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Riverdale Review Riverdale is a Netflix original show that has been all the excitement recently, amongst both

younger and older generations. The show is derived from the original Archie comics which first

published in 1941. With the success the Archie comics gained over the past few decades, the

comic was recently revamped to suit newer generations, in addition to being adapted into the

television drama, Riverdale. The show is set in the self titled town of Riverdale, which from afar

may be perceived as any other ordinary small town, however it is filled with many hidden mys-

teries and secrets that are waiting to be unveiled.

Like most adaptations, the show has a few slight

changes but it still remains true to the original

comics. With that being said, there are a few major

changes that have been made by the creators in

order for the show to stay relevant. One of the big-

gest deviations, aside from the ones made in the

more recent issues, is that Riverdale is a mystery!

Or that Mrs. Geraldine Grundy that was previous-

ly known for her old age is now a young music

teacher. In Riverdale, she is a thirty something

attractive teacher whose relationship with one of

her students depicts statutory rape as a forbidden romance. Other changes include ethnicity

shakeups and a major stain on Betty's “girl next door” image.

This subversive take on the posh comic strip that follows the lives of Archie and his friends,

takes a gritty turn when the town is haunted by the death of a fellow classmate. Just when you

think you have a clue as to who could be the potential murder, revelations will have you think-

ing otherwise! The plots and events in each episode will have you clinging onto your seat for

more, for it is unapologetically addictive. For those who love crime thrillers that follow the lives

of teenagers as they navigate their way through adolescence, Riverdale is perfect for you

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Editors/Staff

Elhan Bashir

Tanaeem Rehman

Natalia Shiu

Mrs. O'Farrell

Mrs. Morris

Award season is in full swing and

the two biggest award shows for

music and film recently occurred.

On February 12, 2017 music’s

finest came out for the 59th annu-

al Grammy Awards. The show

was opened by Adele singing her

hit “Hello” and James Corden as-

suming his role as host. Every

year, the first award is the Best

New Artist. Historically, this category has had its successes and failures, and

this year, Chance The Rapper took home the award along with the Best Rap

Album. Up next came two performances, one by Canadian artist, The

Weeknd featuring Daft Punk, and the other by country music artist, Keith

Urban, and Carrie Underwood. Twenty One Pilots won Best Pop Duo/Group

and accepted the award in their underwear. At first this seemed like a very

strange course of action but once on stage, they told the story of how, years

ago, they were watching the Grammy’s in their underwear and promised one

another that if they ever won one they would accept it in their underwear,

making this acceptance one of the most memorable.

It seems that almost every year there is some sort of technical glitch at

the Grammy’s, and this year was no exception. When Lady Gaga took

the stage with Metallica, lead singer James Hetfield’s microphone was-

n’t working, so the two artists simply shared a microphone for the rest

of the performance which, at one point, included Gaga jumping into the

crowd. Following that performance, Best Country Album winner, Stur-

gill Simpson, took the stage with the horn band, Dap Kings. Simpson

sang with a style that isn’t seen too much these days and gave a fairly

simplistic performance that showcased why he won the Grammy.

On December 25th, music legend George Michael died and the Grammy’s chose to honour him with a touch-

ing tribute performed by Adele, who was a friend of Michael. Adele performed a rearranged version of

Michael’s song “Fast Love,” which she chose to restart because she couldn’t hear properly and couldn’t,

“mess this up for him.” While she sang, a video montage of George played on the screen behind her and the

stage was empty with only a single light on Adele, allowing for the video to be the main focus of the perfor-

mance. Normally when Adele performs, she is captivating, but in this emotional performance she simply

provided a beautiful and haunting track for the video of the life of George Michael.

