Bloomington High School North, Nikean, 2015, Page 53

Description:	Ships Dont Sail Without a Captain.Sawing Away the Competition. Freshmen Ethan Vogelsang and RichardRhee begin construction for one of their Olympiad events. I had previousexperience in the program from seventh and eighth grade. I really enjoyed theexperience and would like to continue participating, Vogelsang said. / photo byIsabella CastilloA MOMENT OF SCIENCE WITH RICHARD RHEEWhat made you want to join Science Olympiad?I thought Science Olympiad would be a great way to participate inextracurricular activities. I also like to do creative things and learn newthings about science.What events did you participate in?Scrambler, Dynamic Planet, Wright Stuff, and Hydrogeology.Will you be back next year?Yes, I had a lot of fun and learned a lot of new things. It was a greatexperience and you meet a lot of new people.Why did you want to be captain?I had a vision about how I wantedmy senior year to go, and becominga captain helped enable that. Its alsopretty cool to try and give back to anorganization that Ive gotten so muchout of for the past five years, seniorJanice Baldwin-Rowe said. / photoby Sydney WinningerWhat do you do as captain?Being captain mainly involveseading the team by organizingpractices, sending out emails andmessages, and making the teamenvironment positive, seniorClarissa Chen said. / photo bySydney WinningerWhat was your favorite part?Its a really fun group. If means youcan be with people that care aboutthe things that you care about. Ialways felt welcome even as afreshman. It just felt nice to fit in andbe one of the nerds, senior LinneaFraser said. / photo by SydneyWinningerWhat were your events?Anatomy and Physiology,Entomology, Dynamic Planet, andDisease Detectives. In each event(all of which were study events, so itwas just test taking), I studied thematerial and helped teach it tounderclassman, senior Nikhil Shahsaid. / photo by Sydney WinningerWhat awards have you won?Multiple state placings. Second inGravity vehicle, fifth in Robot Arm,third in Scrambler, third inChemistry Lab, third in AirTrajectory, among more and toomany regionals placings to name,senior Mac Vogelsang said. /photo by Sydney Winninger\ 53
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