Noor Qureishy, The Rubicon, Managing Editor
Senior Noor Qureishy, in her fourth year on staff, is The Rubicon's Managing Editor. Qureishy is the Co-President of the Muslim Student Alliance group and utilizes her compassionate nature to write all types of, but especially long-form, journalism. Her summer job at Press Publications taught her valuable skills and expanded her journalistic knowledge. In the year to come, Qureishy hopes to explore how the new print and online editions of The Rubicon can coexist, and how both staffs can work together to improve quality coverage. When she isn't working diligently on The Rubicon, Qureishy enjoys reading fiction, writing in her journal, and hanging out with friends.
She can be reached at [email protected].
![[NEWS IN BRIEF] USC's annual blood drive cancelled](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/USC-BLOOD-DRIVE-CANCELLED-gif.gif)
![SECURITY SEAMUS. Security Account Manager Seamus Glewwe works on his laptop in the Huss security office. This is his sixth year on the job. He believes the community doesn't know how much time security spends protecting people's cars. "We're noticing people parked in a no parking zone and [that] they're going to get towed. We're noticing that on a snow emergency day, they parked on the wrong side of the road, and we're sending emails and letting people know," Glewwe said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DSC_7837-1200x800.jpg)
![[TRENDING] Ep. 1 Fantasy football with Jacob Colton](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Untitled-design-1.png)
![[HOW TO] Got time? Make slime.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/thumbnailnnnnnn.png)
![Senior Johnny Addicks O'Toole views the part of the RACE: Are we so different? exhibit at the Science Museum that discusses Native American mascots. "[The exhibit] grabbed my interest more than sitting in a classroom and reading about how science intersects with race," he said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_1177.jpg)
![Aggression, physical prowess, and hyper competitiveness all characterize the expectation of masculinity. "High school sports promote this idea of competition [...] they validate that masculinity," junior Henry Ziemer said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/hand.png)
![Common Ground last presented a set of monologues two years ago. "[This year], we are focusing on the idea behind students having more to their background than might meet the eye," junior Kathryn Schmechel said](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/common-ground-1.jpg)
![Last year, Science Alliance group members started preparing for Science Olympiad a little later than they would have liked. “It was more independent and people just individually prepared [for Science Olympiad last year]. We still made it to state, but this year we would like to be prepared earlier on,” co-president Navodhya Samarakoon said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/science-alliance.jpg)
![Fear is an enjoyable experience for students in controlled, safe situations. "The fact that there isn't a physical threat to you while you watch a movie [allows you] to be scared but still have fun," junior Justine Miller said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/steph-illustration.jpg)
![Sophomore Lauren Datta sticks a post-it-note on the HerSpace’s body mural. “There’s something about writing [what you love about your body] down, and actually committing it to paper that makes it seem a little more real,” HerSpace co-president Maggie Vlietstra said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/body-day-900x600.jpg)
![A large crowd gathered at the Mall of America to support the National eating disorder
Association’s charity walk “People don’t really understand what eating disorders are ... [the walks are] good because it’s having everyday people come out of their lives and do things for other people,” said freshman Ellie Findell.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Another-NEDA-pic-run-for-a-cause--900x643.jpg)
![Sophomore Hannah Stanley uses social media for activism. "[A]ll you have to do is click share. [Social media is a] way to get your point across in a few words," she said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_9624-900x600.jpg)
![Prominent CAIR contributors, including Joshua Salaam of Native Deen and Jaylani Hussain, the Executive Director of CAIR gather for a red carpet photo shortly after the 2015 Benefit gala ends. “If you’re new to CAIR, going to the gala is a good educational opportunity to see what’s going on [regarding civil rights in America],” sophomore Heba Sandozi said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Caption-913-900x598.jpg)
![Upper School History Teacher Nan Dreher teaches her senior spring elective, Women of History in the World on Jan. 29. “There are a lot of voices that don’t get heard in history...[this course] is a start,” senior Mattie Daub said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Womens-History.png)
![Junior Tessa Rauch reads The Amulet of Samarkand, the first book of The Bartimaeus Trilogy. “It's interesting because its not really set in any time period that we know...it feels like the 1800s but the technology is advanced. [It’s like the] last days of the British empire," Rauch said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tessa-beat-a-pic.jpg)
![Sophomore Heba Sandozi often explores novels like This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper on her kindle in her free time. “[This is Where I Leave You] is really honest about human emotion,” she said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/heba-beat-pic.jpg)
![JUnior nina zietlow rehearses the flower corps dance for Clara’s Dream. “It takes a lot of work because [in the picture] the part I’m doing you have to do with your partner, and to stay together and be in sync while still being expressive with the movement is hard,” Zietlow said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sdeftrbgynhujminhumjicvgy.jpg)
![Sophomore Sarah Murad explores Movenote’s features, an app which is especially helpful in her Spanish class, allowing her to tape and send recordings of her speaking Spanish for her teacher to assess. “Talking [in Spanish] helps me learn, but I don’t like the program,” she said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/photo-2-1-1.jpg)
![PHYSICAL COMEDY COACH STEVE EPP demonstrates how to do a controlled, comedic fall. “[Epp is] doing a series of exercises with the cast, thinking about isolating different parts of their bodies…[teaching them] how to be completely in control of [their] bodies while making it look like they’re not in control,” US Theater Director Eric Severson said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/physical-comedy.png)
![Sophomore Tabeer Naqvi explores the programs available on the iMacs in the Upper library. “[you can use them] when you have those projects where you have to put in pictures or make videos...compared to the computers we have now, there’s so much more we can do on them,” she said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Macs.jpg)
![Sophomore Stephanie Li checks her World History folder in Google Drive after school, working hard to stay organized and keep up with her latest assignments. “[Google Drive] is for the most part effective in the classroom… if you’re traveling you can’t really use it but it’s easy for teachers and students to access, it helps with organizations and it saves things automatically so it’s more reliable than Word,” she said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Capture7.jpg)
![A lot of people have
dogs and cats, [having a
hedgehog] is like going
to the zoo every day," Kirby said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/stella.jpg)
