It’s been a long time coming, but last month the Wisconsin legislature passed a bill that allows racially insensitive mascots, logos, slogans and nicknames to be removed from public schools if deemed necessary. Signed into law by Governor Doyle on May 5, the bill allows Wisconsin residents to object to racist mascots.  If the state [...]

When you walk down the red hallway and peek your head in the doors of the shop rooms, you will often see students hard at work. One might be surprised that under one of the welding masks, a ponytail can be found. That ponytail belongs to welding teacher Kristie Heckendorf. Heckendorf has been an influential [...]

“I’m not here to make friends with you. I’m here to tell you a story,” said Jim Bertolini. Bertolini’s story is about living with AIDS. As a part of  Social Psychology, social studies teacher Tony Boerger arranged for Bertolini to speak to students who have taken the class during the school year about about how [...]

This year, adminstration and staff moved to a computerized scheduling process. This means that students do not get to pick what hour they have each of their classes. “I do not like this,” said sophomore Lindsey Fox. She seems to not be the only one. “I think that we should be able to pick our [...]

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), Biology [...]

Math teacher Tim Young was not always going to be a teacher. “I decided to become a teacher my freshman year of college,” said Young. “I was going to get a degree in business, but I decided that I liked explaining math to people, and I was pretty good at it.” For Young, math was [...]