Senior Speech Illustrations: Week 1

Iya Abdulkarim

Iya Abdulkarim, The Rubicon Editor
September 15, 2016

This year’s senior speakers will have their favorite line illustrated and published here, on RubicOnline.com, weekly. Speakers will be contacted after delivering their speeches. The first senior speakers of the year were Emily Schoonover, Peter Schavee, Austin Leiby, and Colin O’Hern.

 

Upcoming Senior Speeches (Friday, Sept. 16):

  • Samantha Bluhm
  • Weston Lombard
  • Ellie Brass
  • Heba Sandozi
"Please don't approach me after the speech and tell me how much you like to eat avocado by itself. I know some of you exist but, just shhh...," senior Emily Schoonover said during her speech on Friday, Sept. 9.
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“Please don’t approach me after the speech and tell me how much you like to eat avocado by itself. I know some of you exist but, just shhh…,” senior Emily Schoonover said during her speech on Friday, Sept. 9.

 

"Sometimes I feel that even the littlest things are hidden from me, like with Lee Ann Chin’s Mongolian Chicken plate. People try to influence you at every turn, put labels on you like conservative, geek, hockey boy, but that shouldn’t prevent you from seizing the full potential of your life, that shouldn’t stop you from doing your thing," senior Peter Schavee said during his speech on Friday, Sept. 9.
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“Sometimes I feel that even the littlest things are hidden from me, like with Lee Ann Chin’s Mongolian Chicken plate. People try to influence you at every turn, put labels on you like conservative, geek, hockey boy, but that shouldn’t prevent you from seizing the full potential of your life, that shouldn’t stop you from doing your thing,” senior Peter Schavee said during his speech on Friday, Sept. 9.

 

"Some of us may come from the same general origin, but our individuality is not something to be looked over," senior Austin Leiby said during his speech on Friday, Sept. 9.
“Some of us may come from the same general origin, but our individuality is not something to be looked over,” senior Austin Leiby said during his speech on Friday, Sept. 9.

 

"The real beginning starts when everyone stands up not only for themselves, but for the person next to them and everyone else, demanding for freedom from this discrimination that has torn apart our country," senior Colin O'Hern said during his speech on Friday, Sept. 9.
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“The real beginning starts when everyone stands up not only for themselves, but for the person next to them and everyone else, demanding for freedom from this discrimination that has torn apart our country,” senior Colin O’Hern said during his speech on Friday, Sept. 9.