![ACTIONS SPEAK. Tents on the Northrop Mall at the University of Minnesota on May 5. Sam Konstan (SPA ‘21), a U of M student, said, How much [the tent encampment] affects somebody’s day-to-day life is a combination of a choice and their schedule.“ However, he added, the discussions around [the protests] were a lot harder to avoid.” (Photo Reprinted with Permission from Winter Keefer, MinnPost)](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/UofMPalestineEncampment_Keefer.png)
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![[OPINION] Love books? Shop local.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Kim-Books-Opinion-1.jpg)
![FOCUS. Hazel McCarthy plays as a defender during the fall soccer season. Playing club soccer over the summer helps prepare [me] for school soccer,” she said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Hazel.jpg)
![SHOW SKIING. Adele Gjerde started show skiing practices on Monday. Show skiing is a competitive water sport with jumps, pyramids, and other impressive stunts. “I really like how team-building it is because [for] our pyramids, I have to trust everybody beneath me and they have to trust everybody above them,” Gjerde said. Photo submitted by Adele Gjerde.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/C764CFB9-8049-44A8-9371-03468C70316C.jpeg)
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![BOOKS UNITE. Book Club members come together in the math classroom to celebrate the class of 2024 before senior projects. Junior Grace Medrano said, We [Medrano and Raven Glaser] took over last month [as the new leaders], so we’ll be running it next year. (Submitted photo by Grace Medrano)](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/book-club-photo-e1716433081952.jpg)
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Exams end semester, The Rubicon will not report over winter break
December 9, 2021
Finals season for the Upper School begins with review days on Dec. 9 and 10. Exams begin Dec. 13 with the following schedule:
Dec. 13: period 1 exam at 9 am, period 2 exam at 1 pm.
Dec. 14: period 5 exam at 9 am, period 6 exam at 1 pm.
Dec. 15: period 3 exam at 9 am, period 7 exam at 1 pm.
Dec. 16: period 4 exam at 9 am, period 8 exam at 1 pm.
Dec. 17: exam make-ups
Winter break follows from Dec. 20 through Jan. 3, and classes resume on Jan. 4.
The Rubicon will not report during this time.
![ACTIONS SPEAK. Tents on the Northrop Mall at the University of Minnesota on May 5. Sam Konstan (SPA ‘21), a U of M student, said, How much [the tent encampment] affects somebody’s day-to-day life is a combination of a choice and their schedule.“ However, he added, the discussions around [the protests] were a lot harder to avoid.” (Photo Reprinted with Permission from Winter Keefer, MinnPost)](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/UofMPalestineEncampment_Keefer-600x402.png)
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