you card from a parent grateful that BSM helped out their friends during this hard time, ending the card with a simple,... Read more »

Boys’ basketball defeats rival

Chris Bell, Staff Writer
December 23, 2011

On December 22, in the tough battle to the end, the boys’ basketball team defeated rival Holy Angels by a score of 64-62. The Red Knights seemed as if they were going to cruise to an easy victory, finishing the first half with a 34-23 lead. Holy Angels came out firing and connected most of their shots,... Read more »

Why won’t you say hello to me?

Emily Kline, Staff Writer
December 23, 2011

Hello. That greeting right there, ladies and gentleman, contains more social interaction than I will receive on any given day in the hallways of BSM. Don’t get the wrong idea: I’m a fairly friendly person with a fairly non-offending face, but it appears that, despite my best efforts, my classmates... Read more »

Focus of school Mass lost

Anna Landis, Staff Writer
December 23, 2011

With the entire Roman Catholic Missal being revamped, now is the time for us to give BSM’s Mass a slight face-lift. The most troubling portion of the Mass is the substantial emphasis on the Common Basket, and in turn, the upstaging of the Eucharist, which is meant to be the focal point of the Mass. Of... Read more »

Knightettes kick their way to a great season

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December 22, 2011

BSM’s high kick team talks about their goals for the season and the Chaska invitational meet. This year the ladies are dancing to a compilation of songs from the movie “Rio.”

Girls’ basketball skips past the Skippers

Rooscol Rozambert, Staff Writer
December 22, 2011

On Tuesday, Dec. 20, the girls’ basketball team beat the Minnetonka Skippers by a score of 55-48. In the first big game since its one point loss to Eden Prairie, the team regained its focus. The Red Knights showed their skill in front of a packed crowd in the evening’s double header. Sophomore point... Read more »

Final goal waived by ref; Red Knights take a loss to Crimson

Matt Muenzberg, Sports Editor
December 22, 2011

After going up by two goals early in the second period, the boys’ hockey team gave up three goals in 78 seconds to Maple Grove, eventually falling to the Crimson 5-4 on Tuesday, Dec. 20. Defensive lapses plagued BSM throughout the game, starting with the first goal given up, when two Red Knights bumped... Read more »

Girls’ hockey only gives Irondale one goal

Megan Meskill, Staff Writer
December 22, 2011

With a 3-1 win over Irondale on Tuesday, Dec. 20, the girls’ hockey team secured first place in the North Suburban Conference. Junior forward Anne Arnason started the game off with a goal in the first three minutes. The score remained 1-0 until the last six minutes of the game, when sophomore forward... Read more »

Boys’ basketball upsets top-ranked Royals

David Nelson, Staff Writer
December 21, 2011

Only a season ago, the Benilde-St. Margaret’s boys’ basketball team was shell-shocked by the Hopkins Royals in a game that ended 99-65. With so many key players lost after last season, some students believed this game could be more of the same. They couldn’t have been more wrong. The Haben Center... Read more »

Students adapt to changes in the Mass

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Liza Magill, Staff Writer
December 21, 2011

At the beginning of the Advent season 2011, the Catholic Church began to implement the New Roman Missal in order to reflect a more accurate and direct translation of the original Latin from past church texts. Many of the Church’s original prayers, such as the Nicene Creed, and texts of the mass have... Read more »