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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 Dann Fry

Astronauts on Mars by 2030

Dann Fry
May 10, 2010
Filed under Opinions

Astronauts should be able to set foot on Mars by 2030, said Barack Obama during a speech at the Kennedy Space Center in April. He outlined a somewhat radical new plan calling for a “refocused” NASA that goes beyond Constellation–the current program to replace the space shuttle (which... (more...)

Fiber is the future, Google agrees

Dann Fry
March 26, 2010
Filed under News

Waiting more than a second for Web pages and Internet-powered services to load should be a foreign idea. For most citizens of Sweden or South Korea, downloading a full HD movie wouldn’t take longer than a quarter-hour––in the USA, assuming you have a high-end cable connection, it... (more...)

Senior privileges

Dann Fry
March 15, 2010
Filed under Opinions

Traditionally, seniors are given the “privilege” of walking BSM’s halls sans hall pass second semester. It’s a nice gesture, but I’m pretty sure I’ve been doing that without negative consequence for years. A privilege many of us would enjoy, among others,... (more...)

iPad

Dann Fry
March 1, 2010
Filed under Reviews

After more than a decade of speculation, Apple has finally added their entry to the tablet PC market: iPad. Introduced January 27 at a media event in San Francisco, iPad will come as no surprise to anyone who has been following recent rumors of a 2010 launch. The device comes at a key transition... (more...)

West End provides new theater option

Dann Fry
January 4, 2010
Filed under Reviews, Theater Reviews

For patrons of the west, options for movie theaters have always been limited. On November 21, however, ShowPlace opened a new theater in St. Louis Park as part of the extensive Shops at West End project. The new theater, officially the Kerasotes ShowPlace ICON Theatre at West End, offers a... (more...)

Motorola finally answers iPhone

Dann Fry
November 29, 2009
Filed under Reviews, Top Stories

Motorola has finally taken a step up in the post-iPhone smartphone battlefield–about two years too late. Verizon began airing TV ads in October for Motorola’s new “Droid,” offering up a variety of things “Droid does” to set it apart in the crowded smartphone... (more...)

BSM’s unhealthy habits

Emily Busch, Meredith Cannon, Dann Fry, and Sean Simonson
November 23, 2009
Filed under Features, Student Life, Top Stories

Too Many Activities Spending an average of almost 13 hours on activities every week while still maintaining her high GPA, junior Francesca Sifferlin participates in 16 different activities this semester. On a normal day many students like Sifferlin run from one activity to the next, often... (more...)

Extravagant disaster movie + Mayan predictions = “2012″

Dann Fry
November 18, 2009
Filed under a&e featured, Movie Reviews, Reviews

When the first teaser for “2012″ came out more than a year ago, I, for some reason, thought it wouldn’t be the most over-the-top and ridiculously bad disaster movie I’d ever seen. But it is. For those concerned, the world is not, in fact, in danger of ending from mutant... (more...)

Government misses the mark on Family Smoking Prevention Act

Dann Fry
November 1, 2009
Filed under Opinions

Earlier this year President Barack Obama signed into existence the toughest new laws ever placed on the tobacco industry. He cited his own struggle to quit the cigarettes he took up as a teenager and praised the new Family Smoking Prevention Act for providing “critically needed protections... (more...)

The sixth season of “House” may be the best one yet

Dann Fry
October 28, 2009
Filed under Reviews, TV Reviews

Unrelenting pain, Vicodin addiction, and hallucinations of dead people––yes, House has a problem. Last season we watched him slowly succumb to his obsessions and commit himself to a psychiatric hospital, which is exactly where Season Six begins. The two-hour season premiere (entitled “Broken”)... (more...)

Drug legalization

Dann Fry
September 30, 2009
Filed under Opinions

Our culture is saturated with drugs, whether political bodies wish to acknowledge the fact or not. One sixth of the US population reports having used marijuana, with users of harder substances also in the millions; indeed, the cash in your pocket has a 90 percent chance of being contaminated... (more...)