Staff Profile
Jackie Lawyer –– Staff Writer
Jackie Lawyer is the ideal person. She composes haikus and marches to the beat of her own handmade drum. She has the ability to bend spoons with her mind, but only in extremely inopportune moments. Although she is an athletically challenged speech kid, she’s confident that she really is a jock. She used to be an official superhero, but she put the rest of them to shame and was forced to give it up. If she’s seen behaving like a “normal person,” don’t be alarmed; she’s just not trying hard so that others stand a chance.
Students to vote for executive student board
Jackie Lawyer, Staff Writer
April 22, 2013
Filed under News Briefs
Tomorrow during homeroom students will vote online, via an email link to SurveyMonkey, for the 2013-2014 Executive Branch members of the Student Council. Juniors Matt Adamson and Megan Katopodis are both hoping for the title of executive president, and junior Carter Burn is running unopposed for vice... Read more »
When dieting becomes dangerous
Anna McCloskey, Jackie Lawyer, and Natalie Chevalier
March 11, 2013
Filed under Features, Top Stories
Though there are many ways to diet, the most popular methods among teens are unhealthy and harmful for the human body and development. “I think that it’s kind of ridiculous to diet in high school; it can be bad for you,” said junior Jackson Guettler. Fad diets are tactics especially popular among... Read more »
Student band gets big break with plans for album and local gigs
Jackie Lawyer, Staff Writer
March 6, 2013
Filed under Student Life, Top Stories
Falling From Friday’s band members, juniors Lars Oslund and JJ Monroe, along with freshman Jackson Catton, recently launched what many expect to be a promising career. Currently the band is recording a five song extended play album (half of a regular album) and performed at The Garage in Burnsville... Read more »
Meet BSM’s most eligible bachelors
Jackie Lawyer and Laura Shannon
February 14, 2013
Filed under Valentines
Bobby Karlen (Senior) Knight Errant: What makes you a desirable man? Bobby Karlen: I’m gorgeous, athletic, high-probability of being famous. You know. KE: What is your ideal way to meet a girl? BK: If she’s drowning out in the ocean or in trouble, and I save her. Like a shark is attacking,... Read more »
Rant: Pineapple
Jackie Lawyer, Staff Writer
January 25, 2013
Filed under Rants & Raves
Pineapples displease me on multiple levels. First of all, their interior color: yellow is falsely cheery. It’s the signature color of a poorly functioning liver. Secondly, every time I eat pineapple my tongue ends up throbbing in pain for no known reason. Clearly this fruit is out to get us.
Rant: Sparkles
Jackie Lawyer, Staff Writer
January 19, 2013
Filed under Rants & Raves
When the seemingly innocent embellishments catch the light, they blind everyone with their powerful rays and leave their victims dazed and confused. I don’t have enough willpower to look away whenever sparkles are in my presence. Their lights need to be forever extinguished.
Thirteen kids and counting
Jackie Lawyer, Staff Writer
January 15, 2013
Filed under Editor's Picks, Featured People, Top Stories
Jean and Jim Mulvahill have a big family; with their youngest of five biological children (Johnny, who graduated from BSM in 2012) off at college, one would assume that they live the empty-nester life to the fullest. However, that’s not their style. They have already adopted eight children from China,... Read more »
Techniques for dealing with loss resurrected
Kate Whitney and Jackie Lawyer
November 16, 2012
Filed under News, Top Stories
The dramatic shift in the religion department three years ago removed a very popular class from the religion curriculum: Death and Dying. Although the course is no longer available, students will not miss out on the fundamental topics covered in the class. The Benilde-St. Margaret’s religion department... Read more »
License wars: driven to competition
Jackie Lawyer, Staff Writer
November 11, 2012
Filed under Humor
Turning sixteen means one thing: driving. Fifteen-year-olds turn into calendar robots, calculating the exact day to take their permit test so it falls precisely six months from their sixteenth birthday. This especially affects the male species. What they lack in personal hygiene, they make up for... Read more »
NCYC off year creates time for fall musical
Jackie Lawyer, Staff Writer
November 2, 2012
Filed under News Briefs
Almost 22,000 students meet every other year to participate in the National Catholic Youth Conference. Students from BSM have attended the conference since 1997, typically preparing 25 to 30 songs for the conference. “Last year was a struggle to get the music learned before we left for the conference,”... Read more »
BSM hopes to attract students through grade school visits
Jackie Lawyer, Staff Writer
October 8, 2012
Filed under News Briefs
Every year, Benilde-St. Margaret’s sends students to visit St. Hubert’s, Carondelet, St. Bartholomew’s, St. John the Baptist, and Our Lady of Grace elementary schools. The visits give prospective students currently enrolled in these western suburb Catholic grade schools an overview of attending... Read more »
Rave: Alliteration
Jackie Lawyer, Staff Writer
October 2, 2012
Filed under Rants & Raves
Taco Tuesday: the actual meal is mediocre, but the superb sound of the name numbs my mind into purchasing the tasteless taco, despite my vegetarian ways. Alliteration is a form of mind control. A super sale for a dollar per dozen dog dishes causes my wallet to reply, “definitely.” Here’s to hoping... Read more »
Strong offense leads boys’ soccer to another victory
Jackie Lawyer, Staff Writer
September 21, 2012
Filed under Sports Briefs
Junior forward Jonathan Paquette and senior captain Jake Sherman powered the offensive rally that drove the Red Knights to a 2-0 victory over the Robbinsdale-Cooper Hawks on Thursday, September 20. Paquette got the action started on an assist from sophomore midfielder Aidan O’Driscoll. Sherman sealed... Read more »
