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The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

The Rubicon

The student news of St. Paul Academy and Summit School

The Rubicon

Seniors Jordan Hughes, Afsar Sandozi, Thomas Toghramadjian, and Shaan Bijwadia, along with their coaches, Heather Fairbanks and Tom Fones hold up their second place trophy. “We had an amazing time. It was funny to see as we exceeded everyone else’s expectations as well as our own,” Sandozi said.

Four SPA debaters win second place in international debate tournament

Emily Thissen, News Editor May 8, 2015
Four SPA debaters win second place in international debate tournament.
Eight students from the debate team compete, four of whom wrote arguments for the rounds that have brought them to Elite 8 competition for International Public Policy Forum.  The students pictured are seniors Thomas Toghramadjian, Shaan Bijwadia, Afsar Sandozi, and Jordan Hughes,  junior George Stiffman, and sophomores Shefali Bijwadia, Sarah Wheaton, and Raffi Toghramadjian. The four seniors will compete in New York on May 2 . US Debate coach Tom Fones said, “[I am most proud of] their ability to work together to produce written materials that are so coherent which have gotten them to this point. I mean the blending of their research, their writing, and the four of them working as a group has been exceptional.”

Four debaters to argue for top spot in Elite 8

Emily Thissen, News Editor May 4, 2015
Four senior debaters make it to Elite 8 to compete in New York on May 2.
School and siblings dont always mix, but theres no denying the support siblings receive from having brothers or sisters already on campus. I was not constitutionally inclined to do...anything that involved public speaking- [I was] painfully shy. But the fact that Hagop did it...gave me confidence that I could, senior Thomas Toghramadjian said. From left to right: Charlie Hooley, Michael Hooley, Ellen McCarthy, Moira McCarthy, Justin Jallen, Ashley Jallen, Thomas Toghramadjian, and Raffi Toghramadjian,

Siblings share stories of home & school

Meghan Joyce, Catherine Braman, Arts and Entertainment Editor, Online EIC December 1, 2014

Big siblings serve as classmates & offer advice by Meghan Joyce Sibling dynamics are undeniably complex. Only siblings can know each other well enough to be both the bane of their siblings’ existence...

Academic Worldquest team members freshman Raffi Toghramadjian and juniors Thomas Toghramadjian, Shaan Bijwadia, and Jack Labovitz are congratulated for their performance at Minnesota’s Academic Worldquest competition.  “I looked at Shaan and both of us totally thought we did awful, and then they announced that we won,” Labovitz said.

Academic WorldQuest team wins competition

Netta Kaplan, Copy Editor March 19, 2014

Do you know the ramifications of the asymmetric nature of cyberattacks? What about the first president to pledge the goal of energy independence? Or the number of free trade agreements Mexico has? While...

Debaters end a bittersweet season

Jackson Lea, Staff Writer February 19, 2014

Four debaters boarded a bus that would take them to the biggest tournament in Minnesota with speeches, evidence, and high expectations. On Jan. 18. St. Paul Academy and Summit School’s best debaters...

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