Following last year's salute to Lionel Richie, Demi Lovato, Tori Kelly, Little Big Town, and Amber Day per-

formed a Salute to the Bee Jee’s, singing their hits, “Stayin’ Alive, Tragedy, How Deep Is Your Love”, and

“Night Fever”. After that was the award for Song of the Year which Adele won for “Hello”. This was fol-

lowed by Ed Sheeran's’ performance of “Shape of You,” which consisted of him recording pieces of the song

and creating the song by himself, he recorded little snippets of the song and then they played on repeat

B r o o k s C o m p o s i t e H i g h Sc h o o l

Features:

THE BUFFALO Issue IV, March 2017

By: Elhan Bashir and Katelin Hartling GRAMMY & OSCAR AWARDS

Grammy & Oscar

Awards

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Brooks Music Festi-

val

4

The Secret of Surviv-

ing Grade 12

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Basketball Updates 6

Canadian Teams

and NHL Trade

Deadlines

7

Riverdale Review 8

Credits 8

THE BUFFALO Page 2 while he sang. David Bowie was posthumously awarded Best Rock Song, Best Alternative Music album, Best

Rock Performance, and Best Engineered Non-classical album. After, we had the second duet of the evening, a

mashup of Kelsea Ballerini’s “Peter Pan” and Lucas Graham’s “7 Years,” which was honestly a very strange

combination that was later outshone by Maren Morris and Alicia Keys duet of Morris’ song “Once,” Now came

the performance many people were waiting for, Beyoncé. Pregnant with twins, Bey took the stage completely

dressed in gold performing her songs “Sandcastles” and “Love Drought,” both from her Grammy nominated

album “Lemonade.” The nine minute long performance involved stunning visual effects, twenty-four dancers,

and chairs used for gravity defying tricks. Beyoncé’s performance was captivating and one of the best of the

night for sure.

Prince’s former band, The Time began the tribute to Prince, who

passed away on April 21st. They performed “Jungle Love” and

“The Bird” before Bruno Mars continued the tribute by perform-

ing “Let's Go Crazy.” Prince’s tribute was much more upbeat and

funky, keeping with the fun feeling of Prince. It was wonderful to

see the audience having fun while remembering Prince.

Next, Maren Morris took home the Grammy for Best Country

Performance, Bruno Mars performed again, and then Katy Perry

gave a political performance of her song “Chained to the Rhythm”

with the words, “We The People” lit up behind her. Afterwards,

Beyoncé won her first Grammy of the night for Best Urban Con-

temporary Album. This was one of the 9 nominations, but tonight

she would only take home 2 awards, the other for best Music Vid-

eo. While accepting her award, Beyoncé gave a beautiful speech

about equality. A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes, and Ander-

son Paak took to the stage next and continued the political theme

set by Katy Perry by giving an extremely politically oriented per-

formance of their songs “Can I Kick It”, “Movin’ Backwards,” and “We The People.” They called out President

Trump multiple times and brought up immigrants and people of different ethnic backgrounds to unite against

Trump with a message of resistance.

The show closed with John Legend singing while the Grammy’s payed tribute to those in Music who were lost

in 2016, and Adele winning Record of the Year and Album of the Year. Adele dedicated her speech for Album of

the Year to Beyoncé, who she beat in both these categories. She let Beyoncé know how much respect and admi-

ration she has for her and how much she loved Lemonade, going as far as literally breaking her Grammy in

two to give to Beyoncé. Adele was nominated for 5 awards and she won all five including, Album of The Year,

Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, and Best Pop Vocal album.

On February 26th it was the night of the movies with the 89th annual Academy Awards (Oscars). The best in

the film industry came out in full force as the Oscars recognized the best

and the brightest in film over the last year.

The show started off with Justin Timberlake performing his song, the

Oscar nominated, “Can’t Stop the Feeling” and mixing in the song “Lovely

Day” as well. He danced with the crowd including former Mickey Mouse

clubhouse costar Ryan Gosling and wife Jessica Biel. After this entertain-

ing beginning, host Jimmy Kimmel who previously hosted the Emmy

Awards in August 2016, took the stage giving an amusing monologue

where he took punches at President Trump and many of the actors and

actresses that were there that night, particularly Matt Damon. Kimmel even dropped candy on the audience.

Now with the opening over, the awards began with the first award going to Mahershala Ali for Best Support-

ing Actor for his work in Moonlight. Mahershala became the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar in a major cat-

egory. After this major category began the recognition of the background pieces of film including, Makeup and

Hair which went to Suicide Squad, Costume which went to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Sound

Editing going to Arrival, and Sound Mixing going to Hacksaw Ridge. The Oscar for Best Documentary went to

Page 7 Issue IV, March 2017

Canadian Teams and NHL Trade Deadlines By: Calder Morris

Every Canadian NHL team has an opportunity to fix their problems this year and set themselves

up for the years to come. While each team has their own problems to fix, some teams have similar

problems and are searching for the same players to trade for, which will make this year's trade

deadline a very interesting watch for Canadians.

