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

Margaret Miller –– Student Life Editor

As a young child star, Margaret starred as the creepy girl in “The Ring I” and also had a chance at being a girl on the show, “Barney.” She was let go because she was too awkwardly tall and scared the other actors. In high school, she went with her God given talent to pick on freshman in the lunch line and lost all favoritism as an upperclassman because she would constantly be forgetting her student ID card. Margaret doesn’t see her friends much due to her addictive behavior towards locking herself in her room and playing “World of Warcraft” while simultaneously crunching on Doritos. She also tends to wander off into her own world listening to Bach and Beethoven, which she claims inspires her to be a successful carny at the Minnesota State Fair.

Photos by Margaret Miller

Effertz puts in effort behind the scenes

Formspring answers personal questions

Driven sophomore gives back

Junior triplets share few similarities

“Meat” BSM vegetarians

Stories Written by Margaret Miller

Payton Goodrich

Margaret Miller, Student Life Editor
May 25, 2011
Filed under Student Life, Tremendous Twelve

State Wrestling competitor and wrestling captain Payton Goodrich has been involved in the BSM community for all four years; he has participated in sports such as football and track and clubs RKVC, Red Carpet Club and National Honors Society. Not only is Goodrich a well-rounded athlete and student,... (more...)

5 hours of joy

Margaret Miller, Student Life Editor
February 16, 2011
Filed under Humor

In the four long years of my high school career, I’ve been constantly searching out ways to stay awake during class and while doing homework. But this fall, I found my solution. It could mentally relax me and put my body at ease, much like Sun Salutation, and this bottle could suddenly take... (more...)

Senior leaves for second semester

Margaret Miller, Student LIfe editor
February 5, 2011
Filed under Featured Student Life, Student Life

Second semester senior year is notorious for being the easiest and most fun time of high school. However, senior Carmen Aguirre will not be joining her classmates for the end of high school and will be graduating from the National Sports Academy. The choice to leave BSM in the middle of senior... (more...)

From cold Minnesota to African warmth

Margaret Miller, Student LIfe editor
January 31, 2011
Filed under Featured Student Life, Student Life, Top Stories

For two BSM teachers, winter break 2010 was not the average “spend time with your family in the cold Minnesota weather” vacation. Instead, teachers Mr. Bob Lyons and Ms. Änna Overbo traveled to different countries within Africa. Mr. Lyons traveled to Kenya for twelve days with his family... (more...)

Inked – Students

Margaret Miller
May 18, 2010
Filed under Features

Alex Peck Alex Peck, a senior, got a tattoo on his back right after his 18th birthday. “My parents said I either had to win state, or when I turn 18,” said Peck, “I had wanted one since freshman year.” Peck’s tattoo is of a Chi-Roo Cross, which has the word “credere”... (more...)

Step-brothers

Margaret Miller
May 18, 2010
Filed under Humor

Step brothers. Although I’m not referring to the in-genius movie with Will Ferrell, my real life experience has been just as funny. My dad married Jane, my amazing stepmother, in the middle of my third grade year. I mean, yeah, it was cool that I had some company my own age, and more... (more...)

Hertzenberg already level-eight gymnast

Margaret Miller
March 15, 2010
Filed under Student Life

Adding flips and twists to complex and counter-gravity tricks, Steph Hertzenberg, sophomore, participates in level-eight gymnastics and has been a gymnast since she was just two years of age. Because BSM does not have a gymnastics team, Hertzenberg practices and represents North Shore Gymnastics... (more...)

Trespassing trash

Margaret Miller
January 18, 2010
Filed under News

With massive construction projects taking place on the fields of BSM, two large dumpsters populate the back street area. One St. Louis Park man was found to be trespassing on BSM private property and dumping his trash into these very dumpsters. Security guard, Jon Pachkofsky, was notified... (more...)

Jones’ Christmas sweater tradition stays strong

Margaret Miller
January 14, 2010
Filed under Student Life

There are many ways that high-school students are able to tell that the holiday season is on its way. Either students pick up on the fact that the weather is getting colder, the tests are never ending, or there is nothing but Christmas songs playing on the radio. However, for BSM students,... (more...)

Facebook fame for freshman D’Arcy Spiller

Margaret Miller
January 5, 2010
Filed under Student Life

Some of her fame at school may have come from the video on Facebook or it may have come from the cool accent, but either way, every student seems to know a little about freshman D’Arcy Spiller. The thing everyone knows about Spiller is that she has an amazing voice. Her song “All... (more...)

Twilight: team Edward vs. team Jacob

Annalisa Huge and Margaret Miller
December 7, 2009
Filed under Opinions

Team Edward or Team Jacob? Edward Not only does he glimmer beautifully in the sunlight, have the ability to read minds, and drive a shiny, silver Volvo, but Edward also shows all the characteristics of the perfect soulmate. He has the whole dangerous thing going for him, seeing as he is a... (more...)

Weight room

Margaret Miller
December 7, 2009
Filed under Humor

Really, I swear I can lift more the five pounds. It might seem sad to you, but arm running does work your shoulders. Of course, this fact seems unimportant to the broad-shouldered, peck-bursting, bicep-curling males of the BSM weight room. The intense competition between these four walls leaves... (more...)

Mysterious faculty member shares insight

Margaret Miller
November 29, 2009
Filed under Student Life

Mr. Lee Soderlind has been a faculty member of BSM for ten years yet remains quite mysterious among the student body. Mr. Soderlind, the coordinator of the Insight Program, helps students by supplying a drug and alcohol assessment and educational program. Few people know him, and even fewer... (more...)

Teacher Ted Reiff coaches rivals

Margaret Miller
November 11, 2009
Filed under News

Ted Reiff finds himself constantly leaving the BSM campus to accompany his players at Holy Angles High School. This new science teacher is not only a member of the Benilde-St. Margaret’s community, but also one of Holy Angels. He is now on his tenth year of coaching the girl’s volleyball... (more...)

Passwords for printing

Margaret Miller
October 18, 2009
Filed under News

Fast last-minute printing has been turned into a longer process with the new security system added into the school’s computers. Now to be able to print, students must enter in their school assigned identification name along with their student password. This security procedure, commonly... (more...)

Former BSM hockey player now US Olympic team member

Margaret Miller
September 18, 2009
Filed under Sports, Winter Sports

The Olympic Games are the most intense, competitive and popular event this world knows, and Benilde-St. Margaret’s High School has an alum who has a chance at participating. Rachael Drazan (’04) is currently trying out to be a member of the USA Women’s Olympic Hockey Team... (more...)