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    2019 Graduation

    By Zoe Buhalis, Geneve Thomas-Palmer, and Charles Solomon|June 5, 2019

    Forum Leader Maneesha Mankad holds the microphone as her seniors speak. This is Mankad's second graduating class that has been with her all four years.
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    Forum Leader Maneesha Mankad holds the microphone as her seniors speak. This is Mankad’s second graduating class that has been with her all four years.

    About the Writers
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    Zoe Buhalis, Print Editor-in-Chief
    Zoe Buhalis is a Print Editor-in-Chief for The Communicator. It is her third year on staff and she is in her final year of high school at Community. When she’s not conducting interviews or working on magazine designs, you can find her working on her Mock Trial crosses or listening to music in her hammock by the river. She loves getting up early to watch the sunrise, especially when there are exceptional clouds.
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    Geneve Thomas-Palmer, Web Editor-in-Chief
    Geneve is in her fourth year on staff and her third year in leadership. Her favorite part about journalism is the unique way in which it enables her to interact with people, who all view the world with their own, individual perspectives. Journalism was one of the first things she felt passionate about: she felt a drive to experience and learn, to shift her own view of the world.

    When she's not working on the Communicator, she can be found practicing jazz, preparing for a Mock Trial competition or helping run feminist club. Some fun facts about Geneve are as follows: she was born with an extra thumb that has since been removed; she loves to sing and dance, even though she is not good at either.
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    Charles Solomon, Web Editor-in-Chief
    Charles Solomon is a senior at community, and this will be his seventh semester on staff. He is excited for many things about the year ahead, but the thing he is probably most proud of is the fact that he is posting this profile on time and not a year late like previous years. When not in class, Charles can often be found starting pointless debates in Mock Trial, practicing Jazz Violin for his combo, or plotting to translate the Communicator website into Tolkien's Elvish. In his scant free time, he enjoys reading books he doesn’t have time for, watching bad movies, checking the news, and on special occasions spectacularly losing overcomplicated video games. 

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    The Silvester forum poses with their winning relay race bracket. Working together as a team in the final round of tug-of-war, they also claimed victory over the Kiley forum. "I was so excited for the kids," forum leader Ryan Silvester said. "The Kiley forum knocked us out last year, so it was like a full circle moment."
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