The Montreal Canadiens are in a good position right now, but they have to get out of a slump. In

order to get back to winning games, they have to acquire a player who can score. This can be

found in a top six forward like Matt Duchene, Gabriel Landeskog, Thomas Vanek or Patrick

Sharp. Kevin Shattenkirk also provides an offensive push for the team. I think that the Canadi-

ens should try to get Kevin Shattenkirk because he will provide them with a much needed offen-

sive push as well as improving their back end.

The Ottawa Senators are looking to make a strong push for the playoffs since the Canadiens, who

are ahead of them, are in a slump right now. In order to do this, they have to improve their front

end. Good forwards are needed to achieve this and there are a few assets that other teams are

willing to move. The Sens should try to trade for Matt Duchene, Gabriel Landeskog, Thomas

Vanek, or Patrick Sharp. In my opinion, the best move that they could make would be for Patrick

Sharp because he is an excellent playmaker who can set up Dion Phaneuf.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a serious contender for the Stanley Cup this year. Their best bet for

a strong team every year would be to try to get as many draft picks and prospects as possible,

which will mean a steady influx of players for the years to come. To improve their current lineup,

they could get an experienced center with the ability to kill a penalty such as Patrick Sharp. The

team could also use an impact d-man such as Kevin Shattenkirk to finish their lineup.

The Calgary Flames are in the second wildcard spot and are looking to make their team stronger

for a playoff push and a stronger team next year. If they were to trade Brian Elliott, they might

be able to get a stronger #1 goalie such as Marc Andre-Fleury. A player like Carl Soderberg

would also fill their need for a strong third-line centerman.

The Vancouver Canucks are not having a good season this year and may need to consider a re-

build at this trade deadline. They need to acquire young and good new players by investing in

some first round draft picks. They have some high value trade assets such as Ryan Miller that

will help them get prospects and early round draft picks.

The Winnipeg Jets are currently five points out of a playoff spot. It is unlikely that they will

make the playoffs this year so I think that they should invest in a new goalie. This year, there are

many goalies looking to be traded such as Ben Bishop, Marc Andre-Fleury, Jaroslav Halak, and

Brian Elliott. If they choose to make a playoff push, they will try to get experienced forwards and

d-men.

The Edmonton Oilers are in a good playoff position for the first time in a very long time. There

are only a few moves that they can make to improve their team. They could possibly use a #1 d-

man such as Kevin Shattenkirk or a third-line center like Dan Boyle to add depth to the lineup.

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Junior Varsity Girls Basketball

The JV Girls Basketball team has had a rough season so far.

They recently competed in their last tournament of the sea-

son and have a few more games to determine their league

placement. In their home tournament, the girls had many

close games and finished only six points out of second place.

Coach Muir says that the team has lots of energy and they

are very supportive of one another making for an enjoyable

season.

Junior Varsity Boys Basketball The JV Boys Basketball team has only lost three games this

season making for a fairly strong showing in league play. The

team has won three tournaments and finished third in anoth-

er. “This team is very fast and their biggest strength is prob-

ably their speed,” stated Coach Spence.

By: Tanessa Morris

Senior Girls Buffs

The Senior Girls Basketball team has struggled this

season in league play but have had strong showings

in tournament play. The team placed second in

their home tournament, a recent tournament in

Canmore, and is poised to be very competitive in

upcoming zone playoffs. “This team is very fast.

They can be very aggressive, and when they work

hard, they can play some very good ball,” said

Coach Heminger.

Senior Boys Buffalos The Senior Boys Basketball team has had a very strong season

so far. Coach Rajab said that the season is going better than ex-

pected and they have a very strong group of grade tens playing.

This team has competed in five tournaments, and come away

with wins in four of them. “The team is very fast and hard to

stop,” said Mr. Rajab. The Senior Boys Basketball team recently

won their league championship and is looking forward to a

strong showing in zone playoffs.

