By: Skyy Schuffenhauer The archetype of prom royalty and its stereotypes have been perpetuated for decades, helping shape American high school culture. We all know how a typical prom king or queen is often depicted: the snobby, popular cheerleader and the good looking but idotic football player. Jasmine Teeter, a prom queen nominee, does not fit this profile and commented saying, “I definitely don't fit the stereotypical prom queen: cheerleader, dancer, athletic anybody… I literally make videos!” Teeter, who planned to attend prom with fellow junior Logan Knudsen, had an exciting surprise when she saw her name for the top ten candidates for prom royalty for the upcoming dance. “[I was] confused. I got the paper...during second hour when they usually hand out lunch detention papers… I literally thought I was having lunch detention and I had no idea why! ...I have never been recognized for this kind of stuff, so it was kind of weird for me, like unexpected.” She continued, saying, “There wasn’t even a thought in my mind, like hey, you could be prom queen!” Teeter explained that it was heartwarming to see that people thought of her, and of her other friends on the ballot in that way. Teeter feels that everyone on this year’s ballot is very deserving of the honor and said, “Some people truly put who they believe should be prom queen...some people earn it.”
Teeter is the junior tech on student council and feels that this nomination is recognition for all the work she and fellow student council members have put into planning the perfect prom. For approximately the last six months, the junior class student council members have been getting ready for what is most high schooler’s dream, and Teeter is more than ready to see all of their work come together for this special night. “What I look forward to most about prom is walking into the building, because I’ve been there before… I feel like I'm just going to get chills when I walk in and I see everybody in their beautiful dresses.” With the current outbreak of COVID-19, BRHS’s junior prom has been postponed, but Teeter, and surely the rest of the junior class, are anxiously awaiting the coronation of 2020’s prom king and queen. And who knows, this Cinderella of the story might just be crowned queen of the ball.
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By: Reagan Christensen From Monday, March 9 through Wednesday, March 11, FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) members at our school went to compete at state in Salt Lake City. Members make presentations and study for tests related to jobs in the business field. Mrs. Braquel Brinkerhoff and Mr.Clair Schenk are the advisors for BRHS’s FBLA club.
Over the years, Mr. Schenk has been pranked by the FBLA members at state, and even Mrs. Brinkerhoff takes part. Every year, the seniors come up with some random prank to do to their advisor. Shaelyn Stephens, one of this year's seniors, stated, “It has always been a thing to prank [Mr. Schenk] at state” and no one really knows when or how the tradition started. After all of these years Mr. Schenk must be used to being pranked, and according to Stephens, he doesn’t get upset by them. “Honestly, there [were] a few times he probably should have [gotten mad]. One year some kid put laxatives in his food and he just laughed about it. Schenk is a really easy going guy, he doesn’t like confrontation,” says Stephens. Thankfully for Mr. Schenk's sake, the prank they chose this year was a little less detrimental. This year's state competition just happened to land on Mr. Schenk's 70th birthday, so the members took full advantage of this. The students made fliers that consisted of a collage of pictures of Mr. Schenk. According to Stephens, "[We] then went around and handed [the fliers] out to half of the other members of the FBLA." Mr. Schenk has captured the hearts of many of his students over the years, and these pranks are just ways that the students and his fellow advisors show their love towards him. |