Kelly Kramer
Kelly Kramer is basically the best person walking the earth. In addition to this amazing feat, she is also the A&E Manager at Clarion. She is only on staff for a semester this year, and will be greatly missed. She has been a cheerleader all four years at RB and has managed to survive relatively unscathed.
Kelly is a senior this year and if she actually gets her applications done on time, she hopes to go to college next year, preferably University of Illinois. She loves Harry Potter, indie music that you’ve probably never heard of, and the use of extreme exaggeration.
You want to contact Kelly, so email her at kramerk@rbclarion.org.
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Renee Miedlar
Sugar and spice and everything nice, these are the things that make up Renee Miedlar. She enjoys a nice hot cup of tea paired with a long book. She also enjoys busting out a rhyme with your fellow clarion member Candice Shelbrack. Her best friends and family mean the world to her and she wouldn’t be able to survive high school without them. Some may question her ways but soon realize that no one can reckon with her. She dreams of being Indiana Jones, discovering and saving the world on a daily basis.
When she’s not dreaming of being in an alter universe she’s thinking of new ways to promote the paper to the RB community. She also working with AST and Eco club, her other guilty pleasures.
Renee Miedlar can be reached at miedlarr@rbhs208.org
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Madison Powers
Madison Powers has been on the Clarion staff for three years. She started out as a staff reporter and worked her way up to being the Web Editor.
She is a senior this year and plans on attending college in the Fall. She enjoys watching the Toy Story trilogy and playing tennis in her free time. Madison enjoys watching Alleigh stress out due to her hard school load, makes the day a little easier. (:
Madison can be reached by emailing powersm@rbclarion.org.
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Alleigh VandeMerkt
Alleigh VandeMerkt is the Edior-in-Chief for the RB Clarion. Alleigh enjoys all of her fellow staff members. She always gets a good laugh when they make fun of Madison Powers.
She is a senior at RB and plans on attending college next Fall. She loves Harry Potter and playing volleyball.
Alleigh can be reached by e-mailing avandemerkt@rbclarion.org.
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Carey Torres
Carey is new to Clarion, and she is really excited to be here! When not on duty she can be found laughing and hanging out with her friends. She is also known for being really random, but loyal to her friends and family. She’s the complete opposite of stuffy and uptight! She may be a real spaz, but she is a lot of fun to hang out with! She will do her best to bring you awesome stories…and comics too!! Happy Reading!! 
If you want to send her a comment, please contact her at: torresc@rbhs208.net.
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Danielle Sanchez
Danielle Sanchez has been on Clarion since her sophomore year. Realizing her mission in life, she aspires to get the Clarion out there for everyone to read. Although she’s been stuck with Mr. Mancoff since her freshman year, she still manages to come back and deal with his iron fist ruling.
Though she would love to spend every second working on the Clarion, she finds time to play her favorite sport, soccer. She also enjoys spending all her money on clothes and hanging out with friends.
Danielle Sanchez can be reached by emailing sanchezd@rbclarion.org.
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Marisa Jensen
Fifteen years ago, a legend was born. Her name was Marisa Jensen. In the end of the 2010-2011 school year, Marisa signed up for Clarion. Earlier that year, she joined her high school basketball team, and at one of the games it just so happened that the girls basketball head coach from Notre Dame (Muffet McGraw) was there scouting for the other team. After the Bulldogs won the game, the coach went up to Marisa and offered her a spot on the team. Marisa was really excited but she’s only a freshman and to go to college was a big step. So Marisa told her that she was really excited for Clarion and she would take the spot on the Fighting Irish team as soon as she graduated high school.
Marisa is currently a Sophomore, enjoying the life of a high school student residing in her parent’s home in North Riverside. She enjoys playing basketball in her free time, and hanging out with friends. She can be reached by e-mailing jensenm@rbclarion.org.
