![[The 5] U of M rally, zombie buildings, Joe Tay bounty and more](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-5-2.jpg)
![READ-ALOUD. Librarian Cat Mullen's talent would encourage listeners to share her passion. "I feel like my greatest skill is reading. So maybe I would read a dramatic rendition of something...like the book I'm reading now, the new Hunger Games book. I'd make a BookTok and read a very dramatic part but leave it on a cliffhanger so then people would come [to the library]."](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_8226-1200x900.jpg)
![[STORY BEHIND THE STORY] Social Media Manager Mariam Malik stops those Spartans](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Mariam-pod-image-1200x800.jpeg)
![[TRENDING] Ep. 5 Influenced or influencer? Students respond](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Copy-of-P-dcast-1200x800.png)
![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.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Thomas-podcast-photo-1200x900.jpeg)
- Class of 2025 begin senior projects on Apr. 28.
- Sonia Kharbanda named Free Spirit Scholar. She will represent Minnesota at a Freedom Forum conference in Washington D.C. this summer.
- Congratulations to Annie Zhang, the MN Journalist of the Year runner-up.
- The Rubicon is named NSPA Pacemaker finalist. Winners will be announced Apr. 28.
- Want more photos? Find them in the yearbook galleries on the Ibid Flickr.
![ALL SMILES. Freshman Juliette Smith smiles coming off of her first run. This was her first IMAC race in high school and she placed 30th overall. “[The season] is feeling pretty good so far,” Smith said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ALL-SMILES-1200x801.jpg)
![CIRCLE UP. The boats warm up by doing the circle up drill. “[The drill] just helps with bow handling and helps us get warmed up,” Adi Narayan said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Circle-up-1200x800.jpg)
