About 48 hours of video are uploaded on YouTube every minute, resulting in eight years worth of content everyday. Often, these videos are not “one-hit-wonders”. As YouTube’s popularity increases, so does the demand for multiple videos from the same users.

Some of BHS students’ favorites include: Kyle Mooney interviews, Arby ‘n the Chief, The Duck Songs, The Yogcast, Swifty IRL, Freddiew, Freeman’s Mind, Would You Hit It, What the “eff” Are You Wearing, and Baman and Piderman.

Journalism Teacher Ryan McCallum watched Baman and Piderman for the first time with Seniors Matthew Mosolf and Niels Olsen.

“I was instantly enthralled. It was the first YouTube video someone showed me that I’d never seen,” McCallum said.

Another favorite, What the “eff” Are You Wearing, was made popular by MPLS.tv, whose co-founder, Chris Cloud, Skyped with The Hoofprint staff last week. What the “eff” Are You Wearing is the most popular series on MPLS.tv, and it’s easy to see why.

“They’re funny because she makes it so awkward,” said Junior Carlie O’Malley. “You just have to watch it.”

Watch the first episode of Baman and Piderman here:

Wach What the “eff” Are You Wearing below, or on MPLS.tv:

Every year, students swarm the cafeteria to get their hands on BHS’s annual literary magazine, Pegasus, which has been in circulation for 31 years. A staff of 20 editors, advised by English Teacher David Robinson, hand selected the work and published it for BHS.

“We started in the beginning of the year,” said Sophomore Michael Capps, “and we still went past the deadline.”

Staff members stayed after school to put the final touches on Pegasus. They edited the work and made an effort to correct any errors they found.

The magazine features artwork, poetry, short stories, and photography from students of all grades. This year, the magazine showcases over 90 pieces of work.The cover features a young woman holding a bleeding heart, and wraps around the entire book. It was designed by Senior Krissy Salyer, to fit the theme “Shifting Scenes, Ruptured Souls”.

“It’s an amazing feeling seeing people actually read your work,” said Senior Hayleigh Johnson. “You’re an artist and people are actually listening to what you say.”

Story by Erika Voeller & Valerie Ostvig

The 2012 Buffalo Triathlon had over 1,500 participants, ages ten and up. Some of these participants were students at BHS. Juniors Britta Oden, Jackson Elliott, and Senior Michael Burgdorf participated in the race this past Sunday, June 3rd.

The Buffalo Triathlon course was designed in 2005, and begins and ends at Sturges Park. There are two courses, an Olympic course and a short course. The Olympic course is approximately a one mile swim, 26 mile bike ride, and 6 mile run. The short course is half of this.

“It’s a fun race,” said Elliott. “It’s pretty short; you can push yourself.”

Elliott trained alongside his brother, Will Elliott (‘11), by biking, running, and swimming a few times a week. Burgdorf trained between 70 and 80 minutes a day, and practiced with the distance track team.

“I didn’t have any problems. [The race] was easier than last time.” said Burgdorf. “I was racing against the kid who got second last year and I passed him at the halfway point of the run. I was feeling really fast.”

Burgdorf participated in the Olympic Course and received first place for his division, ages 15-19. He beat his previous time by 12 minutes. “Swimming is what killed me.” he said.

It can be a lot of work, but BHS students advocate participation.

“If you want to do it and lack the courage, go do it.” said Burgdorf. “Anyone can do it, it’s not hard. It’s a lot of fun.”

“I’ve been completely taken off guard by it. I was honestly under the impression that you lived twice,” joked Junior Tori Tonn.

Y.O.L.O. promotes the fact that you only have one opportunity to live your life right. Sometimes, there are no second or third chances. This has been abused, however, as students today use Y.O.L.O. as an excuse to misbehave or not get their work done.

“I think it is dumb,” said Sophomore Ben Lepinski. “But my friends and I use it just for stupid stuff like, ‘Oh, biology test today and I haven’t studied. Y.O.L.O!’”

The saying has gotten so big that websites like cafepress.com have begun to sell merchandise with the letters printed on. T-shirts, iPad cases, and even license plate frames are being sold to promote Y.O.L.O.

“I think Y.O.L.O. is overused,” said Senior Danielle Kruzel. “Y.O.L.O. is dumb.”

Cloud is the co-founder of MPLS.tv, a website dedicated to telling the story of Minneapolis, for Minneapolis, by Minneapolis. He spoke at a Ted Talk at the University of Minnesota in April, where McCallum first asked him to speak. Here are some pointers he has for not only Hoofprint staff members, but anyone:

• Do not be afraid to experiment, try new stuff, and fail.
• Discover things.
• Use your intuition.
• Be yourself. Individuals are what make collaboration so amazing, beautiful, and important.
• “Haters gonna hate.”
• Use criticism to motivate you to do better next time.
• “Don’t plagiarize. That’s bad.”
• Remember that every idea is a good idea. There are no bad ideas. Ideas are always valuable.

Wilson attended the University of Minnesota for both her undergraduate and medical education. On June 8, she will move to Chicago to begin her 3-year residency and finally get paid to work. Residency is required of medical school graduates in order to practice medicine in the United States.

Wilson will work in pediatric care, which encompasses newborn children through the age of 20 years old. During her residency, she will work 40 to 80 hours a week, 16 to 18 hours a day, but only make slightly more than a beginning teacher’s salary. Her and other medical school graduates are considered “cheap labor”.