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Kate Alaks
Kate Alaks is a sophmore, and this is her first year on Clarion. Before coming to RB, she lived in a cave without a feed. She still does, but her friends are working on that. Last year she signed up for a school program that involved spending every day in the wilds of Australia, ranting about corn and food coloring. She enjoys trying to find new dimensions and/or travel back in time to the 60′s, obsessively obsessing over things, and talking to her pretend friends. One of her favorite quotes is “bananas are good,” even though she doesn’t like bananas.
Kate (aka Kadet Marshmallow) loves reading (her favorite book is Howl’s Moving Castle), writing, and The Beatles. She has just become a fan of Doctor Who. She has two dogs: one who is afraid of thunder, and the other who gets trapped in the garage. She also has neon orange fungus growing in her backyard.
Kate can be emailed at alaksk@rbhs208.org.
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Danny Blackburn
Danny Blackburn enjoys teasing his cute dog. A lot of people say he looks like Justin Bieber(he DOES). In fact, he can sing like an angel. In his spare time he sings to his Mom and Dad. They are the only people who he feels comfortable singing in front of.
His favorite color is blue. He feels very strongly about that color, so if you say you hate it in front of you he will go cabonga. He is a boss at basketball; probably because he’s so tall. He joined Clarion when he was five. He was raised by a pack of editors.
In the mean time, he’s a junior.
Danny Blackburn can be reached by email at blackburnd@rbclarion.org.
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Ken Castle
Ken Castle is a senior at Riverside Brookfield. He’s been on football, swimming and water polo through his past years at RB. This is his first year on the Clarion staff.
Ken Castle can be reached by e-mailing castlek@rbclarion.org.
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Robby Filec
Robby Filec is a freshman straight from Hauser Jr. High. He is hoping to have a successful four years at RB and is avoiding more than four mental breakdowns. He is a decent writer, but suffers from technological deficiency. He hopes not to crash the Clarion website anytime soon because he is that bad with technology. He will run for freshman president for S.A. He can write stories with his mind, move objects with his mind, and can carry a portable ice tea maker with him wherever he goes. He is wanted by newspapers all over the world for his fantastic stories.
In his spare time Robby enjoys spending time with his family, blowing things up, watching movies, swimming, hanging out with friends and much more. He has two sisters, Emily and Mary. Emily attends RB and is a junior. He also has a brother Frankie, who Robby loves to fight with. His parents are very kind and have a passion for long bike rides. He is going to serve his country by becoming an officer in the Air Force.
He can be contacted reached by filecr@rbhs208.org.
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Nick Fremgen
This is Nick’s first year in Clarion. He gets all of his story ideas from the floating pink ferret that talks to him. He is super smart and has telekinetic powers. He enjoys writing reviews with his telekenetic powers. People unconditionaly love him, and he is even nicer than Santa Claus. He loves brownies and cookies, and eats them like its the end of the world.
Nick also enjoys to play video and computer games during his free time. Along with reading fiction, fanatsy and sci fi books. He is a sophmore at Riverside Brookfield High School.
Nick can be reached at: Fremgenn@rbclarion.org.
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Andrew Hanley
Andrew Hanley has been at RB for three years now. He will be coming back next year to be a super senior because every one loves them. He enjoys doing homework and going to school. He also likes to write in his free time.
Andrew Hanley has played sports for 17 years. In that time, he found out that he loves to play basketball. He also enjoys listening to the game, Lil Wayne, Meek Mill and Eminem’s music. He likes to watch the Bears play their football games every Sunday. He enjoys playing sports and hanging out with friends.
Andrew Hanley can be reached by e-mailing hanleya@rbclarion.org.
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Brenden Kaminski
Brenden Kaminski is an in intelligent mastermind planning on taking over the world. Slacker and lazy are some of the many words that can be used to describe him. He was once called a narcissistic egomaniac; he replied by saying “That’s the same exact thing!” You can often find him skipping down the hall in pink pants, like a boss.
