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Four gavels, six honorable mentions for Princeton Model Congress team

By Ari Feuer, Deputy Editor
November 20, 2011

Here are the winners:
Gavels for Best Delegate in Committee:
Sarah Soroudi, sophomore, Foreign Relations
Justin Brandt-Sarif, Senior, Judiciary
Daniel Schwartz, junior, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Jacob Ellenhorn, junior, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

Honorable mention in committee;
Sigal Spitzer, freshman, Appropriations
Ariella Joffe, senior, Foreign Relations
Michael Silver, senior, Judiciary
Eitan Spitzer, senior, Environment and Public Works
Jordan Banafsheha, junior, Appropriations
Erin Sharfman, junior, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

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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!