Gretchen Eby
Geneve Thomas-Palmer and Elizabeth Shaieb
February 20, 2020
“We’re building a house up north; we’ve had a cottage up there forever and now we’re going to build what we want. As a child, we used to go to this place called Bayview which is a Chautauqua association of cottages near Petosky. The kids got to go to camp all day, so you got to do tennis and cra...
Ben Westerhoff
Ethan Gibb-Randall and Brenan Dionne
February 17, 2020
"I'm a stay at home dad so my wife [supports me]. She is the primary wage earner for our family. So my oldest son really has [my] back because he helps out so much with David, who has autism, and he's got a lot of communication problems, like a speech delay. [He] helps setting up an environment for h...
Peter Nemecek
February 17, 2020
“I’ve been drawing for my whole life pretty much. I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t drawing. I really like all the art classes at Community, the ones where I can be creative. This semester I am taking two art classes and I took two art classes last semester. Usually other artists inspire m...
Mark Mercier
Ella Rosewarne and Avani Hoeffner-Shah
February 16, 2020
"I love drawing and I'm constantly creating different versions of myself. I'm working on designing a new desk for myself, a standing desk where it has a printer and scanner, a space for my computer and a lot of other nooks and crannies in it. And maybe somehow having it so it has an easel in it as wel...
Miel Bogart
February 15, 2020
“There's a book that I want to read. 'The Power of Vulnerability.' It’s about how when you assume the best of other people and talk to people honestly, it usually results in just a better way of being. I’m also trying to notice the things that I do so often, or that I think so often that just sort...
Erin Simmons
Jordan De Padova, Chava Makman Levinson, and Scarlett London
February 14, 2020
“Right now I’m drawing a character for a dungeons and dragons session and my friend and I have this joke going where each of our characters is a different type of goth for some reason. My character is the seen one and there’s the vampire goth and the metal head. I don’t know why but that’s...
Andrew Stevick
Cate Weiser and Oliver Lete-Straka
February 14, 2020
“There's a lot of kids who do go through hardships. I would probably tell you that those kids probably don't have as much stress and anxiety as some of the more privileged or more comfortable households [in Ann Arbor] are going through. Back then when something went down, we took care of it. That'...
Sara Laphan
February 13, 2020
“My friend originally failed her first driver’s test. She couldn’t parallel park. We spent an hour and a half in fall weather practicing parking... You try it multiple times you know you're not gonna get it right every single time. You just got to keep going until you get it. I mean, we ourselves,...
Richard Douglas
Atticus Dewey and Jack Graye
February 13, 2020
"I used to work as a lead carpenter on projects where I managed people, had control over what time they’d be able to spend with their kids and see their families. I didn’t enjoy interacting with people at that point in my life because the other workers were really the only people I would talk to...
Eugenia Del Gaudio
February 12, 2020
“[Coming to America] has been hard because I'm 17 and I'm on the other side of the world without my parents. I usually talk to them about everything, and to not have them with you when you are stressed or worried about something is really hard. Also the time is different so even with the phone you...
Luke Andoni-Savas
Jordan De Padova, Chava Makman Levinson, and Scarlett London
February 11, 2020
I performed “What if I Never Get Over You” in Future Stars finals as a duet with Pioneer senior Talia Milliman. This was Talia’s first performance, her first time on stage. We got to know each other’s voices and ended up collaborating well. I enjoyed singing that song with her. We got to finals...
Jeri Schneider
February 10, 2020
“A few people who have my back are my sisters. I have two sisters and I would definitely say that they both have my back. When I have something going on I know that I can call them anytime. They will always be honest with me, especially my younger sister, she knows I want to hear the truth. When we were gr...