In actuality he is relatively intelligent, but has nothing against the world. He is a slacker but when something needs to get done he does it. He joined Clarion because he enjoys writing. He also enjoys running, climbing, and basically anything that uses a lot of energy.
Brenden can be reached by e-mailing kaminskib@rbclarion.com.
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Lauren Kreiss
Lauren Kreiss is 9 years young, and likes to spend her Saturday mornings rushing to McDonalds to buy a McMuffin. It’s tradition. Her favorite color is green and some say that she never talks at all. She likes to take long walks on the beach and then she tends to push little kids in the water. She is super tall at the height of about 8 feet and 9 inches. Mickaela Rivera makes fun of her a lot because shes super jealous of her long lucious toe nails. Most people tend to make fun of her laugh cause it sounds like a dying hyena.
In the meantime, she is also an incoming sophmore. She enjoys playing on the volleyball team and in the winter she does basketball. She loves to hang out with her friends and tends to speak Spanish alot. She tends to laugh at her own jokes most of the time and you will never see her without a smile on her face.
Lauren Kreiss can be reached by e-mailing kreissl@rbhs208.org
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Cameron Kritikos
Cameron Kritikos is a junior at Riverside Brookfield and is about to embark on his first year as a member of Clarion. In his two years at RB, he has gone from a wide-eyed freshman, to a varsity football player and the vice president of Best Buddies.
He loves Chicago sports, BBQ, and watching movies. His favorites include: Glory Road and Life is Beautiful. According to sources, his favorite restaurant is The Q in LaGrange. He said, “OMG, this place is amazing. The mac & cheese is delicious!”
This year, Cameron hopes to contribute to yet another year of sucess for Clarion and continue the tradition of an award winning newspaper.
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Jerry Losos
Jerry Losos is brand new to the whole Clarion news cast. He is a Sophmore from S.E Gross Middle school. He enjoys hanging out with friends, photography, and playing his favorite sport, soccer. Soccer is his main focus in life, and is inspired by the likes of Manchester United Football Club. His dream is to play there, in Europe. Jerry also enjoys reading about history. The whole concept of history inspires him to be a history teacher, if soccer doesn’t become a profession.
Jerry is an outgoing person, and loves to write. You can contact Jerry Losos via email at Lososj@rbclarion.org.
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Katie Maxwell
Katie Maxwell may very well be the tiniest person on the Clarion staff, but she is a fireball of energy and ideas. Her enthusiasm has propelled the newspaper into greater heights of technological awesomeness, and because of this, she was named Media Editor for the 2011-2012 school year. Throughout the year, she plans to make Clarion even more awesome.
When Katie is not working to improve the amazing Clarion, she can be found promoting the welfare of the environment or hanging out with her Best Buddies: Mary Carole McGovern, Vicky Curtin, and Jaquie Hanrahan.
Katie Maxwell can be reached through e-mailing maxwellk@rbclarion.org.
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Taylor Owen
Taylor Owen writes thousands of stories for the newspaper every second of her life. She was born to write. She even came out of the delivery room with a pen in hand. Her humor is the only thing she really needs to work on. Which is why this paragraph is so short.
In reality, this is Taylor’s first year on Clarion. Her hobbies include, cheerleading, dancing, reading, writing and spending time with friends. She is excited to join the group and can not wait for this upcoming school year to get on its way.
Taylor can be reached at owent@rbclarion.org.
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Hannah Pecis
Hannah Pecis joined Clarion for the first time this year. She can’t spell to save her life, so she has been greatly honored to work on a school paper that uses spell check. She enjoys telling pointless stories about inanimate objects. She also enjoys watching horror movies and being ridiculously scared. She likes macaroni and cheese.
When she isn’t being a spaz, she plays tennis and badminton. She also is a photography buff. She loves writing and spending endless amounts of time with her friends. Hannah tries to live her life as environmentally friendly as possible, and loves all of her six pets. She is six feet and a quarter inch tall.
