For many high school students, summer means air conditioning, pool-side fun and family summer vacations. For a lot of summer activities, a teenager is going to need some spending money. Although a lot of students will ask their parents for money, many have to work to get the funds for the things they want...
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Since spring of last year, a new show has been sweeping the nation–and the high school. It’s full of singing, dancing and drama, all based in the fictional William McKinley High School in Ohio. It’s on every Tuesday and is on the same channel as American Idol. Give up yet? The show is Glee....
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On May 20, Student Senate had a special meeting to speak again with superintendent Ronald Saari. This time, they discussed this year’s rise in early graduates. This year alone there were around 40 seniors who graduated early. That is the highest number of early graduates BRFHS has ever seen. Saari researched surrounding schools and...
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When it’s dissection day, it means dead critters, latex gloves and obnoxious fumes. Who would voluntarily subject themselves to that? The Human Anatomy and Physiology students would! The current and past students of this school year took a field trip to the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse to explore cadavers. Cadavers are the corpses of people...
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There’s a pop-fly out to center field and as the runner nears home base, the outfielder has to throw the ball home. But somebody has to be there to catch the ball and that somebody is none other than junior Jacob Perner. Perner has had a love for sports ever since he was a...
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As the school year winds down, so does the fundraising for the Viva Haiti Relief project. There are only a few fundraisers left, like the Health and Fitness Run/Walk for Life that will be held on May 26. In order for a student to participate in this event, the student must raise a minimum...
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Throughout high school there is a plethora of classes available for students, all ranging in difficulty and some determined students take their chances in the really hard classes like the infamous Advanced Placement classes, or AP for short. Black River Falls High School has offered several AP classes over the years; U.S. History (APUSH),...
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It's America's favorite past time, filled with home-runs, stolen bases and fly-balls. All of these things can point to only one thing; baseball.
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If you walk down the hallway between passing time, you will probably see inside out white, pink, almost any color bracelets on the wrists of many students. If you have seen these, you already know what they say; “i <3 boobies.” BRFHS students have taken a liking to these breast cancer-supporting literal fashion ‘statements,’...
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The  Haiti Relief program met on February 23 and brainstormed new ideas for fundraising. In addition to the clubs that are involved, Student Senate wants more classes to be fundraising as well.  Any classes that could do any type of fundraising, such as bake sales or walk-a-thons, are encouraged to consult Paul Rykken or sophomore co-captains Joshua Hanson...
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