Harley Decius: Suicide impacts survivors
Q: What is your senior paper topic?
A: Survivors of suicide.

Q: Describe your senior project and its effects on the community.
A: I am interviewing and surveying people who have been affected by suicide and natural deaths to show the difference in the grief and how [people are] individually affected.

Q: What do you hope to accomplish with your senior project and paper?
A: [To] inform people the impact their lives have on those surrounding them.

Q: What is your personal reason for picking this topic?
A: I lost my dad to suicide and am a survivor myself.

Q: Please share some of the most interesting facts that you have found on your topic.
A: For every life taken, there are at least six survivors left behind.

Keegan Opdahl: Bodybuilding improves lives
Q: What is your senior paper topic?
A: Bodybuilding.

Q: Describe your senior project and its effects on the community.
A: I’ll be talking about bodybuilding and why fitness in general is good for everyone’s body. [. . .] Maybe more people will decide to start working out to change their lives for the better.

Q: What do you hope to accomplish with your senior project and paper?
A: I hope to inspire and motivate people to get up and change their minds and bodies for the better.

Q: What is your personal reason for picking this topic?
A: I myself was overweight and over the last few months I’ve started to slim down and build more muscle, so I want to help other people do this if they’re overweight too.

Q: Please share some of the most interesting facts that you have found on your topic.
A: I’ve learned all about the history of bodybuilding, dating all the way back to the 11th century. I’ve just overall learned a lot of good facts about general health and wellness.

Beau Melton: Physical fitness helps the elderly
Q: What is your senior paper topic?
A: The benefits of physical fitness for the elderly.

Q: Describe your senior project and its effects on the community.
A: It is a project that I will be researching — how staying active helps the older generations.

Q: What do you hope to accomplish with your senior project and paper?
A: I hope to get an A for the paper and learn more about my topic.

Q: What is your personal reason for picking this topic?
A: I believe that staying active should be an important part of someone’s life.

Q: Please tell me some of the most interesting facts that you have found on your topic.
A: Staying active can reduce the risk of disease.

Q: What are some of the benefits of physical activity for elderly?
A: It helps elders age better, helps with mobility and also risk of disease.