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The Rubicon

one of my ideas was to make it My Little Pony themed [because] in beats we have four groups and they all produce work different weeks, so we split them into groups. And last year it was Minion-themed, so in my presentation, I wanted to have a little fun thing, so I was just like, ‘Oh, we should do a My Little Pony theme.’ And then, you know, we turned it into the theme of the year. And now we have four groups. We have team Twilight Sparkle. We have team Princess Cadence– is she a princess? Guys, I need to know my My Little Pony better. And then we have team Princess Celestia and team Princess Luna.

[STORY BEHIND THE STORY] Pony groups. Monthly deadlines. Beat magic with Thomas Chen

Amanda Hsu, The Rubicon February 27, 2025
Beats Manager Thomas Chen wrangles all the My Little Pony groups, working with every member of The Rubicon and RubicOnline staff.
LEADER. Annie Zhang focuses her leadership on mentoring and developing the next generation of Rubicon journalists. As Zhang wraps up her final months with the print staff, she hopes to leave a lasting impact.

[STORY BEHIND THE STORY] Editor-in-chief Annie Zhang explains the EIC experience

Amanda Hsu, The Rubicon February 6, 2025
Zhang chats with Amanda Hsu about her motivations, goals, leadership and memories as EIC.
[STORY BEHIND THE STORY] How does CVE Georgia Ross design The Rubicon?

[STORY BEHIND THE STORY] How does CVE Georgia Ross design The Rubicon?

Amanda Hsu, The Rubicon December 8, 2024
Ross chats with Amanda Hsu about her journey on staff and her design processes.
BEHIND THE MOVIES. The Rubicon A&E editor, Peter Ostrem, has been writing monthly movie reviews for his beat since last September. Now, he's leveling up his trademark "Off-screen With Ostrem," expanding from one review per month to two. This year, he’ll dive into both a nostalgic classic and a fresh release each month.

[STORY BEHIND THE STORY] The Off-screen experience of “Off-Screen With Ostrem”

Amanda Hsu, The Rubicon October 22, 2024
Peter Ostrem is known for taking movies off the screen, but this time, Amanda Hsu flips the script on him.
BEHIND THE SCENES. Sonia Kharbanda interviewed five new teachers: Librarian assistant, Tina Tsui; math teacher, Jack Kinseth; english teacher, Meghan Joyce; councelor, Jake Turnbloom; and math teacher Rane Bice.

[STORY BEHIND THE STORY] Sonia Kharbanda’s “Two truths and one lie,” teachers edition

Amanda Hsu, The Rubicon September 18, 2024
Amanda Hsu chats with The Rubicon opinions editor Sonia Kharbanda about her recent "Two truths one lie" story featuring various teachers. Look for it in the September Issue on stands Sept. 24.
BEHIND THE STORY. Writers Lani Ngonethong, Tamari Christopher and Elizabeth Tuttle put together a three-part story tracking student elections.

[STORY BEHIND THE STORY] Election continuous coverage

Aarushi Bahadur, Director of RubicOnline May 31, 2024
Take a listen to the behind the scenes of the last story that qualified RubicOnline for the SNO Distinguished Site award this year.
In this podcast, Nora McKoy talks with Opinion Editor Siri Pattison to discuss the story behind creating "Now, that's a Wrapped" A&E story.

[STORY BEHIND THE STORY] “Now, that’s a Wrapped” with Siri Pattison

Nora McKoy, RubicOnline April 18, 2024
In this podcast, Nora McKoy talks with Opinion Editor Siri Pattison to discuss the story behind creating "Now, that's a Wrapped" A&E story.
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