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A photo of a crowd at homecoming

A Look into the Process of Benson’s Homecoming

Kynzee Ferguson Oct 28, 2025

Homecoming is a treasured event in the Benson community. Yet, the majority of that community is unfamiliar with how it all comes together.  The event is mostly student run, with members of both the...

KBPS Chief of Staff Has Many Goals for this Year, and the Ambition to Reach Them.

KBPS Chief of Staff Has Many Goals for this Year, and the Ambition to Reach Them.

Zahra Faruqui, Editor Oct 24, 2025

KBPS has cemented itself as a rich and vital part of Benson’s history, and this couldn’t have been possible without its exceptional student leadership. One shining example of this is KBPS Senior Elizabeth...

Teacher Feature – Ms. King: World Traveler, Trivia Champ, and ‘Real Housewives’ Connoisseur

Elizabeth Larrison Oct 18, 2025

If you were to walk into Torin King’s classroom right now, you would likely see her walking around in a colourful outfit, helping students with their still-life drawings. Her walls are plastered with...

District Phone Policy Faces Possible Difficulties with Enforcement During Lunch

District Phone Policy Faces Possible Difficulties with Enforcement During Lunch

Zayd Faruqui, Editor Jun 12, 2025

This past winter, the district passed a phone policy that would ban cellphones during the school day, including passing period and during lunch. However, according to Principal Curtis Wilson of Benson...

Benson’s Grads of 2025 Look Back on High School Memories

Elizabeth Larrison and Nick Oates Jun 5, 2025

It was a warm summer Wednesday afternoon when the Benson Polytechnic High School Class of 2025 graduated. The graduation was held at the PSU Viking Center, and the graduates were gathered outside. Students...

Literary Corner: Ask Me

Literary Corner: Ask Me

Dane de Block May 12, 2025

Ask Me Some time when the river is ice ask me mistakes I have made. Ask me whether what I have done is my life. Others have come in their slow way into my thought, and some have tried...

In Automotive, students remove a door from a car.

Everything Happening at Benson’s 2025 Tech Show

Nick Oates, Editor Apr 15, 2025

For the first time in six years, Benson’s annual Tech Show is taking place at the original campus — and it’s shaping up to be one of the best ones ever. The 99th Tech Show in 2019 was the last one...

A Look Inside Benson's Activism Club

A Look Inside Benson’s Activism Club

Gerald Hively and Zahra Faruqui Apr 9, 2025

Zahra Faruqui: Why did you decide to create Activism Club? Connor Jacobson: I decided to start Activism Club because I got into activism through the Sunrise movement which is a youth climate justice...

Edgar Allan Poe

Literary Corner: Alone

Dane de Block Dec 18, 2024

Alone: From childhood's hour I have not been As others were -- I have not seen As others saw -- I could not bring My passions from a common spring -- From the same source I have not taken ...

The first six girls of Benson pose on the front steps. Photo courtesy of Benson Boosters.

A Brief History of Women at Benson

Elizabeth Larrison Dec 13, 2024

Benson was an all boy’s school until 1973. That year six girls joined the class of ‘77; Gloria Wallberg-Sutton and LaQuita Corbett came to speak at the 2024 Fall Pep Assembly,...

What To Do to Stay Off Your Phone This Winter Break

What To Do to Stay Off Your Phone This Winter Break

AJ Dimke Dec 13, 2024

I understand how difficult it can be to avoid Instagram, TikTok, and other social media during the calming two weeks between loud school days. In fact I’ve subconsciously opened up an Instagram tab not...

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