Krista Schlinger, The Rubicon, Opinions Editor
Sophomore Krista Schlinger is the Opinions Editor for the print edition of The Rubicon and is in her first year as an editor, previously working as a staff writer. Besides working hard to fulfill her Rubicon duties, Schlinger enjoys reading. Her favorite book is currently The Fault in Our Stars. Schlinger’s favorite breakfast food is pancakes and her favorite MN state fair food is a stack of cookies from the incredibly popular Sweet Martha’s Cookies. Schlinger considers herself a night owl, especially during the school year. Although she is in her second year of high school, her favorite grade so far has been Kindergarten.
She can be reached at [email protected].
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![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)
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![Seniors Dara Singh, Emilee Skadron, Cloe Wilkens, Rachel Hotvedt, and Claire Ristau pose for a picture before the 2015 Valentine's Dance. "[The dance] is going to be a good time," Wilkens said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Dancepops.jpg)
