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.
![DIAGNOSIS. Emily Weinstock-Collins smiles right before undergoing surgery to diagnose endometriosis. “It was very surprising because I always thought, if I got sick, I would always get better…By the time I got my diagnosis, it was not very surprising because I knew something was wrong. Ive just been waiting a really long time for [answers],” Weinstock-Collins said. Submitted by Emily Weinstock-Collins](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WC-CROPPED-1200x1200.jpg)
![[SPARTANS MIC’D UP] Triple Jump with junior Julia Taylor](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-24-205153.png)
![[COFFEE WITH CLARA] Ep. 6 Raven Glaser enjoys sports that decenter competition](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/coffee-with-clara-cover-art-1200x686.png)
![[SPARTANS MIC’D UP] Swim with Trojans captain Rishi Bhargava](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/rishi.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. Its 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)
