John Wilhelm , Staff Writer
John Wilhelm is a senior at SPA, and joined Rubicon just recently in 2013. He is currently working as a staff writer. His hobbies include debate and fencing, both of which he pursues avidly in and outside of school. In his spare time, he enjoys creative writing short stories, one of which, “‘Of Custodians, Airships, and Mattresses,” won him the Cum Laude Paper award for SPA in 2013.
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![Student Political Union (SPU) members (from left) freshman Raffi Toghramadjian, freshman Ellis Tomlinson, freshman Liam McVea, sophomore George Stiffman, senior Connor Allen, sophomore Will Donaldson, freshman Andrew Michael, junior Zeeshawn Abid, senior Nick Cohen, junior Haris Hussain, Upper School debate teacher Aaron Shuler, senior Bryant Carlson, senior Carter Rients, senior Lowell Naas, junior Shaan Bijwadia, and junior Jordan Hughes regularly discuss controversial and politically divisive topics like the State of the Union address. “This [speech] is the first major thing Obama has done, where he’s departed from his platform of change,” Bijwadia said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Capture1.jpg)
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