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The Rubicon

The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

The Rubicon

SAVE ACT. The bill calls for voters to show documented proof of citizenship in person when registering to vote. The SAVE act was proposed in the House in January

The SAVE act may complicate voting for citizens too

Lani Ngonethong, Rubicon Online March 15, 2025
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) act would require citizens to show proof of citizenship to be eligible to vote; the goal of the bill is to prevent "Illegal aliens" from voting.
SNAP INTO SPRING. Check back in April for regular reporting. (Ibid Photo)

Students on spring break until April, regular reporting to resume next month

Aarushi Bahadur, Director of RubicOnline March 15, 2025
Upper School spring break is from March 14 - March 31. RubicOnline will not be regularly updated until April when our reporters return to school.
Proud prize winners, juniors Shefali Meagher and Huxley Westemeier, along with senior Deling Chen, smile with their awards. Meagher won fourth, Westemeier and Chen won sixth and seventh in the oral presentation category.

ASR returns to Sioux Falls

Annie Zhang, Rubicon March 14, 2025
Student scientists competed at Sioux Falls South Dakota and placed 4th 6th and 7th.
ACRONYM APPROACH. Ahead of conferences, students have been asked to utilize the Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan, also known as WOOP, strategy to set goals.

Changes to conferences aim to prioritize student input and initiative

Wynter Feiner, The Rubicon March 13, 2025
students reflect on this year's conference preparation
(Flickr Creative Commons Image: Jan Hammershaug)

Understaffed nursing homes in Minnesota feel the pain of federal policy

Sonia Kharbanda, The Rubicon March 13, 2025
This segment was produced as part of the ThreeSixty Journalism Capitol reporting workshop.
CULTIVATING COMPASSION. SASH co-leader Cerena Karmaliani informs the community on sexual harassment statistics before guiding them through hypothetical reporting scenarios. The resources, acquired through a conference at the Sexual Violence Center, are available to all students.

SASH-led assembly calls attention to harassment culture

Annika Kim, The Rubicon March 12, 2025
Led by seniors Cerena Karmaliani and Serene Kalugdan, Students Against Sexual Harassment has been collaborating with administration on the school’s sexual harassment policy over the past year.
DESIGN. HerSpace members use their computers to create stickers.

Celebrating International Women’s day with HerSpace

Murphy Miltner, RubicOnline March 11, 2025
To celebrate International Women's Day, HerSpace made stickers in the design lab.
A HUNDRED BUCKS. Advisories plan on spending their money in completely different ways. Senior Ronnie Dixon said, "We just couldn't really figure out what we wanted to do. So Ms. Schmidt was like, ‘Maybe we should buy snacks’. So we just bought a bunch of everything."

Advisories cash in on $100 payouts

Aarushi Bahadur, Director of RubicOnline March 10, 2025
How are advisories spending this newfound cash?
[The 5] Minnesota budgets, Utah's fluoride, Chinese tariffs and more

[The 5] Minnesota budgets, Utah’s fluoride, Chinese tariffs and more

Allan Wang, Audrey Jansen, and Peter Lipinsky March 9, 2025
The five weekly must read local, national and international news articles.
TIME OUT. For sophomore Roman Hozalski, the dominant feeling following the Tik Tok ban was dismay. “I was very disappointed and I didn’t really understand the reasoning behind it…I think, just in the short time frame [TikTok] was banned, it wasn’t really that bad.”

TikTok ban changes app use for some, leaves all with questions

Zahir Hassan, Henry Cammack, and Miles Huebner March 5, 2025
One month from the end of the 75 day extension, there seems to be no solution to the Tik Tok ban.
TRI-SPORT ATHENA. Senior Julia Taylor is named the 2025 Athena. Taylor plays three sports at school: volleyball, basketball and track. (Graphic: created by Zimo Xie, © Gstudio/Adobe Stock volleyball balloon sport equipment icon, © DOAN/Adobe Stock basketball ball, © kavya/Adobe Stock Solid Sneakers icon, photo submitted by Julia Taylor)

2025 Athena Award crowned to Julia Taylor

Zimo Xie, Creative Design Manager March 4, 2025
Senior Julia Taylor is the recipient of the 2025 Athena Award for female athletes in leadership.
STATE FUNDING. Governor Walz's recent budget proposal would remove state funding from private schools. (Made with Canva using images from thailerd, Mrfa Studio and Billion Photos)

Walz proposes budget cuts eliminating private school funding

Greyson Sale, Production Manager March 3, 2025
In a recent budget proposal, Governor Walz proposed eliminating all state funding to private schools.
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