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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

DESIGN. HerSpace members use their computers to create stickers.

Celebrating International Women’s day with HerSpace

Murphy Miltner, RubicOnline March 11, 2025
To celebrate International Women's Day, HerSpace made stickers in the design lab.
A HUNDRED BUCKS. Advisories plan on spending their money in completely different ways. Senior Ronnie Dixon said, "We just couldn't really figure out what we wanted to do. So Ms. Schmidt was like, ‘Maybe we should buy snacks’. So we just bought a bunch of everything."

Advisories cash in on $100 payouts

Aarushi Bahadur, Director of RubicOnline March 10, 2025
How are advisories spending this newfound cash?
[The 5] Minnesota budgets, Utah's fluoride, Chinese tariffs and more

[The 5] Minnesota budgets, Utah’s fluoride, Chinese tariffs and more

Allan Wang, Audrey Jansen, and Peter Lipinsky March 9, 2025
The five weekly must read local, national and international news articles.
TIME OUT. For sophomore Roman Hozalski, the dominant feeling following the Tik Tok ban was dismay. “I was very disappointed and I didn’t really understand the reasoning behind it…I think, just in the short time frame [TikTok] was banned, it wasn’t really that bad.”

TikTok ban changes app use for some, leaves all with questions

Zahir Hassan, Henry Cammack, and Miles Huebner March 5, 2025
One month from the end of the 75 day extension, there seems to be no solution to the Tik Tok ban.
TRI-SPORT ATHENA. Senior Julia Taylor is named the 2025 Athena. Taylor plays three sports at school: volleyball, basketball and track. (Graphic: created by Zimo Xie, © Gstudio/Adobe Stock volleyball balloon sport equipment icon, © DOAN/Adobe Stock basketball ball, © kavya/Adobe Stock Solid Sneakers icon, photo submitted by Julia Taylor)

2025 Athena Award crowned to Julia Taylor

Zimo Xie, Creative Design Manager March 4, 2025
Senior Julia Taylor is the recipient of the 2025 Athena Award for female athletes in leadership.
STATE FUNDING. Governor Walz's recent budget proposal would remove state funding from private schools. (Made with Canva using images from thailerd, Mrfa Studio and Billion Photos)

Walz proposes budget cuts eliminating private school funding

Greyson Sale, Production Manager March 3, 2025
In a recent budget proposal, Governor Walz proposed eliminating all state funding to private schools.
[The 5] A new fast food chain, car racing tradition, the Twin Cities 10-mile and Marathon and more

[The 5] A new fast food chain, car racing tradition, the Twin Cities 10-mile and Marathon and more

Allan Wang, Audrey Jansen, and Peter Lipinsky March 2, 2025
The five weekly must read local, national and international news articles.
EMPTY SHELVES. Grocery stores across Minnesota are devoid of eggs and low on supplier resources.

Bird flu raises egg prices across Minnesota

Aarushi Bahadur February 28, 2025
Avian influenza (H5N1), commonly known as bird flu has contributed to a shortage of eggs in grocery stores and higher egg prices.
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) speaks during a press conference with fellow Democratic senators calling on the Trump administration to continue Medicare drug price negotiations on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 22, 2025. REUTERS/Jon Cherry

Medicaid’s future uncertain under new administration

Juan Miguel Adams, Managing Editor February 27, 2025
Threatened cuts to Medicaid—one of the largest public health programs utilized by one in five Americans—could leave millions of people without healthcare.
SWIFT SIGNINGS. President Donald Trump signs one of over 20 executive orders during his first day in office. These signings set a record for the most by any president on their inaugural day. A Junior, Echo Dayton said, "I do not know if this is common, just to start passing all these rules … I think it is an abuse of power."

Cite: @White House on X, Public Domain, January 20, 2025

A nation in transition: Trump’s executive orders influencing major change

Izzy Middlebrook, Olivia Fox, and Eva Burns February 26, 2025
Following a slew of executive orders, students recognize the different ways the orders impact their lives.
Too many days off school?

Too many days off school?

Lucy Thomas, RubicOnline February 25, 2025
The cold has subtracted two days from 2025 so far, and the weeks have been short with holidays and PD days.
[The 5]High temps, Casualties by avalanche, Mineral deals, and more.

[The 5]High temps, Casualties by avalanche, Mineral deals, and more.

Allan Wang, Audrey Jansen, and Peter Lipinsky February 24, 2025
The five weekly must read local, national and international news articles.
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