Thursday, July 2, 2009

Caitlin Quigley: Master of the mind

By Arielle Kaigler-Hall

Caitlin Rose Quigley uses her mind a lot.

At Fowler High School, Quigley competes in Masterminds, pop culture trivia club. She belongs to the school’s engineering group. She also has a 95 grade-point average, which earned her a spot in the National Honors Society.

“I studied from January to June trying to improve my scores,” Quigley said. She received a score of 1850 out of 2400 on her SAT. Quigley would like to attend Syracuse University or Northeastern University in Boston. She would like to become a health scientist or study in the field of engineering.

In the fall, Quigley will be a senior at Fowler High School. During her senior year, she plans to be on the bowling team and play tennis.

Quigley is the senior editor for her school newspaper, “The Falcon Flyer.” She describes her work with the paper as “a way to express how I really feel.” For example, Quigley wrote an article about hierarchy in her school and how the social class in the school is divided.

The article was “controversial,” Quigley said. “People thought I was attacking Fowler.”

Quigley was born on March 3,1992, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse, New York. She is the middle child between two sisters, and lives with her mother and stepfather.

During her free time, Quigley loves to watch “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Gossip Girls.”

“‘Gossip Girls’ is my release therapy,” she said. “Maybe it makes me think I’m a good person.”

Quigley also loves to follow Perez Hilton’s blog. “He is my idol, and he is very honest and tells the truth,” she said. “And I like that fact that he made a fortunate on something that he loves.”

But most of the time she is putting her mind to work.

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