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Sophomore Kai McKee stands in the center field during a baseball game. McKee said he aspires to play for the Japanese team, the Chunichi Dragons.

Athlete aspires to play professional baseball

Alissa Meredith April 9, 2016

Sophomore Kai McKee shakes off his nerves as he steps up to home plate and anticipates a fastball from the top of the mound. McKee said athletics are a big part of his everyday life. Ever since he was...

Freshman Brahim Bouzrara stands on a beach in Tunisia during his last visit in 2008. Bouzraras father is from Tunisia, making this culture a big part of Bouzraras life.

New experiences allow for different perspective

Lauren VonEschen April 8, 2016

Throughout the year, freshman Brahim Bouzrara plans to increase his understanding about his family’s culture by learning and practicing Islam. Bouzrara said his father, Samir Bouzrara, was born and...

Sophomore writes to deal with life events

Sophomore writes to deal with life events

Celene Koller April 7, 2016

Sophomore Britney Villanueva was 8 when she first picked up a piece of paper and a pencil to keep her mind away from her dad’s deportation. “I needed something to distract me from my dad being...

Junior Tygget Vaillancourt said he enjoys drawing space-related pictures as a part of his interest in space. Vaillancourt also enjoys playing space video games and hopes to become an aerospace engineer.

Junior finds interest in space

Emily Tifft April 6, 2016

When anyone asks if junior Tygget Vaillancourt has an interest in space, he says an interest is a bit of an understatement — he's obsessed. Vaillancourt said space exploration interests him the most,...

Senior Dominique Robinson and her family smile at a family gathering. Robinsons father, Daniel Vargas, was born in Puerto Maldonado, Peru. The Robinson family will visit Peru in July.

Senior to explore Peru this summer

Sari Hattis April 5, 2016

Senior Dominique Robinson said she thinks when she visits Peru, her father’s country of origin, in July, she will feel like an outsider, experiencing the culture from a completely different point of...

Freshman plans to see all Major League baseball fields

Freshman plans to see all Major League baseball fields

Brigid Duffy April 4, 2016

Freshman Cyrus Abrahamson’s goal is to visit every Major League baseball field in the country by the time he is 18 — and he’s almost halfway there. Abrahamson said his family has made it to...

Junior excels in German

Junior excels in German

Jonah Kupritz April 2, 2016

Experts say to truly master a language, one must practice it regularly and experience it in its natural setting; junior Kim Brandt does just this. Brandt said she attended the Twin Cities German...

Sophomore Ethan Rickert, third from left, poses with other members of Parks band program after a Sunday performance at a senior home Oct. 25, 2015.

Sophomore plays to impress

Ethan Brown April 1, 2016

Sophomore Ethan Rickert unpacks his saxophone, pulls out his folder of music and places it on his stand, ever mindful of where his instrument has taken him. Rickert, who plays saxophone in Park’s...

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