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Austin Richard

Austin Richard, Events Editor

Austin Richard, junior, is the Events Editor for the Messenger. He plays flute and piccolo in Wind Ensemble, guitar in Jazz Band and also performs with Show Choir and Pep band. He is a first-year drum major for Marching Band. Austin spends most of his free time either studying or practicing guitar, flute, or piccolo.

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Five of the team’s starters will be traveling with the UA Central States team for playoffs in Chicago.

Club Team Playoffs Leave Marquette Hockey Team Down Five Going into Lafayette Game

Austin Richard, Staff Reporter
February 7, 2020
Brittany Sharitz, language arts teacher, works on her computer in room 279. Sharitz helps organize the Casual for a Cause week and said she looks forward to the future of the fundraiser. “I’m really proud of Marquette and our staff that we have been the school that has lead this for rockwood in previous years,” Sharitz said. “I do hope we maintain that leadership position.”

Casual for a Cause Breaks Past Records

Austin Richard, Events Editor
November 5, 2019
Andrew Messina, junior, performs “Mad World” by Gary Jules at the talent show September 19. Messina said he started playing guitar earlier this summer. “I had it for the longest time and I did lessons in eighth grade but I really wanted to get back into it,” Messina said.

Photo Gallery: Talent Show

Austin Richard, Events Editor
September 24, 2019
Elise Ambler, president of Eco Team, Speaks to students about how to join the club during the activities fair. “When I was a freshman looking for clubs, there was no environmental club,” Ambler said. “I just thought, if no one else is going to do it, then I might as well.”

Two New Eco-Friendly Clubs Consider Merging

Austin Richard, Events Editor
September 3, 2019
Della Thompson, french teacher, explains the future of going to Notre Dame at an informational meeting for the trip May 1. Thompson said Notre Dame has a strong connection to Paris and to France as a whole. “It’s one of those cultural landmarks that people associate with France and the city of Paris,” Thompson said. “A lot of people have heard so much about it and want to see it in person.”

Notre Dame Fire Sparks Discussion Over French Trip Plans

Austin Richard, Staff Reporter
May 21, 2019
Molly Millsaps, senior, types a poem on her chromebook for the contest. She is a member of the poetry club and said poetry is sometimes shown in a negative light in schools. “I hear a lot of teachers say that poetry is complicated and confusing,” Millsaps said. “Because of this, students are drawn away from it sometimes.”

Poet Laureate Judges for MHS Poetry Contest

Austin Richard, Staff Reporter
April 29, 2019
Coach Michael Stewart writing out a Blitz play for the defense. Stewart was recently named Head Coach of the MHS football program.

[Photo] Stewart Takes Over as Head Football Coach

Jeff Swift, Sports Editor
April 11, 2019
Rebecca Blindauer, drama and speech teacher, discusses the plan for the practice March 28. The cast primarily worked on refining the play as a whole. “I think our focus is to take all of the elements we have been working on and try to put them all together,” Blindauer said.

Spring Break Temporarily Halts Play Practice

Austin Richard, Staff Reporter
April 2, 2019
The second speaker of the event, Dr. Todd Druley, pediatric oncologist, talks to students about his experience in researching and treating childrens cancer. He said he was happy to talk to students about being a doctor, an experience he had wished he had as a teenager. “I grew up in a little farm town on the middle of illinois, so we didn’t have access to a lot of medical specialists,” Druley said. “I think something like this would have been very helpful.”

Med Talks Conference Brings Medical Experts to MHS

Austin Richard, Staff Reporter
March 11, 2019
Photo illustration by Austin Richards.

Turnabout and Prom Scheduled for the Same Days as ACTs

Austin Richard, Staff Reporter
February 9, 2019
Competitive Nature Between Classmates Grows

Competitive Nature Between Classmates Grows

Austin Richard, Staff Reporter
January 10, 2019
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