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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

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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

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Shannon Stroh

(Emily Kruse)

Shannon Stroh

May 21, 2012

Leila Aboussir, Online Photography Editor

Lights come up, voices start ringing, and the band starts playing their instruments. Shannon Stroh has been an avid member of the BSM theater department since her entrance into the school, but is rarely seen on the actual stage. Yet, Shannon’s dedication alongside her sarcastic, witty personality has made her an extraordinary member of the tremendous... Continue Reading

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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

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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

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Boys’ hockey takes home the State championship
Pond Hockey tournament organized to raise money for Jablonski
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Boys TrackThu, May 17 NSConference Opponents7th place
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Home > Reviews > Movie Reviews > Murder + Pyschedelic World Beyond the Grave; “The Lovely Bones”

Murder + Pyschedelic World Beyond the Grave; “The Lovely Bones”

Susie Salmon (Saorise Ronan) is stuck in "the in-between" after being murdered and raped.

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Logan McMillen
January 20, 2010
Filed under a&e featured, Movie Reviews, Reviews

Both parts “Silence of the Lambs” and “Alice in Wonderland” makes for one confused audience. A lesson in cinema for what works and what doesn’t.

Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) is an innocent fourteen year old girl living in a suburb of Pennsylvania. Little does she know that one of her neighbors has been plotting against her, watching her as she walks home, and taking notes on everything that she does.

This cunning villain lures Susie into an underground fort that he built in a cornfield on the edge of town. What happens next is painstakingly obvious to us now, but in the 1970′s, when the movie is set, “Law and Order” wasn’t around to scare parents.

Susie roams her new home, a plane stuck in between our world and heaven, complete with cheesy psychedelic CGI effects. From here she narrates the rest of the story through a series of philosophical soliloquies focusing on the relationships that were made possible through her demise.

As time progresses she learns that by forgiving her murderer, her loved ones can move on from the suspicion that tore the family apart, and learn to love one another again.

It’s a set up for a “feel good movie” message, and when that happens the inevitable ensues. Cheesy lines. I don’t want to hear a fourteen year old girl go on about forgiving, and the meaning of life. Luckily for us Susie is fickle (like most fourteen year olds) and pulls a complete 180 at the end.

Peter Jackson’s inflated ego and budget simply make this movie worse. It seems that Mr. Jackson feels the need to add slow-motion to every movie that he does, even the serious ones.Luckily for him there was some spectacularly frightening acting by the murderous neighbor (Stanley Tucci) for without it, this movie would have fallen flat.

Everything about him embodies the man your parents warned you about when you first made a MySpace account. His cleanliness, his innocence, everything, he was the man next door you would never suspect of anything. His performance in this movie shows that nothing can be going for a movie, but one actor, and some memorable lines can make up for everything else.

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