BSM faces changes due to the addition of new businesses at West End

Mary Pat Ross, Staff Writer
May 20, 2013
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Cool restaurants, great shops, and fun atmosphere have made West End a regular hangout spot for many members of the BSM community. Due to its success, West End plans on expanding on its shops and businesses in order to cater to the demand of its ever-expanding consumer base. The development of West... Read more »

BSM theater department honored with state awards

Mary Pat Ross, Staff Writer
May 16, 2013
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Benilde-St. Margaret’s drama department’s production of Thoroughly Modern Millie has been awarded multiple SpotLight Awards, sponsored by the Hennepin Theatre Trust. The show received both Outstanding Production and Outstanding Performance award. This is the third consecutive year the BSM drama department... Read more »

Private company to coordinate third trip to Rwanda scheduled for summer 2013

Anna McCloskey and Megan Pohle
May 15, 2013
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When junior high theology teacher Ms. Susie Hinnendael and former history teacher Mr. James Cave started teaching the Genocide and Social Justice class, they placed a lot of focus on the Rwandan genocide of 1994, when an ethnic clash resulted in the deaths approximately a million civilians. Soon after... Read more »

Speech team rocked by plagiarism scandal at State

Michelle Sauer, Staff Writer
April 27, 2013
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When junior Laura Shannon and the Benilde-St. Margaret’s speech team left for the state tournament on Friday, April 19, they were not prepared for the scandal that would rock them later that day. During one of that day’s rounds, a fellow competitor from Roseville, stood up and gave the speech that... Read more »

Variety of trips scheduled for the 2013/2014 school year spring break

Hannah Scherer, Staff Writer
April 26, 2013
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Despite a successful pair of spring break trips to Rome and Walt Disney World this past year, BSM is gearing itself up for four spring trips to take place during the 2013/2014 school year. The Disney World trip, sponsored by the engineering department, will be making a reprise, as well as trips to France,... Read more »

Student organization Red Knights for H2OPE combines engineering with social justice

Anna McCloskey, Staff Writer
April 24, 2013
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This Wednesday, BSM’s common basket collection will benefit Red Knights for H2OPE, a new organization within BSM to promote the school’s principles of social justice and innovation. These principles show through in the addition of this new program to the extracurricular selection. The program’s... Read more »

Mr. Epler auditions again for a chance to appear on Jeopardy

Will Jarvis, Staff Writer
April 23, 2013
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Latin teacher Mr. Robert Epler sits in anticipation. Seated on his couch and logged in on his laptop, he waits tensely as an online quiz begins. Fifty questions later, it’s all over. No response from the computer, he would never know how well he did, that is until a few weeks later when he receives... Read more »

ACS plans trip to Netherlands to compete against world’s best

Hannah Scherer, Staff Writer
April 18, 2013
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Hoping to capitalize on last year’s strong eighth place finish at the Robocup 2012 competition in Mexico City, Mexico, sixteen senior BSM ACS students are headed to Eindhoven, the Netherlands this summer to compete in the Robocup 2013 competition. The five day event runs from June 26 to June 30... Read more »

BSM and local Archdiocese continue to share good relationship

Mary Pat Ross, Staff Writer
April 17, 2013
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Since its founding, Benilde-St. Margaret’s has been proud of its Catholic heritage and the relationship it maintains with the Archdiocese. Because of this relationship, BSM must adhere to the guidelines put in place by the Archdiocese which can affect the school’s curriculum. Although some of these... Read more »

North Suburban Conference to be disbanded after departure of two more schools

Andrew Birkeland, Anna McCloskey, and Will Jarvis
April 12, 2013
Filed under Editor's Picks, News, Top Stories

Earlier this year, it was announced that the North Suburban Conference (NSC) would lose three schools to the Mississippi-8 Conference––Chisago Lakes, North Branch, and St. Francis. This past month, two more schools––Robbinsdale-Cooper and St. Louis Park––made public their decision to part... Read more »