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Every year at Buffalo Grove High School in suburban Chicago, about 50 guys and 50 girls from the senior class are nominated to be homecoming king and queen during Homecoming Week in October.


Every year at Buffalo Grove High School Buffalo Grove High School, or BG is a public high school located in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago. One of six four-year comprehensive high schools in Township High School District 214, serving portions of the Villages of Arlington Heights, Buffalo  in suburban Chicago, about 50 guys and 50 girls from the senior class are nominated to be homecoming Homecoming
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 king and queen during Homecoming Week in October. Usually it's a cheerleader and a jock who win, and this year was no exception. To the thunderous thun·der·ous  
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1. Producing thunder or a similar sound.

2. Loud and unrestrained in a way that suggests thunder: thunderous applause.
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, openly gay Ryan Cooperman--the cheerleader--and openly lesbian Jen Wohlner--the jock--were crowned king and queen at the school's coronation assembly on October 7.
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Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Dec 6, 2005
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