Fifteen famous figures from history will gather at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts on Monday, January 11 at 7 p.m. As the final project for UMD’s College Writing course, Cook County High School students will don the roles of the characters they researched and answer questions about their lives.
The Cook County community is cordially invited to an open discussion with the following characters, some quite noble and some decidedly notorious:
| Student | Subject | Research | |
| Karlee Axtell | Queen Isabel I | Why did she defy her family to marry Prince Ferdinand? | |
| Jonathan Baumann | Theodore Roosevelt | Was he a conservationist or a preservationist? | |
| Jaclyn Biesmeyer | Pharaoh Hetsheput | Why did subsequent pharaohs try to obliterate her from history? | |
| Erica Borson | Eleanor Roosevelt | Why did she rewrite the role of First Lady of The United States? | |
| Will Hellner | Carlos Hathcock | What preserves the legend of this crack shot sniper? | |
| Drew Holmen | Hunter S. Thompson | How did he start the craze for gonzo journalism? | |
| Brock Hommerding | Christopher Wallace | Who should be the prime suspect in the murder of the Notorious B.I.G.? | |
| Essa Jacobsen | Martha Cannary D | id “Calamity Jane” cause or avert calamity? | |
| Melissa James | Kate Sheppard | How did she lead New Zealand to become the first nation to give women the vote? | |
| Skyler Johnson | John Dillinger | Was he a Robin Hood figure or just a ruthless killer? | |
| Taryn Logan | Wilma Mankiller | How did the Cherokee Nation come to accept a woman chief? | |
| Alec Muhich | Ernest Shackleton D | id nature or a captain’s ego crush the Endurance? | |
| Carly Puch | Mary Surratt | What tightened the noose around her neck after the Lincoln assassination? | |
| Jacob Rude | Jackie Robinson | Why was he chosen to break the color barrier in pro baseball? | |
| Kipp Sande | James Bowie | Why did he take a suicide stance at the Alamo? |
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