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The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

The Rubicon

The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

The Rubicon

Students sit in the Huss Center auditorium to watch short films. “Even if [Superzeroes] is kind of a mediocre movie, I like being on the radar,” senior Calla Saunders said.

Student Movie Night invites imagination and creativity

Boraan Abdulkarim, Editor-in-Chief May 1, 2016
The two films submitted for Student Movie Night include "SuperZeroes" directed by senior Calla Saunders and "Blooper Reel" directed by senior Karsten Runquist. Saunders won this year's SPASMA award.
Senior Karsten Runquist uses the Thanksgiving turkey filter. Snapchat recently added face filters. "In all seriousness it just looks the coolest because it's 3D," Runquist said.

Snapchat filters happiness

Gitanjali Raman, Online Managing Editor December 8, 2015
Snapchat added two new features: trophies and filters.

2015-16 student officers elected

Clare Tipler, Sports Editor May 1, 2015
USC, SAC, and DC officers were elected for coming school year on Apr. 21.
Junior Karsten Ruquist shoots his short movie Separation, which tells the story of two tragically separated rubber fish lovers, and is one of three short film projects he's finished so far this year. "I've tried to make one big movie every year, but I realized that  I really wanted to make more so I challenged myself to do this,” Runquist said.

Short films serve as creative outlets, exploratory forms

Eva Perez-Greene, Editor-in-Chief December 25, 2014
Junior Karsten Runquist expresses himself through a short filmmaking project.
Junior Karsten Runquist experiments with electricity at the Bakken Museum.

Students have electrifying time at Bakken Museum

Nina Zietlow, Feature Editor November 5, 2014

While other students filed into their classrooms and prepared for a regular school day, St. Paul Academy and Summit school students in British Literature II filed onto a bus for another kind of learning,...

Sophomores Karsten Ruinquist and Sam Matenaer are excited for this season, “we have a small team that is pretty young, but we still have pretty strong swimmers. We have a new coach this year and we’re excited to be able to work with her," Matenaer said.

Winter Sports Preview: Boys Swimming and Diving looks forward to season with good spirits

John Wilhelm and Thomas Toghramadjian November 22, 2013

Coming off of a successful season, the SPA-Highland cooperative boys swimming team has set a high bar for this year. Three swimmers, including SPA sophomores Karsten Runquist and Sam Matenaer, qualified...

Students escape to cozy cabins for fun and relaxation after school lets out

Students escape to cozy cabins for fun and relaxation after school lets out

Ava Gallagher, Chief Visual Editor May 31, 2013

As the dread of finals slowly but surely encroaches on high school students, escape becomes an understandable necessity. In addition to the stress of finals, extra-curricular activities, homework, college...

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