“I feel like I can actually focus on other things now that I have finished it,” said Senior Hope Mueller. “I haven’t done any homework for any other classes the past two weeks.”

The time consuming paper is not only hard work for students but for teachers as well. They have the task of teaching high school students how to write and research at a college level.

“Their goal is to make their paper equivalent to a college-level paper. It’s a six week long process,” said English Teacher Vicki Cary. “It takes me about an hour to grade each paper. I have to check all of their sources. It’ll end up taking me 60 hours to grade all of the papers.”

During the six weeks the students have to do research on the topic and write about it without plagiarizing anything. This is one of the many things that they have learned how to do and how to put it all together.

“I would have to say the hardest part about the trend paper was being told I needed to restart it; getting knocked down and having to learn how to get back up again,” said Junior Jenna Lowell.  “Everything in the paper is so precise that it takes weeks to get correct.”

“The music was junk,” said Senior Charlie Weros. “I couldn’t even dance to it. I feel like last year the music was much better.”

As the night went on the DJ played different genres of music. Rap, Pop, and Country were the top three genres played.

“The music was good this year,” said Sophomore Haley Anderson. “It was loud enough. It got really good though at the end of the dance.”

While some students agree with Anderson, others thought that the music wasn’t as loud as it could be.

“It wasn’t as loud as I thought it would be,” said Senior Jake Kramber. “There was a lot of variety though.”

Some students’ music expectations weren’t met. However, most students agreed that their prom night was successful and a night to remember.

“I don’t want to go to prom because I can have just as much fun at my house without spending lots of money,” said Junior Erika Bordak.

Students like Bordak are considered anti- prom. This means they have different plans other than prom.

“I have dance rehearsal,” said Junior Megan LaFond. “If  I could go I would.”

Students have different reasons for why they don’t want to go to prom. Some just don’t like the idea of prom and others don’t want to spend the money. As for Junior Lillian Smith, prom just isn’t her cup of tea.

“I could go if I wanted to I suppose but its not really for me. I’m thinking it will be just a regular weekend for me,” said Smith.

 “It’s a bunch of improv games made into a performance to entertain people,” explained Junior Zach Mohler. “ I’m not really sad that its ending, but  I don’t want it to be over”

 On April 4 the Comedy Sportz Team gave their last performance of the year. The performance included many games where certain team members would act out a whole improvised scene. The audience participates in the performance by giving topics for a scene.

 “The first year of Comecdy sportz was when I was a freshman, so i have been in it every year,” said Junior Bryce Bishop. “I’m excited for the incoming freshmen, and being  the first Comedy Sportz veteran next year.”

“I’m excited and sad. I’m sad to be done because now I have nothing to work on,” said Wycoff. “The exciting part though is that I get to drive it.”

Wycoff has always had a love for old trucks. He got his inspiration for restoring one from his uncle.

“My uncle has 6 to 7 of them. My favorite is his 1981 454 Chevy. I’ve always loved that body style,” said Wycoff. “I ended up wanting to restore a truck of my own. I told my uncle and it all started from there.”

Wycoff’s favorite feature of his truck is its brand new paint job. When he got the truck it had a rusty cab and was in need of a fresh coat of paint. Wycoff had never painted a truck before, but knew he wanted to do it on his own.

“The truck’s color is candy apple red,” said Wycoff. “I painted it myself. I’ve never had any lessons or professional help but it turned out great.”

His future plans for his truck is to drive it everyday except for in the Winter. He’s also planning on keeping it for a long time.

“I don’t want to drive it in the Winter because it might rust. I put a lot of time into that truck,” said Wycoff. “I plan on keeping it for awhile.”

At the state competition two people from every team receive either All State Witness or All State Attorney. In each trial the judges vote on who they think is considered to be the best attorney or witness on both sides, and at the end of the three trials whoever has the most votes get the award.

Freshman Maddie Schwappach received the All State Attorney.

“I was really excited, the trial was kind of stressful but fun,” said Schwappach, “[My team] was excited for me.”

Junior Michelle Lee was honored with the All State Witness award.

“I was speechless, I didn’t think I was deserving of it,” said Lee, “there was a lot of cheering.”

“It goes without saying they worked hard,” explained JV Coach Swanson. “It’s the fact that they worked hard as well as the rest of the team. It was a combination of their diligent work and natural talent. Maddie as a ninth grader shows great confidence as a lawyer, and Michelle makes a convincing expert witness. I’m proud and excited for them.”

For the past ten years the Bison Dance Team has been an on again, off again sport. The school has had trouble finding coaches and funding for the team. The last year Buffalo had a dance team was in 2010. This year they found they’re new coach, Kaitlin White.

“I have been teaching dance for years. When I got hired to teach 1st grade in Buffalo, I was sad to see that the High School didn’t have a dance team,” said White “So this year when the Dance Team came back to the High School I was extremely excited.  I applied right away, talked to Mr. Bauman and then got hired as the new head coach.”

This season the dance team went to four competitions and even took first place at Waconia.

“The season went good, it was better than I expected,” said Sophomore Sarah Nowezki. They also participated in the Rodger’s Dance Team show called “Best of the Best” in January.

“The show was a lot of fun because we got to watch all of the other teams perform,” said Junior Allison Handberg.

Try outs for next season will be on April 8, 9, and 10. “I hope that the team grows in size. I hope that there is interest in the team and that girls come out for tryouts,”  said White. Right now the team has seven girls, and is hoping to grow. “I think there will be a lot more girls trying out this year, which will be good for the team,” said Junior Hannah Schaust.

The play was originally disqualified for soliciting an audience response.

“It’s a good thing for the change,” Hagstrom Durant said. “Clarity of rules is always important. I felt bad for our kids, technically it’s my fault. I’m on the committee; I should know the rules. It looks like I don’t know them.

The rule is being rewritten so it is understandable and will not be misinterpreted. Another rule is also being changed so there will not be only two people deciding the fate of  our play.

“In its current state, I know they are trying to make an even playing field.”