![ACTIONS SPEAK. Tents on the Northrop Mall at the University of Minnesota on May 5. Sam Konstan (SPA ‘21), a U of M student, said, "How much [the tent encampment] affects somebody’s day-to-day life is a combination of a choice and their schedule.“ However, he added, "the discussions around [the protests] were a lot harder to avoid.” (Photo Reprinted with Permission from Winter Keefer, MinnPost)](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/UofMPalestineEncampment_Keefer.png)
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![FOCUS. Hazel McCarthy plays as a defender during the fall soccer season. "Playing club soccer over the summer helps prepare [me] for school soccer,” she said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Hazel.jpg)
![SHOW SKIING. Adele Gjerde started show skiing practices on Monday. Show skiing is a competitive water sport with jumps, pyramids, and other impressive stunts. “I really like how team-building it is because [for] our pyramids, I have to trust everybody beneath me and they have to trust everybody above them,” Gjerde said. Photo submitted by Adele Gjerde.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/C764CFB9-8049-44A8-9371-03468C70316C.jpeg)
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![BOOKS UNITE. Book Club members come together in the math classroom to celebrate the class of 2024 before senior projects. Junior Grace Medrano said, "We [Medrano and Raven Glaser] took over last month [as the new leaders], so we’ll be running it next year." (Submitted photo by Grace Medrano)](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/book-club-photo-e1716433081952.jpg)
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Culture Fair invites sharing of heritage and identity
The Upper School Culture Fair debuted in the cafeteria yesterday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Dozens of students prepared poster boards and cultural artifacts to share in a lively environment filled with food, chatter and music. Upper School Council planned the event.
MEANINGFUL ART. At the Indian culture booth, students had the opportunity to add their own designs to the rangoli. "This right here is rangoli. It's like an art design in India that's usually done in the front of the houses on holidays to protect the house from bad spirits," sophomore Shefali Meagher said.
