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Quiz Bowl dominates, third place state finish

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Maxine Whitely, Editor-in-Chief • March 11, 2015
Frank Sachs

Top row left to right: Asad Rahmatullah ’15, Solomon Polansky ’15, Jason Shu ’15

Bottom row left to right: Rachel Hertzberg ’15, Merrick Pierson Smela ’15, Ben Weinshel ’15, Eli Bogursky ’15

After beating the faculty team 420-410, these students continued their success with a podium finish at State, just barely missing the top spot.

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Maxine Whitely
Maxine Whitely, Editor Emeritus
Maxine has been a Spectrum Editor since the spring semester of her Freshman year. She was the Student Life Editor for her freshman/sophomore year on staff, the Arts & Cultures Editor and Co-Editor-In-Chief her sophomore/junior year, and is the Sports Editor, In-depth Editor and manages the staff as the Editor-in-Chief of the paper in her junior/senior year. Maxine's only passions are Spectrum and international diplomacy and she dreams to wear pantsuits often in her adult life.