Madison Seckman, Design Editor
Hello! I am the Design Editor and a senior. This is my third year with the USJ and second as an editor, and it’s been the best! I love writing, drawing, and playing soccer, and I have a hamster, dog, and two guinea pigs. The most important part of my job is providing art and photography to express the importance of any story because – let’s face it – everyone judges a book by its cover.
![A student fills out this year’s Student Perception Survey, which is designed to help both students and teachers. “Unless you end up having the same teacher down the road, it doesn’t really have an effect on us [students], [but] the survey does give us the chance to express our feelings and concerns that we’ve had throughout the school year,” freshman Garrett Rymer said.](https://unionstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_5272-900x675.jpg)
![Senior Stefven Klein sits in a tree with his freshly finished, historically accurate, handmade outfit. Klein has been sewing since he was five years old and started making his own clothes only a few years ago. “[Sewing] helps you kind of slow down your mind and focus on what's happening in the moment,” he said. “You realize that if you're putting stress into what you're doing, you're going to mess up, and you need to take that step back to calm yourself down.”](https://unionstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Screenshot_20210411-181906_Video-Player-e1637099117728-688x900.jpg)
![For many Creek students, self defense in a fight seems like a realistic option; however, Creek deans say self defense is rarely applicable. “Really, in the 11 years [I’ve been a dean], even going back to middle school, I feel like there's always an opportunity to avoid a situation like that,” dean Brock Felchle said. Nonetheless, students continue to say they would defend themselves or a friend despite the consequences. “If someone was trying to hurt someone close to me, I wouldn’t want to stand for that,” sophomore Muhammad Aweys said.](https://unionstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/IMG_3367-900x862.jpeg)
![A couple of years ago, an AP student drew this sign and put it on a trash can in Mhari Doyle’s AP Language and Composition class. Many students hold the belief that the College Board is a messy organization that needs a lot of changes. The lack of subject tests and the optional essay are two very big changes for the College Board that will hopefully make life easier for high school students. “For me at least, [subject tests] felt like one more test to stress about,” said junior Sirinya Frankel, who took the Spanish subject test.](https://unionstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_1754-900x675.jpeg)