“I don’t get much time to sleep, but I signed up for it,” Wilson said.

When asked what keeps her motivated, she replied “I’m doing this because I really want to do it. Everyone who’s in medical school really wants to be there.”

Wilson also spent six weeks in Uganda during the past year, and brought home memories and more knowledge on healthcare. Uganda has a 6.5% rate of AIDS, making it the 10th highest in the world.

“In Uganda, when someone is diagnosed with AIDS, they accept it like it’s not that big of a deal, because the rates have already gone down so much compared to when the outbreaks first began.” Wilson said. “It’s so different than it is here.”

She spent time treating Ugandan children with AIDS, melanoma, Burkitt’s, and malnutrition.

After her residency, Wilson would like to complete a fellowship, which is more advanced training in her specific field. Wilson hopes to continue with pediatric oncology. When she has completed her fellowship, she will be able to perform more specific care involving childhood cancers, rather than working as a general practitioner.

Becoming a doctor has proven to be a lot of work, but Wilson said, “The good days outweigh the bad. There is no other profession I can see myself in.”

There has been a significant amount of support behind Invisible Children, but there has also been a significant amount of ridicule. Some people don’t believe that Kony is still alive, and even more don’t believe that Invisible Children is actually making a difference, since only 33% of their Kony 2012 funds are used toward finding Kony.

In my opinion, Kony 2012 encompases much more than Jospeh Kony himself. This campaign is shedding light onto criminals across the world, and is bringing thousands of people, from all walks of life, together in support of one central thing. It’s about more than just capturing Joseph Kony, because that’s only the beginning. The International Criminal Court has a long list of criminals that need to be stopped, and once Kony is caught, the rest of them will understand the seriousness of their crimes as well.

I support Invisible Children in their efforts to make Kony famous. This is simply because I support any organization that is working toward making the world a better place. It’s giving people around the world a voice. For the first time in a long time, you, individually, have the opportunity to be heard. You also have the opportunity to give Buffalo a voice by visiting www.Kony2012.com and ordering posters, T-shirts, or a bracelet for you and a friend. Despite the slander Invisible Children is facing, Kony isn’t going away. He’s not going to rest until we stop him. The world won’t change until you step up and change it.

]]> https://www.hoofprint.net/opinion-kony-2012-is-an-opportunity-to-change-the-world/2012/feed/ 3 https://www.hoofprint.net/hunger-game-fans-anticipate-a-fight-to-the-death/2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hunger-game-fans-anticipate-a-fight-to-the-death Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:04:54 +0000 https://www.hoofprint.net/?p=11119 Staying up for 22 hours and running on three hours of sleep isn’t ideal. However, students anticipating the premiere of The Hunger Games are willing to sacrifice their energy in order to be the first to see the new movie.

Students in Denise Wahlin-Fiskum‘s CIS Literature class are taking a field trip to the theater on Friday, March 23rd, the first day the movie is in theaters. For some students, this will be the second time they watch.

“I’m really looking forward to the movie,” said Junior Michael Swearingen. “Seeing it twice should be a lot of fun. If it’s good the first time, why wouldn’t it be good twice?”

The Hunger Games is based off of the first novel in the trilogy by Suzanne Collins, which topped Amazon’s Top Ten Physical and Kindle book lists in January and Febraury. It is the story of a girl named Katniss, played by Jennifer Lawrence, who lives in District 12 of the new North American continent, Panem. She is forced to fight to the death in the country’s annual Hunger Games competition, and students at BHS can’t wait to see how it all pans out.

“My anticipation is that it’s accurate,” said Senior Marie Christensen. “The books are so good; it’ll take a lot to live up to them. I just hope it’s not a let down.”

BHS’s Students Stepping Up (SSU) has started their third annual Clue Game, which gives students an opportunity to solve a mystery. Each morning, SSU Advisor Tracy Hulley gives a clue to BHS, via the morning announcements, about the teacher guilty of stealing The Rock. At all lunches, for 50 cents, students may submit their guesses. Correct guesses win prizes, like gift cards, to local stores and restaurants.

“I think there are always more guesses at the end of the week, when kids have a better idea of who it is.” said Sophomore SSU member Natalia Velenchenko.

Like all SSU events, the Clue Game is a “fun-raiser”, not a fundraiser to collect money for the group. It is meant to be a fun way to get students involved.

“It’d be fun if everyone participated.” said Velenchenko.

“I’ve always wanted to be a teacher and I’ve always liked working with kids with special needs.” said Senior Stephanie Klein, who plans to attend Northwestern College in Roseville to study Special Education. The program will take her four years to complete, whereas Senior Marie Christensen will be studying pre-med for eight.

“I’m looking forward to getting out of high school, my parents’ house, and meeting new people.” said Christensen, who will be attending college in River Falls, Wisconsin. River Falls is only 78 miles  away from Buffalo, unlike Hawaii Pacific University, which is over 4,000 miles away, and is the school Senior Kala Czanstkowski hopes to attend next fall.

“I’m an adventerous person and I didn’t think any of the schools in Minnesota fulfilled my desire for adventure.” said Czanstkowski. “I think going to Hawaii will be a good opportunnity to see the world and get a good education at the same time.”

Graduation is less than three months way, adding pressure to the seniors at BHS. Life outside of high school will provide new decisions and challenges, but they will be prepared.