![Adding a tray of canned corn to the pile, junior Michael Collop assists in transporting donations for the Holiday Food Drive. The event, hosted schoolwide from Dec. 10-17, raised over 5,000 food items to deliver to the Parkway Food Pantry, helping several families in need. [The drive] is a great thing for us to do because you're giving to those who are less fortunate, and it helps provide for people who can't provide for themselves. [The] competition is always fun, too. It was fun to be in [social studies teacher Jess] Chazen’s class, because he always gets worked up over [the competition]. He made it exciting, and was always convincing us to turn in cans for the drive,” Collop said.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/feature-photo-unsung-2.png)
![NEW CHALLENGE, NEW TEAM MEMBERS: Every season, VEX creates a new game that robotics team members are faced with and have to build a robot to compete in. This year’s game forces students to create a robot that is able to stack rings onto mobile goals in order to score points. The change in games each season is something that robotics teacher Audrea Moyers appreciates.
“One of the things that I like about VEX is that they have a new problem to solve every year,” she said. ¨Even though the equipment’s the same, they have to analyze the game, and they have to come up with solutions that are unique that year. They are using their knowledge from prior years, but they have to kind of redesign a problem.”
As returning teams were faced a new game, some new teams and members had to adapt to a uncommon playing field and game.
“Three of our four teams were competing for the first time this year, and they had very different experiences match to match, so I think they learned a lot,¨ she said. ¨It’s hard just watching a video online to know how it’s actually going to be in person, so they all learned a lot about what gameplay is like, how to work with an alliance partner [and] how to adapt during the day to changes.”](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_9283-1-1200x800.jpg)
On Tuesday, Nov. 5, triplets Rohan, Riley and Addison Bossi will be turning 18. The seniors will also be heading to the ballot box. The Bossis plan to get up at 6 a.m. to vote together and get ahead of the line.
Rohan said he is grateful to meet voting eligibility requirements.
“I feel pretty lucky, honestly, that I don’t have to wait for another four years to vote for a president,” Rohan said.
Rohan said he considers voting a good birthday gift.
“I don’t have a car, so you know, I get at least one decent birthday gift,” Rohan said.
After voting, the Bossis will celebrate their birthday by having dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse.
Rohan said the political issue most important to him is how each candidate handles college tuition and housing costs
“When I graduate college, I don’t want to have to spend 800 grand when a house cost 300 (grand) 10 years ago,” Rohan said.
He said he still is unsure of all of his election day decisions and needs to do a little bit more research.
Riley said she believes research is important to combat misinformation.
“I think the really big issue nowadays with voting is that a lot of things are generalized on social media, especially ideas with politics,” Riley said. “And I think sometimes people really just roll with what they see on social media or what people are saying and they don’t really look into it and it kind of contradicts or harms the perspective of a party.”
Addison said it’s important to vote to have your voice be heard.
“You need to all have a say in what you want and especially the policies,” Addison said. “I think it’s really important to especially vote on what you want to do and you could be a change. It’s one person but it all adds up.”
Addison said she is excited to vote.
“It’s just a big change and you’re really growing up and I think it’s cool,” Addison said.
This story was originally published on Marquette Messenger on November 5, 2024.