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12 students win 14 awards at Penn Model Congress

By Ari Feuer, Opinion Editor
April 3, 2011

Shalhevet’s 25-member debate team has won 14 awards at the Penn Model Congress tournament, which ended this afternoon in Philadelphia.

Senior Jenny Newman and junior David Rokah won two awards each.

Gavel winners were Jenny in Supreme Court, Daniel Aronowitz in committee; Justin Brandt-Sarif  in Supreme Court;  and Michael Suriel in committee.

The other awards were Honorable Mentions.

Watch this website for additional news as it becomes available.

Here is a summary:

Seniors:

Jenny Newman – Honorable Mention in committee and gavel in Supreme Court

Daniel Aronowitz – Gavel in committee (first-time winner)

Ariella Benji – Honorable mention in full session

Keren Meir – Honorable Mention in committee (first-time winner)

Nethaniel Kukurudz – Honorable Mention in committee

Juniors:

Justin Brandt-Sarif – Gavel in Supreme Court

Michael Suriel – Gavel in committee

David Rokah – Honorable Mention in committee and Honorable Mention in full session

Ari Feuer – Honorable Mention in committee

Deanna Grundfeld – Honorable Mention in committee

Sophomores:

Michael Lenett – Honorable Mention in committee (first-time winner)

Daniel Schwartz – Honorable Mention in committee (first-time winner)

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Ari Feuer, Opinion Editor
Having written an article for the paper even before his Freshman year at Shalhevet, Ari Feuer quickly found himself a niche at The Boiling Point.  Ari rose to Sports Editor at the middle of his Sophomore year and enjoyed a full year writing about Firehawk action until taking on the Opinion Editorship this semester.  The Junior immerses himself in The Boiling Point, the varsity basketball team, and the Model Congress debate team, and can commonly be found on the Sport Court ready to play an intense ballgame.  Don't shy away from writing those Letters to Editor!