Emily Thissen, RubicOnline Opinions Editor
Online Opinions Editor Emily Thissen has been a Rubicon staff member since her freshman year of high school and has enjoyed her role of reporting and editing for the Rubicon. She enjoys playing as a mid fielder on the SPA Varsity soccer team with her friends as well as pursuing her passion for traveling around the world. Her favorite place she has traveled to is Thailand but she also liked Africa and would like to go back to possibly catch a glimpse of her favorite animal, the giraffe. If she had to choose, third grade would be Emily’s favorite year because she recalls being in a class with many of her good friends. Emily, being a very social person, enjoys staying up late with her friends at the Minnesota State Fair eating a bucket of Sweet Martha’s cookies and waking up in the morning to start the day with a warm plate of hash browns.
![[The 5] Minneapolis taxpayers, Vote counting machines, Elections in Ecuador and more](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-5-1.jpg)
![[The 5] Hands off protest, the future of tariffs, Chinese economies and more](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-5.jpg)
![UNITED. Black Student Alliance members chat and eat snacks in the East Conference Room in the library. Junior Boki Mullataa, “I joined BSU to participate in an environment [where] I was welcomed in and […] where a lot of people share some of the same experiences.”](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_2526-e1744597165294-1200x800.jpg)
![EXPERIMENTATION. Senior June Dalton finds that working in the advanced art classes at SPA has helped her try new things with her work: “[the class] definitely encourages you to explore mediums or sizes or any type of art that you may not have been comfortable with," Dalton said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_7357-1200x900.jpeg)
![[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)
![[MIC'D UP] Miles Vogenthaler brings the action in section playoffs against Nova](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/RUBICON-thumbnail-e1741720948191-1200x677.png)
![The Boys Hockey team huddles in Drake. “For [the Boys Hockey team], it’s kind of like a collection of memories," Boys Hockey captain Adam Zukowski said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2.jpg)
![The Girls Varsity volleyball team hosted Academy of Holy Angels for their Dig Pink game on Oct. 17. "It's an amazing event because volleyball teams all over the country do [Dig Pink], and we are able to raise a ton of money and support a great cause," senior volleyball captain Emily Dieperink said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Dig-Pink-photo-one.jpg)
![Director of Athletics Dawn Wickstrum and Upper School Athletic Director Andrea Schmidt worked on new policies for the athletic department. As part of new developments in the athletic department, a screen was added in the athletic hallway. “We got a TV screen [in the athletic hallway] and all announcement stuff will go there, and all of that information will also be online," Wickstrum said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ad-1.jpg)
![Sophomore Erin McNamer poses for a picture taken when she was seven. According to McNamer, she has been a good listener since she was young, picking up the skill from her experience being the youngest child. “From listening to [my siblings;] stories I have been able to figure out what to do with my own experiences,” McNamer said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/onlinerin.png)
