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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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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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

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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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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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Graduating seniors give advice about college

The Road to Prom

Boys’ hockey takes home the State championship

Pond Hockey tournament organized to raise money for Jablonski

Rising actors partake in Les Miserables performance

Sport	Date	Opponent	Result	W/L
Boys Lacrosse	Tue, May 15	Spring Lake Park	21-0	W
Baseball	Tue, May 15	Bloomington Jefferson	7-5	W
Softball	Mon, May 14	St. Francis	3-4	L
Baseball	Mon, May 14	Fridley	13-2	W
Boys Lacrosse	Sat, May 12	Minnetonka	6-16	L
Baseball	Fri, May 11	St. Louis Park	7-3	W
Softball	Thu, May 10	Blake	23-1	W
Softball	Wed, May 09	St. Louis Park	18-6	W
Boys Tennis	Wed, May 09	Robbinsdale Armstrong	1-6	L
Baseball	Wed, May 09	Irondale	10-2	W
Boys Lacrosse	Tue, May 08	Totino-Grace	13-3	W
Girls Lacrosse	Tue, May 08	Spring Lake Park	13-11	W

Sport	Date	Time	Opponent	Location
Baseball	Fri, May 18	4:15	Totino-Grace	Totino-Grace
Boys Lacrosse	Sat, May 19	12:00	Holy Angels	Holy Angels
Boys Track	Sat, May 19		True Team Opponents	TBA
Girls Track	Sat, May 19		True Team Opponents	TBA
Baseball	Mon, May 21	4:15	Holy Angels	Home
Boys Track	Tue, May 22		NSConference Opponents	Totino-Grace
Girls Track	Tue, May 22		NSConference Opponents	Totino-Grace
Girls Track	Tue, May 22		NSConference Opponents	Totino-Grace
Boys Track	Tue, May 29		Section Opponents	TBA
Girls Track	Tue, May 29		Season Record	TBA
Boys Lacrosse	Tue, Jun 05	1:00	TBA	Chanhassen
Girls Lacrosse	Tue, Jun 05	1:00	TBA	Chanhassen

Emily Busch –– News Editor

Half fairy-tale princess, half farm hick, news editor Emily Busch leads the romanticized life that every teenage girl dreams of. Born the only child of the king and queen of Genovia, Emily ran away at the age of twelve in hopes of living a more ‘normal’ life. Arriving in America, the young runaway consulted many citizens on the busy streets of New York, seeking the plainest, quietest, most non-eventful land in all of the U.S. The land she heard to be all of these wonderful things and more was a faraway, mystical, magical land called northern Iowa. Settling down at the mature age of thirteen, Emily often found herself dancing in the rain and frolicking in the vast cornfields, her long Genovian dress swishing around her bare ankles. Whether it’s tending to her tropical greenhouses that fill only five acres of her property, or taking care of her pigs and the random neighbor kids, Emily’s motherly heart and general jovial joyfulness gets her through each day. Now at age seventeen, she writes for the Knight Errant, never actually attending school, but sending all of her articles via a rainbow unicorn (long story)… and although she loves to read and write, her true love is for driving her rusty red truck, her long dress train – caught in the car door – flapping in the wind.

Photos by Emily Busch

Enlightenment Salon enlightens students

Stories Written by Emily Busch

American studies to combine history and literature

Emily Busch, News editor
February 10, 2011
Filed under News, Top Stories

In an effort to encourage deeper thought and foster better class discussions, Ms. Megan Kern and Ms. Anne Marie Dominguez designed a class to start in the 2011-2012 school year, American Studies, that combines US History and American literature. American Studies offers a new type of class to... (more...)

Church releases DVD that makes waves

Emily Busch
November 11, 2010
Filed under News, Top Stories

In a collaborative effort of Archbishop John C. Nienstedt along with six Catholic Minnesota bishops, the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis mailed 430,000 DVDs to the homes of registered Minnesota Catholics on Wednesday, Sept. 22. These DVDs were sent out to urge support, among Catholics,... (more...)

Administration blocks Skype on student computers

Danielle Kincs
September 13, 2010
Filed under News, Top Stories

In response to students communicating across the school with each other via Skype during the day, the administration disabled the application on BSM laptops September 9. However within only hours of the school administration blocking Skype use at both school and home, students have already... (more...)

Laptops for every student

Emily Busch
September 7, 2010
Filed under News

As technology plays a more prominent role in society, Benilde-St. Margaret’s aims to better prepare their students for the future by arming each student with a brand new laptop. Parents, teachers, and students are excited about the new laptop program at BSM, however the program is about more... (more...)

Seniors opt out of AP testing

Emily Busch
May 20, 2010
Filed under News

As the school year comes to a close, seniors find themselves swamped with end of the year projects and AP tests. But with so much to do, and knowing what their colleges accept for AP scores, many have decided not to take their tests. The decision of whether or not to take college courses varies... (more...)

