BSM should provide an advanced creative writing course
Connor Rahill, Staff Writer
February 4, 2020
In high school, students have very few opportunities to express themselves through poetry or fabricate fictional prose stories. We are always required to learn and study purely factual information in almost every class, which may diminish creative freedom. The creative writing class is one of the only chances a student has to flex their creative muscles, yet the course...
Staff Ed: The new schedule has failed to meet its goals
Staff
January 23, 2020
This year, BSM implemented a new schedule with hopes of building a community within homerooms and creating time for miscellaneous duties. The schedule removed the daily fifteen-minute homerooms and turned them into 25-minute homerooms that occur on block days. Despite this schedule’s goals, it failed...
Yes, gymnastics is a sport
Sophie Ludwig, Social Media Editor
January 22, 2020
The history of gymnastics can be traced back as far as the very early days of athletic competition by the Greeks. Soon after, the Romans adapted it for the training of their armies, and then Germany invented and introduced the equipment that would become the face of modern gymnastics that you woul...
You are never too old to go sledding
Blake Mesenburg, Staff Writer
January 21, 2020
As the temp drops below freezing and rain turn to snow, the local parks become hotspots for Minnesotans to go sledding. There comes a time in life when some would say that you are too old to do activities such as go trick-or-treating or order off of the kids’ menu at a restaurant. While these things...
Finals should have been before winter break
Connor Rahill, Staff Writer
January 17, 2020
The most stressful time of a student’s educational career is finals week. Students are pressured to recollect and memorize everything they have learned over the past four and a half months for multiple different classes. On the flip side, winter break is one of the most calming times for a student....
Is Tyler the Creator good?
January 16, 2020
Nope! Tyler the Creator, or Tyler Okonma, is a 28-year-old music creator who is loved by many due to his flamboyant personality and weird style of music and fashion. His song “EARFQUAKE” is played repeatedly by radio stations and Spotify playlists . . . and it absolutely drives me insane. In my o...
