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Film Club continues movie nights through Netflix Party

May 19, 2020

Film Club, known for their Friday night screenings of previously decided on movies, attempts to carry on movie nights through the Chrome extension Netflix Party.

Tags: Anjali tadavarthy, community, Coronavirus, COVID-19, film club, martha slaven, movie night, Rylan Hefner

Reading in color: a synesthesia conversation

Lucia Granja, RubicOnline

March 5, 2020

Juniors Isobel Alm, Rylan Hefner, and Lucia Granja talk about their experiences with grapheme color synesthesia, which allows them to associate colors with letters and numbers.

Tags: color, grapheme color synesthesia, Isobel alm, letters, lucia granja, numbers, Rylan Hefner, synesthesia

PHOTO STORY: Pep Fest highlights Spartan spirit

Junior Luka Shaker-Check yells into the microphone after he and his partner, junior Liam Lynch, won the ping-pong championship.

Liv Larsen, RubicOnline

October 2, 2019

The annual homecoming Pep Fest happened on Friday, Sept. 27. Various activities included grade versus grade relay races, ping-pong finals, dodgeball finals, and team captain challenges.

Tags: Adeline DeHarpporte, Aimeric Lajuzan, Ananya Narayan, Ben Bollinger Danielson, cooper bollinger-danielson, Gabe Ramirez, Gracie Tilney-Kaemmer, Henrik Schleisman, henry cheney, henry vlietstra, homecoming, kathleen bishop, Liam Lynch, luka shaker-check, michael bagnoli, nina smetana, pep fest, Rylan Hefner

[PHOTO GALLERY] Annual lip sync competition brings audience to their feet

Junior Rylan Hefner, last year's fan-favorite performed

Elizabeth Trevathan, RubicOnline

September 27, 2019

The audience cheered and applauded, with several standing ovations, after lip sync performances.

Tags: A Part of Your World, Aja Parham, Ananya Narayan, and Sydney Therien, annika findlay, Ben Bollinger Danielson, Britney Spears, Busted, Disney's The Little Mermaid, Ellie Hoppe, gavin kimmel, Gracie Tilney-Kaemmer, hannah larson, homecoming, Karissa Baker, kathleen bishop, Lip Sync, martha slaven, Melissa Nie, Mimi Huelster, Modonna, Mr. Sandman, nina smetana, Phineas and Ferb, Rachel Swenson, Rane Bice, Ruby Fields, Rylan Hefner, The Chordettes, Tina Wilkens, Toxic, Vogue

Clubs, groups welcome 9th graders at fair

Tana Ososki, RubicOnline

September 9, 2019

Overview of the 2019-2020 Clubs Fair. Viewing the highlights, talking to club leaders, and interviewing the 9th graders.

Tags: abby hedberg, Acapella, Acapella club, adam holod, Ananya Narayan, Anjali tadavarthy, Annika Brelsford, Asad Masood, BBG, book club, Business club, CAS, catherine hooley, chantal thornberry, Check Other club, club, club sports, clubs fair, Dr. Steve Heilig, environmental science, gavin kimmel, Gracie Tilney-Kaemmer, hayden graff, hazel waltenbaugh, Henrik Schleisman, IC, jax wittenberg, Jay Jones, jenny ries, Josh mballa, julia baron, kathleen bishop, Latinos Unidos, Levi Mellin, lily malloy, martha slaven, micheal forsgren, Molly Olguin, Naomi Wilson, nina smetana, Noel Abraham, outdoors club, pep, Rafi Salido, Rainbow Connection, Riley Teitel, Rylan Hefner, sadd, SADD Consent Assembly, sasha aslanian, teacher book club, US Student Clubs Fair, USC, weightlifting club, young conservatives club

[TRENDING] Ep. 2 with Rylan Hefner (The Oscars)

Liv Larsen, RubicOnline Editor

February 28, 2019

Listen to Sophomores Liv Larsen and Rylan Hefner discuss the 2019 Oscars.

Tags: green book, oscars, Rylan Hefner, the favourite, Trending

Annual homecoming lip sync includes tap dancing, duets

Sophomore Rylan Hefner tap dances in front of the upper school while lip syncing.

Bobby Verhey, RubicOnline Editor

September 27, 2018

This year's homecoming lip sync competition included tap dancing and a duet to "Man or Muppet" and "It's Raining Men."

Tags: Ananya Narayan, gavin kimmel, Huss Center, Max Moen, ryan moore, Rylan Hefner, Sawyer Johnson, singing

Every(man) examines the themes of life

US Theater director stands in an illustration from Every(man), the play he will direct this fall.

Kat St. Martin-Norburg, The Rubicon Editor

September 25, 2018

Theater Department Director Eric Severson has anounced that the fall play for 2018 is Everyman. It incorporates characters as metaphors for life themes, which will hopefully cause the audience and actors to reflect on the world and people's roles. The play will be on Nov. 16 and 17 in the Huss Center.

Tags: adrienne gaylord, anja trierweiler, Annika Brelsford, ben atmore, Caroline Menard, chloe morse, Davyd Barchuk, Eleanor Smith, elise parsons, Ellie Dawson-Moore, Ellie Murphy, Ethan Asis, evelyn lillemoe, Everyman, fall play, gavin kimmel, Gemma Yoo, grace tilney-kaemer, Griffin Moore, henry vlietstra, huss center for the performing arts, Isobel alm, Jay Jones, maren ostrem, Max Moen, nathan forsberg, Nitya Thakkar, Olivia Fenlon, Per Johnson, Peter Michel, Rachael Johnson, Rebecca Ebert, Rylan Hefner, Sam Zelazo, savita yopp, Sevy Hayes, Spencer Burris-Brown, theater, Tina Wilkens, val chafee