Seniors opt out of AP testing

Emily Busch
May 20, 2010
Filed under News

Seniors opt out of AP testing

Emily Busch
May 20, 2010
Filed under News

Irish-American cuisine in St. Louis Park

Emily Busch
May 19, 2010
Filed under Restaurant Reviews, Reviews

Located on 16th Street and Park Place Boulevard in the new West End development, this upbeat restaurant serves lunch and dinner every day and brunch on Saturday and Sundays starting at 10 a.m. Cooper Pub and Restaurant is similar to a laid-back Cheesecake Factory; red curtains hang from the... (more...)

Healthy snacks in Spirit Shop

Emily Busch
April 22, 2010
Filed under News

The new Wellness class has started to make some positive changes in the school. One of the most recent alterations is the healthy snacks like LUNA Bars, Cliff bars, trail mix, dried fruit and other options, that are now sold in the Spirit Shop. The seniors in the first semester wellness class... (more...)

Relay for Life update

Emily Busch
March 11, 2010
Filed under News

Relay for Life, happening on May 15 to 16, is now in full swing with 33 teams signed up. Of these 33 teams, 31 are from BSM and the other two are BSM alum teams. The current plan is to have the relay on BSM’s track. “Mr. Pettinger said that the track should be usable until May 20.... (more...)

ACS seniors go to North Carolina to apply what they’ve learned

Emily Busch
March 9, 2010
Filed under Activities, News, Student Life

The future of search and rescue is in the hands of BSM seniors. After two years of preparation 11 students in ACS III are going to North Carolina for the Robocub Junior competition which could take them to Singapore. For these seniors this trip is a test of the skills they have learned over... (more...)

New registration procedure

Emily Busch
February 25, 2010
Filed under News

On March 9 students will have two homeroom periods, in order to coordinate the registration process, one in the morning and one at the end of the day. For registration for the 2010-2011 school year, students are required to have their teachers approve the classes they are taking next year.... (more...)

Oil change

Emily Busch
February 10, 2010
Filed under Humor

I had to get my oil changed, so I dropped off my car and I walked into the service station. I scanned the room for an open table. There it was, the only one. I walked over to it and started to work on my Spanish homework. After about five minutes, a rather corpulent woman walked into the... (more...)

Future of Skip-a-Final

Emily Busch
February 9, 2010
Filed under News

The skip-a-final for freshman, sophomores and juniors no longer exists. As for second semester seniors there is a new plan that is being put into place allowing them to keep their chance at skipping all of their finals. Many students were coming to school sick in order to keep perfect attendance... (more...)

It’s official: no schedule changes for next year

Emily Busch
January 14, 2010
Filed under News

Students in all grades dreaded the thought of a longer day because of the potential schedule change next year, but now it’s official, the administration has decided to postpone the schedule change of going to an eight period day for at least a year. They have decided to wait until all... (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...)

Creative intelligence

Emily Busch, Katie Hoesley, and Kate Baldwin
November 6, 2009
Filed under Features, Student Life

Lauren Kretch Lauren Kretch, a senior, has enjoyed photography since junior high, “I got started in junior high, I believe, when I recieved a crappy Sony cybershot for my birthday,” said Kretch. She has taken art classes at BSM throughout high school, “All of my classes have... (more...)

Local pizza place great for any occasion

Emily Busch
October 29, 2009
Filed under Restaurant Reviews, Reviews

The aroma of pizza and pasta saturate the air, and the quiet buzz of conversation fills the room. But this is no black tie Italian Pizzeria; customers come to Latuff’s Pizzeria dressed in anything from sweats and a tee-shirt to skirts and blouses to grab an pizza or a plate of pasta.... (more...)

Skip-a-Final should be based on grades

Emily Busch
October 25, 2009
Filed under Opinions

We all know that skip-a-final has been canceled because of the flu. Rather than letting the skip-a-final policy dissapear into oblivion, this is the perfect opportunity for the administrators to edit and revise the skip-a-final policy. A new skip-a-final should be based on grades not on perfect... (more...)

iDay mixes independence and technology

Emily Busch
October 18, 2009
Filed under News

On Wednesday, September 16, students walked into their language class, checked in with their teacher, and walked out. High school students experienced their first Independent Day, or iDay. iDay is Benilde-St. Margaret’s way of introducing technology into the classroom and teaching students... (more...)

English department creates writing center

Emily Busch
September 28, 2009
Filed under News

Students line up at the desks of teachers Ms. Kari Koshiol and Ms. Anna Overbo for last minute help on any day before an essay is due. Teachers, like students, are very busy before and after school. “Students come in and try to find five minutes to talk about their essay, but in reality... (more...)

Students Experience New Culture in Rwanda

Emily Busch
September 19, 2009
Filed under News, Top Stories

Molly Cave, a chaperone on the summer trip to Rwanda, has been all over the world. She did not understand why her husband, Mr. James Cave, a junior high history teacher, continued to return to Rwanda – until she went. After experiencing the country for herself, she understood the draw... (more...)