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Kate Alaks

alaksk — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:17:54 +0000

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.

Danny Blackburn

blackburnd — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:16:37 +0000

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.

Ken Castle

castlek — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:15:37 +0000

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.

Robby Filec

filecr — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:14:15 +0000

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.

Nick Fremgen

fremgenn — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:13:20 +0000

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.

Andrew Hanley

hanleya — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:13:03 +0000

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.

Brenden Kaminski

kaminskib — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:12:50 +0000

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.

Lauren Kreiss

kreissl — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:11:57 +0000

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

Cameron Kritikos

kritikosc — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:10:48 +0000

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.

Jerry Losos

lososj — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:09:22 +0000

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.