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The Rubicon

The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

The Rubicon

WOMEN IN SPORTS. Speaker Anna Goorevich focused her talk on the importance of Title IX, pay equity, and women coaching across collegiate athletics.

Anna Goorevich dives into the world of sports

Tommy Verhey, Director of RubicOnline April 28, 2023

Anna Goorevich is a Ph.D. student in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota. Having played Division-3 soccer in college, Goorevich focuses her work on the role of gender in coaching duties,...

MAPPING THE METEOR. The crash site was discovered at the edge of Washington County along the Mississippi River on the south end of Inver Grove Heights.

U of M geologists discover Inver Grove meteor site

Avery Liu, Staff Writer October 27, 2022
The discovery of a meteor crash site in Minnesota could have a significant impact on knowledge regarding the atmosphere and outer space.
Moriearty currently teaches criminal law classes as well as some undergraduate classes on race, justice, and incarceration at the University of Minnesota. She is also a co-director of the clinical program at the law school, where she gets to represent and guide her law students in real-life cases.

[WORK/LIFE] Advocating for the incarcerated: Moriearty’s career path though her passion for social justice

Hazel Waltenbaugh, The Rubicon October 21, 2021
Perry Moriearty is an Associate Professor of Law and the Co-Director of Law Clinics at the University of Minnesota. She teaches criminal law, juvenile justice and co-directs the Child Advocacy & Juvenile Justice Clinic.
Antibody testing is the key to opening the United States in a way that ensures safety to the population.

How do we gain better control and knowledge of COVID-19? Anti-body tests.

Elizabeth Trevathan, RubicOnline April 30, 2020
How will the country begin to return to normal? Anti-body tests.
CHEER ON BERNIE. Sanders engages with the crowd as they shout chants and encouragements and raise signs printed with his name to show their support. His voice and words do not quit the crown instead it makes them raise their signs higher.

BEHIND THE LENS: Liepins captures Sanders rally

Nikolas Liepins, Contributor November 14, 2019
Passionate chants of “Not me. Us.” — a Bernie Sanders campaign slogan — burst from the sea of Sanders supporters in Williams Arena (The Barn) on the University of Minnesota’s East Bank campus.
O'Brien shows students ways vape companies market to a younger audience: fun and crazy flavored juices are just one of these methods.

Dangers of vaping: speaker debunks the trend

Adrienne Gaylord, The Rubicon September 9, 2019
Pediatrician Dr. Janna Gewirtz O'Brien showed students the facts.
Hundreds of books make up the list of banned books in prisons.

“The Section of Disapproved Books” exhibit tells a strong tale of censorship

Kelby Wittenberg, RubicOnline Editor November 15, 2018
“The Section of Disapproved Books” at the Weisman Art Museum showcases the ridiculous censorship laws that some states have around inmate literature.
Students from Mingde pose together at the beginning of their SPA exchange trip.

First Chinese Exchange explores The American Dream

News in Brief January 17, 2017
Students from China visit SPA for the first-ever exchange, Jan. 15-21.
Junior Emilia Topp-Johnson introduces fungal endophytes into corn plants. She has been doing this work on the University of Minnesota for 5 years.  “This year, I intend to conduct a more long term series of projects around the theme of terraformation, the end goal of which would be to further the understanding of what it would take to cultivate plants on Mars,” Topp-Johnson said.

Topp-Johnson researches whether fungi can make corn stronger

Noah Solomon, Staff Writer December 12, 2016
For Emilia Topp-Johnson, corn kernels may be the ticket to the interstellar travel.
Andrea Sachs receives her doctorate in  American Studies. “[My studies] helped me polish my craft as a historian and also helped me polish my craft as a teacher,” Sachs said.

Sachs translates Ph.D. research skills to school environment

Javier Whitaker-Castañeda, Managing Editor March 17, 2016
Ph.D. profile: Dr. Andrea Sachs

Senior Matthew Fiedler signs to University of Minnesota for baseball

Aditi Kulkarni, Editor-in-Chief December 14, 2012

On Nov. 15, senior Matthew Fiedler made his decision to attend the University of Minnesota for playing D1 Baseball official. The school hosted the ceremony during x-period while friends, family, and coaches...

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