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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.

Stories Written by Elin Lantz

Film maker honored in C-SPAN competition

Elin Lantz
April 21, 2009
Filed under Student Life

Senior Andrew Christenson, a previous student of video journalism, recently received an Honorable Mention in the fifth year of C-SPAN’s national news film competition, and was nationally recognized for his achievement. “StudentCam” allows students to submit five to eight minute videos,... (more...)

BSM Seniors Experience the Republican National Convention

Elin Lantz
September 15, 2008
Filed under News

A person cannot always go to where the biggest news is being made, but for a few students at Benilde-St. Margaret’s, the news came to them in the form of the Republican National Convention. A small group of BSM seniors had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to stand on the floor of the... (more...)

My College Roadtrip Revisited

Elin Lantz
September 8, 2008
Filed under Humor

Along with thick-lensed glasses-wearing nerds whose questions seem to never end and chubby young siblings who miserably stare at the ground for an hour, there I was on a college tour. I know, college tours are generally considered terribly boring, but since I have gone on 38 tours over my... (more...)

Link Crew welcomes new freshmen

Elin Lantz
August 25, 2008
Filed under News, Top Stories

While most BSM high school students slept this past Monday, some students woke up early and played hand games, ran around the school as super-heroes and cowboys, and got to know each other as part of the Link Crew orientation for freshmen. From 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., The freshmen participated... (more...)

My Nineties Nightmare

Elin Lantz
June 2, 2008
Filed under Humor

Once you hit the final decades project for “APUSH” you may assume that your troubles are over, but in many ways they have just begun. Honestly, how can anyone spend 45 minutes demonstrating the basic feel of the 1990s when the entirety of the class grew up during the period? Well, my group’s... (more...)

From Snuggles to Siegfried: One Student’s Animal Mishaps

Elin Lantz
May 27, 2008
Filed under Humor

(Warning: if you read this article, do not think of me as an animal abuser. I am generally good-natured to my pets except for any guppies I buy, which I can promise are always dead within a fortnight.) My family’s first pet was a rabbit named Snuggles. We decided that rabbits were the perfect... (more...)

Knowledge bowl team takes 9th in regions

Elin Lantz
May 22, 2008
Filed under News, Student Life

There is one team at BSM that doesn’t lift weights or run miles: the knowledge bowl team. They merely practice up on their “nerd” skills and, recently, they demonstrated the success of their skills by receiving ninth place out of 100 teams. The knowledge bowlers are preparing for regionals... (more...)

Student congress team argues at national qualifying tournament

Elin Lantz
April 1, 2008
Filed under Student Life

By giving speeches and passing legislation, students in BSM’s Student Congress are simply government whizzes. But they are not the only ones: students across the state recently gathered as a congress and discussed, fought, and argued at the national qualifying tournament. “We did pretty... (more...)

Ah, my traumatic childhood

Elin Lantz
March 31, 2008
Filed under Humor

According to my sister, a UFO dropped me on my parents’ doorstep when I was an infant. She poked me with a stick while questioning me about what it was like to be part of the alien species. Sadly, this was by no means the only time she took advantage of me. I knew what it felt like to be... (more...)