Universal Health Care
For years, health care around the world has had problems. In response, many countries have implemented a socialized health plan as a “solution.” In one such country, Britain, Grace-Marie Turner, a writer for the McClatchy Newspapers, recorded one of these “solutions”. In some British hospitals, there were even seriously ill patients in the hallways on the gurneys, waiting to receive medical attention. Some waited days for important procedures. Politicians did not like this. The...
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Intramural Basketball
Bozeman High’s winter athletes have all begun there long seasons, and one sport should not go unnoticed, Intramural Basketball. Intramural Basketball is one of the most popular sports at BHS, and the turnout over the last few years has been enormous.
It runs from December 7th to February 4th, but at the deadline for signups this year, only 11 teams were registered to play. This means that only about 77 to 100 kids are going to hit the court this year, a number that may increase with late...
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French Club
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onjour BHS! This year the French Club has been working on a variety of projects. As a French club member, I’m here to talk to you all about the recent French Club project, as well as update and thank the community for their help! The BHS French teacher and French Club advisor, Madame Mulroney, along with the French Club, has been collecting minature toothbrushes and toothpastes to give to orphans living in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Madame Mulroney will be venturing to Haiti this...
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Polar Bear Swim
On the first of the first of January, the residents of my neighborhood are not only bringing in the New Year but also equally celebrating the exciting event called the Polar Bear Swim. This is a tradition run by some BSF families. To participate you must have daredevil characteristics and a body able to stand up to negative thirty degree temperature; an easy task, right? The pond used around the neighborhood freezes every year, and the families invite anyone and everyone brave enough to...
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13 Things You Didn't Know About Jim H Thompson
I am among the very few who think that “Pulp Fiction” is WAY overrated.I got arrested in South Korea (it was all a huge misunderstanding)I am the president of the Sir John Franklin British Sports Car Club (there are only two members- we’re exclusive)“Bleeding-Heart Commie Pinko” doesn’t even begin to describe my political learnings.In the USAF, I won my squadron’s “ugly moustache” contestMy idea of haut cuisine: a Fudrucker’s ½...
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Weekends in Hell
Over Christmas Break, six movies premiered in Bozeman. Out of those six, four sold out. Some days, they sold out multiple times. In the eye of this whirlwind, the lowly theater workers were left to endure this never-ending hell ride. I was one of those people.
First of all, the bureaucracy of everything is something out of Brazil. I think it’s in place so we can’t serve the customer fast enough and get them to enjoy (or to not enjoy) their movie. My opponents may say that it’s to make...
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10 Reasons to shred with friends
1. If your friend steals your line, you can steal their’s next.
2. Riding up the lift with yourself is very lonely. No, your iPod doesn’t make up for it.
3. Fries taste better when they are coming out of someone else’s wallet.
4. Every poacher needs a spotter.
5. Every jump needs a guinea pig. Go head, you first.
6. When you crash and “yard sale” your friend can find and collect all your scattered gear for you.
7. Stunts are more rewarding when someone is there to yell...
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