Page 3 Issue IV, March 2017 OJ: Made in America, which was based on the trial of OJ Simpson. Taking a break from the awards, we had

Best Original Song Nominees Lin Manuel Miranda and Auli’i Cravalho perform “How Far I’ll Go” from Dis-

ney’s Moana. Next, the Academy honoured 4 of film’s best, including Jackie Chan, Anne V. Coates, Lynn

Stalmaster, and Frederick Wiseman, by presenting them with the Governor's Award. Following this, Viola

Davis took home her first Oscar when she received the Best

Supporting Actress Award for her work in Fences. Winning this

Oscar made Davis the first African American to win an Oscar,

Tony, and Emmy. Her acceptance speech was very moving as

she discussed dreams and being in the fine arts, it was arguably

the best speech of the night.

Afterwards, Zootopia took home the award for best animated

feature. La La Land received its first award of the night for

Best Production Design. The show took a detour when Jimmy

Kimmel brought in unsuspecting tourists to meet the Holly-

wood stars. One man named Gary even had Mahershala Ali

take a picture of him while holding his Oscar. After, Seth Rogen

and Michael J Fox honoured the Back to the Future movie and

Hacksaw Ridge received the award for Achievement in Film

Editing. La La Land then snagged its second Oscar of the night

for Achievement in Cinematography.

Jimmy Kimmel incorporated a segment of his talk show into the night by presenting an Oscar’s version of

“Reading Mean Tweets”. Following this, John Legend performed “City of Stars” and “Audition (Fools Who

Dream)” from La La Land. Both songs were nominated for Best Original Song. Not to be confused, the songs

were sung by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in the movie, but performed by Legend on stage. “City of Stars”

was given the award for Best Original Song featured in a film. Sara Bareilles performed a cover of “Both

Sides Now,” as a tribute to the actors and actresses that were lost in the past year.

Next, Jimmy Kimmel came up with a small skit in which he watched clips

of We Bought a Zoo, and made fun of Matt Damon. Once more, treats were

dropped from the ceiling, this time cookies and donuts which caused Hid-

den Figures star, Taraji P Henson to look to the ceiling in hopes that one

of the baskets would land by her, but to her dismay it went to her costar

Octavia Spencer who appeared to jokingly not share with Henson.

Damien Chazelle, director of hit movie La La Land, took home the Oscar for Best Director making him the

youngest Director in history to win this award. The next category was the Best Actor which controversially

went to Casey Affleck for his acting in the film, Manchester by the Sea. Best Actress came next and Emma

Stone continued her winning streak this year and took home her very first Oscar, making La La Land the

most awarded film of the night with 6 wins.

The show had been going off without a hitch right up until the final award for Best Picture. Warren Beatty

and Faye Dunaway came out to present the award and as Beatty opened the card there was obvious confu-

sion on his face and when he went to show Faye, she thought he was asking her to announce the winner, so

she announced La La Land for Best Picture. The theater erupted in applause as the cast and crew of La La

Land took the stage and speeches were underway when it was announced that there had been a mistake,

and Moonlight had actually won Best Picture. No one really knows how this mistake happened, as some peo-

ple are claiming there are two envelopes and others claim that there is only one. No matter the reason, this

mistake was a major one that will go down in Oscar history. The mishap was handled with

grace and afterwards Moonlight’s cast and crew took the stage and gave their acceptance

speeches for the award that was rightfully theirs.

The 2017 Awards season was without a doubt a memorable one. With

jaw dropping performances, amazing wins that created fine arts histo-

ry, and a few spectacles along the way.

Brooks Music Festival

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By: Katelin Hartling

The Brooks Music Festival is an annual performing arts “competition” held in Brooks and

open to both local and nearby talent. The word competition is in quotation marks because

the festival is not viewed as being competitive, but more as a master class for the partici-

pants to further their talents, although the participants can qualify for Provincials in

which they travel to Edmonton to compete. This year is the 22nd Annual Brooks Music

Festival running from March 27-31 and it appears to be shaping up to be a good one with

competitors in Strings, Speech, Guitar, Vocal Solos and Ensembles, Choral Singing, and

Band, in fact both the BCHS Concert and BCHS Jazz Band will be competing. After the

week long festival, around 20 participants will be asked to perform in either the Gala or

Grand concerts on April 4th and 5th the following week, and only a handful will be selected

to go to Provincials in May. If you are interested in watching any of the competitions or

Concerts, the dates are listed below The performers love an audience!

