The Rubicon

Classist assumptions during distance learning is harmful

Not all students have such easy access to the resources to pull off complete distance learning.

October 24, 2020

It’s crucial that the administration at St. Paul Academy should understand that not everyone has the privilege of technologies and their counterparts.

Tags: administration, classism, covid, COVID-19, distance, distance learning, SPA

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: what faculty is reading that you should too

SPA faculty and staff members discuss how to better implement diversity into their curriculum, organized by Director of Intercultural Life Naomi Taylor.

Lynn Reynolds, RubicOnline

October 23, 2020

Here are the Instagram pages and books that SPA faculty and staff look at.

Tags: Arts and entertainment, booklist, books, dei, director of intercultural life naomi taylor, diversity, mea, minnesota educator academy, summer reading

Volleyball falls to Minnehaha, adjusts to COVID-19

Liv Larsen, RubicOnline

October 23, 2020

The volleyball team played Minnehaha Academy on Wednesday with several adjustments as a precaution against COVID-19 including face masks and no spectators.

Tags: COVID-19, ellie rosso, lizzie krystal, MSHSL, Riley Erben, ruby hoeschen, Solvej Eversoll, tana ososki, volleyball

[STAFF EDITORIAL] Volunteers needed now more than ever

Volunteering offers support for the high number of people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, while also providing a way to make change for students.

RubicOnline Staff

October 23, 2020

Get involved: start a personal passion project or join a global initiative.

Tags: community, COVID-19, mission, rubiconline editorial, Volunteering

Boom Island memorial ceremony dedicates site to survivors of sexual assault

Mosaics at Boom island show the first mosaic shows a victim all alone, as the mosaics progress, the community holds up the survivor.

Carys Hardy, Staff Writer

October 22, 2020

The survivor's memorial is the first of its kind and the only one in the United States.

Tags: assault, Boom Island, community, Dedication, memorial, Sexual Assault

[SUSTAINABILITY & ETHICS] Start small, go big: education v.s. limitation

What is the Zero Waste Movement? What is the Low Impact Movement?

Elizabeth Trevathan, Director of RubicOnline

October 22, 2020

Every city, organization, business, and person who has implemented a Zero Waste plan or lifestyle has a slightly different definition of the term.

Tags: ethics, low impact movement, sustainability, SUSTAINABILITY & ETHICS, zero waste movement

[SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT] Hot Hands Pie & Biscuits warms up the winter with tasty treats

This is one of the many pie that is sold at Hot Hands Pie & Biscuit.

Alexandra Cardwell, RubicOnline

October 21, 2020

The name says it all; Hot Hands Pie & Biscuit, located on Snelling Avenue, sells delicious pies, biscuit-sandwiches, pastries, coffees, and more.

Tags: buiscuits, business, Hot Hands, pie

[The 5] October snow storm impacts Minnesota, U.S. withdrawals from the WHO, Controversial human challenge studies in the UK and more.

Annika Rock, RubicOnline

October 20, 2020

The 5 is a weekly digest of local, national and international news.

Tags: human challenge studies, president trump, snow storm, the 5

The first amendment protects hate speech; that doesn’t mean it should be tolerated

The United Nations defined hate speech as “any kind of communication in speech, writing or behavior, that attacks or uses pejorative or discriminatory language with reference to a person or a group on the basis of who they are, in other words, based on their religion, ethnicity, nationality, race, colour, descent, gender or other identity factors.”

Eloise Duncan, The Rubicon

October 17, 2020

Just because hate speech is protected by the First Amendment in the United States Constitution doesn’t mean that it can’t cause harm. There are no governmental consequences for using hate speech, but should it still be tolerated by the general public? First of all, what is hate speech, and what...