She can be reached - just kidding, she is too tall to be reached – but if you would like to contact her email her at PecisH@rbclarion.org.
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Isabel Peña
This is Isabel’s first year on the Clarion staff. She is so short that her friends ask for Low Fives instead of High Fives. She even used to play shortstop in little league. Along with participating in Clarion, Isabel enjoys playing softball for RB. Outside of school, she enjoys watching scary movies, spending time with her friends, and baking in any other spare time.
Isabel Peña can be contacted by email at penaib@rbclarion.org.
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Mickaela Rivera
Mickaela Rivera is short and great at Spanish. Some people think she is super cute and others know it. Mickaela is the kind of person that can find a bright side in the worst thing.
Mickaela is one athletic person. She has been on the volleyball team, basketball team, soccer team, and currently is on the cheerleading team. When she is not out playing sports, she updates her iPod. Her favortie bands are (+44) and Blink-182 .
In the meantime, Mickaela is enjoying her sophmore year. She is looking forward to her first year on Clarion.
Mickaela Rivera can be reached by e-mailing riveram@rbclarion.org.
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Rebecca Rusiecki
Rebecca A. Rusiecki can be described as a very nice girl, with a horrible dark side. Although she is very quiet, she also has a habit of casual swearing and crass language. She enjoys politics, and often gets into long-winded arguments.
Sophomore Rebecca Rusiecki also enjoys tennis, badminton, and public speaking. She is 2014 class secretary, and is very fond of the Harry Potter Series (It’s an unhealthy obsession).
Rebecca Rusiecki can be reached by e-mailing rusieckir@rbclarion.org.
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Candice Shelbrack
Candice Shelbrack is a newly added staff reporter for the Clarion. She is known for her outstanding ability to outwit any writer of her time. It has been said that in just one breath, she can write an award-winning story of a thousand words. People idolize her to such an extent that they believe they are unworthy of her presence.
An addition, Shelbrack enjoys playing sports such as tennis, volleyball, and soccer. She is active in the arts, which include photography, drawing and painting.
Candice Shelbrack can be reached by e-mail shelbrackc@rbclarion.org.
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William Voorhees
William Voorhees is just one of many new reporters for Clarion. He has already written some of the most informative stories ever read. It can be said that he has friends all over the place ( or maybe just his general area). It has been foretold by the ancient relics of the Thisisnottrue tribe that he will become the greatest reporter to ever roam the world.
Before that happens though, he is a student at Riverside Brookfield High School. He likes strolling through parks on a cool day, playing videogames and reading fiction novels.
William Voorhees can be reached by emailing voorheesw@rbclarion.com.
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Jori Zobel
Jori Zobel was influenced by watching the movie Marley and Me. She writes millions of stories every day. She can write about anything that’s everything. She rules the paper with a golden pen. Except for now.
Really, this is Jori Zobel’s first year working for the Clarion. Wanting to become a Journalist when she grows up, she is excited for the start of this years paper. She hopes to learn the skills that it takes to become a writer and hopefully it will get her far in her career of choice. She enjoys working out and sleeping.
Jori Zobel can be reached by emailing zobelj@rbclarion.org.
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Daniel Mancoff
Mr. Mancoff landed on Earth as an infant back in the 40′s, arriving in a space pod made of some alien metal. He quickly discovered that our planet’s yellow sun gave him strange powers, including an awe-inspiring intellect and the ability to dominate Fantasy Basketball leagues. He was convinced by his parents and teachers to use his powers for good, leading him to his current sponsorship of the Clarion.
In the land called Reality, Mr. Mancoff has sponsored Clarion for seven years. In that time, he’s overseen its transition to a fully-realized online news organization. He’s quite proud of that, and he doesn’t mind saying so.
Mr. Mancoff can be reached at mancoffd@rbhs208.org.
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