Monday March 27

9am-12pm--Piano-- Christian Reform

Church

1pm-4pm--Piano-- Christian Reform

Church

6pm-9pm--Piano-- Christian Reform

Church

Tuesday March 28

9am-11:30am--Strings--Trinity Lutheran

Church

9:30am-12pm--Choral-- Griffin Park

School

12:30pm-4pm-- Strings--Trinity Lutheran

Church

1pm-2:30pm-- Choral-- Griffin Park

School

6pm-9pm--Vocal/Musical Theatre--

Griffin Park School

Wednesday March 29

9am-12pm--Vocal--Trinity Lutheran

Church

9am-11:30am--Choral Speech-- Griffin

Park School

1pm-4pm--Vocal/Musical Theatre--

Griffin Park School

12:30pm-3:30pm--Solo Speech--Trinity

Lutheran Church

Thursday March 30

9am-12pm--Vocal--Trinity Lutheran

Church

9:30am-12pm--SJC Band--Saint Joseph's

Collegiate

1pm-4pm--Vocal/Musical Theatre--

Griffin Park School

1:15pm-3pm--SJC Band--Saint Joseph's

Collegiate

Friday March 31

9am-12pm--BCHS Band--Brooks Com-

posite High School

1pm-4pm--Band--Tilley School

Tuesday April 4

6pm-8pm--GALA CONCERT--Griffin

Park School

Wednesday April 5

6pm-8pm--GRAND CONCERT--Griffin Park

School

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The Secret of Surviving Grade 12 By: Syeda Hussain and Tanaeem Rehman DOs

Tip One: “Be proactive”

Teachers appreciate it when you take initiative in cer-

tain situations. Now that you are in grade twelve, teach-

ers leave things in your hands. While bitter sweet, you

can no longer afford to wait for the teacher to remember

to give you the test or assignment that you missed. Don’t

expect them to chase you.

Tip Two: “Take time to DE-stress”

Grade 12 is going to get hectic really quickly and if you

don't take time to relax and take a break you'll end up

overworking yourself and be burnt out. It's okay to take

an hour break in between studying, and we encourage it.

Taking a break will help you relax and also bring new

perspective to your homework.

Tip Three: “Get involved in clubs or teams”

If you’re someone who didn’t bother joining any club or

team for the past two and a half years, do it now!

There’s still time! While attending classes and going out

for lunch sounds delightful, you’d be surprised by the joy

that comes with being on a club/team. Not only do you

get to meet different people and contribute to the school,

you’ll also have great memories to look back on!

Tip Four: “Have Fun!”

Grade 12 is a crazy and exciting year. Enjoy it! There

are so many opportunities and events that take place

during this year and it will be your last year to make the

most of these opportunities with all of your friends.

Make everyday a memory that will last a lifetime. Alt-

hough grade 12 is chaotic and challenging, the journey

through makes it all worthwhile.

DON’Ts

Tip One: “Don’t Procrastinate,

Don’t Get Lazy, Don’t Slack Off!”

You’ve come this far, don’t give up

now! Stay on top of things. Grade 12

is stressful as is, you don’t need to

add to the stress by leaving every-

thing to the night before it’s due.

Even if you’ve been granted

“conditional acceptance”, grades still

matter (google “conditional”!) You

don’t want to lose the chance of get-

ting into your first choice program or

university just because you got care-

less. Stay focused!

Tip Two: “Don't pick a spare

with your friends”

Having a spare with your friends

may sound like a good idea but, it

has its downsides. A spare is good

for relieving stress and taking it

easy, however it's also good for

catching up on assignments and fin-

ishing work early. Guess how many

assignments you will finish early if

your friends ask you to come to

Tims? Absolutely none. We’re not

saying that this is true for all people

but for the students who get easily

distracted, having a spare with your

friends won't help.