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

Mallory Hoch –– Staff Writer

While other teens today find themselves totally crushin’ on Justin Bieber or creeping on the Jersey Shore, Mallory finds herself obsessed with a completely different form of media: talk radio. Yep, that’s right, a cheesy celebrity dish radio show similar to a mixture of People, Vogue and Us Weekly (well, except for the pages, the pictures, and the reading). While not trying to fulfill one of her lifetime goals of getting a complete stranger to believe she’s British, she enjoys convincing people that her twin sister is her clone, watching her favorite movie Stick It, while simultaneously dreaming about her celebrity crush, Kellan Lutz, and reading about her favorite plucky first grader, Junie B. Jones. Mallory loves anything covered in chocolate, quoting the Pink Panther movies, and one day, she hopes to be the oldest person who can still get into movies using the under twelve discount.

Stories Written by Mallory Hoch

Exam schedule to change for second semester

Mallory Hoch, Staff Writer
March 23, 2012
Filed under News

With second semester final exams approaching quickly, BSM students will soon begin the stressful process of reviewing for finals. In an effort to ease this process, BSM adopted a new schedule for the exams, which will spread them out over the course of three days, increasing the amount of time... (more...)

Freshman spares time for bowling hobby

Mallory Hoch, Staff Writer
March 23, 2012
Filed under Student Life

With total score of 108, freshman Joe Kleven completed his first successful game of bowling at four years old. Now in his first year of high school, Kleven is one of eight varsity members on the BSM bowling team, who continues to push himself, aspiring to better his skills, and, eventually,... (more...)

New students become Red Knights mid-year

Chloe Kennedy, Staff Writer
March 14, 2012
Filed under Student Life

Stereotypical first day of school horrors often haunt the minds of new and transfer students as they prepare for a new life at a new school: eating lunch alone, getting lost in the halls, making new friends, and meeting new teachers. Though the transition to a new school can be unpredictable... (more...)

Technology opening new possibilities in education

Kiley Petersen, Staff Writer
February 14, 2012
Filed under News

Inundated by a constant stream of technology, BSM students come in contact with a variety of new possibilities, enabling them to make computerized flash cards, participate in online discussions, or work on the same document on different computers, all while having the rest of the Internet at... (more...)

Mock Trial season testifies the team’s talent

Mallory Hoch, Staff Writer
February 3, 2012
Filed under Activities

Beginning in October, the Mock Trial team has practiced every night from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in room 121 in preparation for upcoming competitions. Coming to a close on January 31st, the season ended on a strong note, making it to subsections before loosing their last competition. The season... (more...)

Don’t spend your money on this one

Mallory Hoch, Staff Writer
February 1, 2012
Filed under Movie Reviews, Reviews

Based on the number one selling book series by Janet Evanovich, the film “One For the Money,” produced by Katherine Heigl adequately follows the story line of the book, but falls flat in theaters, ultimately confusing audience members who aren’t privy to the book’s complex characters... (more...)

They Bought a Zoo- You Shouldn’t

Mallory Hoch, Staff Writer
January 12, 2012
Filed under a&e featured, Movie Reviews, Reviews

After a prolonged layoff from directing, Cameron Crowe returned this year with his new movie “We Bought A Zoo,” a true story based on an adaptation of writer Benjamin Mee’s memoir called “We bought a Zoo: True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals That... (more...)

Arthur’s Christmas- A New Tradition?

Mallory Hoch, Staff Writer
December 19, 2011
Filed under a&e featured, Movie Reviews, Reviews

The beginning of Christmas brings with it many holiday traditions, from decorating cookies to holiday shopping, and, of course, the obligatory stream of holiday movies which hit the theaters on Thanksgiving and continue through December. Traditionally, these movies, although never short of... (more...)

AP Euro students bring Era of Enlightenment to life

Mallory Hoch, Staff Writer
November 16, 2011
Filed under 2011 Slideshows, Top Stories, Videos

For the 13th year in a row, the Benilde- St. Margaret’s library transformed into an 18th century exhibition of enlightened thinking, where AP European History students morphed into history’s greatest minds, such as Isaac Newton and Benjamin Franklin, gathered to share ideas and participate... (more...)

Check out these interviews with alternative commuters!

Mallory Hoch and Chloe Kennedy
November 16, 2011
Filed under Top Stories

Most students usually take a car to school. However, a small, dedicated group of students and staff feel the call to go beyond the normal modes of transportation and bike or moped to school. These bikers and moped drivers reduce gas emissions, get in a work-out, and don’t have to deal with... (more...)

“Puss in Boots” Is Purrrfect

Mallory Hoch, Staff Writer
November 2, 2011
Filed under Movie Reviews, Reviews

With his adorable cat eyes, kitty swagger, and suave accent, Puss in boots has boosted his stardom from a featured role in the “Shrek” series to his very own DreamWorks film. “Puss in Boots” meets criteria for the typical spin off story, but avoids intertwining plot... (more...)

Japanese students visit BSM

Mallory Hoch, Staff Writer
October 14, 2011
Filed under News

5,000 miles away in the region of Hokkaido, Japan, students of the Kaisei Gakuin school rarely get the chance to experience American culture first hand. However, this year, for the third year in a row, the Japanese students have traveled to visit BSM, enabling them to experience a small taste... (more...)

Confessions of a Celiac

Mallory Hoch, Staff Writer
October 13, 2011
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories

People eat wheat without even thinking about it, as it is a common ingredient in many foods. However, for senior Juliet Beckstrand, who has Celiac disease, wheat is completely cut from her diet. Celiac disease, which Beckstrand was diagnosed with in eighth grade, disrupts the digestive system... (more...)

Twenty students spend two weeks in Rwanda

Mallory Hoch, Staff Writer
September 21, 2011
Filed under 2011 Slideshows, Student Life, Top Stories

For most students, summer is a relaxing and usually uneventful vacation away from the restrictions of school, allowing them to stay up late, sleep in, and avoid homework. However, the group of twenty students who traveled to Rwanda this summer would agree that their summers were anything but... (more...)