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Olivia Durcan

Olivia Durcan, Staff Writer

Olivia is a second year member of The Echo. Their hobbies include listening to K-pop, hanging out with friends, and going on walks. In the future, she hopes to attend college and pursue a career in English education or fashion. If they had a superpower, it would be to adopt all of the cats and dogs in need of a loving home.

All content by Olivia Durcan
White House Protest in Washington D.C. in 2017.

“Don’t Say Gay” Bill

Olivia Durcan, Staff Writer
May 18, 2022
Rating 2022 Grammys Outfits

Rating 2022 Grammy’s Outfits

Olivia Durcan, Staff Writer
April 7, 2022
The Echo Magazine 24.2

The Echo Magazine 24.2

Aarti Gupta, Lily Ha, Ryder Stejskal, Gabby Dziekan, Ben LeGrand, Olivia Durcan, Udhay Nallapati, Maya Stone, Peter Wujek, and Jake Panek
March 23, 2022
A stack of standardized test books, typically used by students to prepare before the exam.

SAT goes completely online

Olivia Durcan, Staff Writer
February 10, 2022
This semester, The Echo Recommends has given up on themes. Please enjoy these January recommends.

The Echo Recommends – January 2022

Aarti Gupta, Sachin Fong, Ben LeGrand, Peter Wujek, Abby Apeland, Jason Appel, Lucas Lombana Arias, Jaclyn Bobbe, Logan Brown, Noah Burrell, Viraj Desai, Olivia Durcan, Mahika Gupta, Lily Ha, Adam Hristov, Udhay Nallapati, Sanchali Pandey, Jake Panek, Ingrid Marques Reginato, Sabrina Sabatin, Mahima Shankar, Ryder Stejskal, Gabby Dziekan, and Jack RS
January 24, 2022
The official @neuqua_sleepcam Instagram account, featuring content of the students of Neuqua Valley.

Neuqua Instagram accounts capture your worst moments (for you)

Olivia Durcan, Staff Writer
January 20, 2022
The controversy behind the Pledge of Allegiance

The controversy behind the Pledge of Allegiance

Olivia Durcan and Jaclyn Bobbe
December 17, 2021
In the December 2021 edition of The Echo Recommends, we share some suggestions of how to relieve your finals stress and winter break boredom.

The Echo Recommends – December 2021

Aarti Gupta, Ben LeGrand, Peter Wujek, Abby Apeland, Jason Appel, Lucas Lombana Arias, Jaclyn Bobbe, Logan Brown, Viraj Desai, Olivia Durcan, Mahika Gupta, Lily Ha, Adam Hristov, Udhay Nallapati, Sanchali Pandey, Jake Panek, Ingrid Marques Reginato, Sabrina Sabatin, Mahima Shankar, and Ryder Stejskal
December 15, 2021
In the November 2021 edition of The Echo Recommends, The Echo shares their Thanksgiving Break recommendations!

The Echo Recommends – November 2021

Aarti Gupta, Sachin Fong, Ben LeGrand, Peter Wujek, Abby Apeland, Jason Appel, Lucas Lombana Arias, Jaclyn Bobbe, Logan Brown, Noah Burrell, Viraj Desai, Olivia Durcan, Mahika Gupta, Lily Ha, Adam Hristov, Udhay Nallapati, Sanchali Pandey, Jake Panek, Ingrid Marques Reginato, Sabrina Sabatin, Mahima Shankar, Ryder Stejskal, and Amerie Zaininger
November 19, 2021
Students participating in standardized tests often feel pressured and upset by their preparation and scores. This graphic provides an assessment of the standardized tests work.

The toxicity of standardized testing

Olivia Durcan, Staff Writer
November 8, 2021
The weather’s warming up, so here’s some recommendations to warm you up.

The Echo Recommends – October 2021

Aarti Gupta, Sachin Fong, Ben LeGrand, Maya Stone, Peter Wujek, Abby Apeland, Jason Appel, Lucas Lombana Arias, Jaclyn Bobbe, Logan Brown, Noah Burrell, Viraj Desai, Olivia Durcan, Mahika Gupta, Lily Ha, Adam Hristov, Udhay Nallapati, Sanchali Pandey, Jake Panek, Ingrid Marques Reginato, Sabrina Sabatin, Mahima Shankar, Ryder Stejskal, and Amerie Zaininger
October 25, 2021
The fiction and literature section located at Half-Price Books on Rt. 59

When Naperville slows down

Olivia Durcan, Staff Writer
October 22, 2021
Symbol designed representing Neuqua Valleys 2021 Homecoming theme, Hollywood Nights.

Outside homecoming: Why this year was a downgrade

Olivia Durcan, Staff Writer
September 28, 2021
The Echo has returned with their monthly column. New staff, new recommendations.

The Echo Recommends – September 2021

Aarti Gupta, Sachin Fong, Ben LeGrand, Maya Stone, Peter Wujek, Abby Apeland, Jason Appel, Lucas Lombana Arias, Jaclyn Bobbe, Logan Brown, Noah Burrell, Viraj Desai, Olivia Durcan, Mahika Gupta, Lily Ha, Adam Hristov, Udhay Nallapati, Sanchali Pandey, Jake Panek, Ingrid Marques Reginato, Sabrina Sabatin, Mahima Shankar, Ryder Stejskal, and Amerie Zaininger
September 17, 2021
Cover poster of Netflix’s original movie starring Addison Rae, “He’s All That”

Why “He’s All That” is not all that

Olivia Durcan, Staff Writer
September 8, 2021
Students independently work on their art pieces while wearing their masks.

How do students feel about being back in the building

Olivia Durcan and Jaclyn Bobbe
August 26, 2021

Student perspective

Jaclyn Bobbe and Olivia Durcan
August 26, 2021

Staff perspective

Jaclyn Bobbe and Olivia Durcan
August 26, 2021
In our final edition of The Echo Recommends for the 2020-2021 school year, we give you some ideas to kick off your summer break and express your post-finals frustrations.

May we recommend that you have a good summer?

Aarti Gupta, Dana Balmas, Hazel Booth, Abby Apeland, Jaclyn Bobbe, Olivia Durcan, Sachin Fong, Augustine Gallespen, Isabela Graham, Salman Khan, Ben LeGrand, Enoch Kim, Ollie Mallett, Nwanne Nwosisi, Jena Patel, Jailen Poole, Skylar Serrano, Bhoomi Sharma, Maya Stone, and Amerie Zaininger
May 24, 2021
In the April 2021 edition of The Echo Recommends, The Echo staff could not come up with a theme. We hope you will transcend regardless, even if it’s just because you enjoy the rhyme we created.

April recommends that will make you transcend

Aarti Gupta, Dana Balmas, Hazel Booth, Abby Apeland, Jaclyn Bobbe, Olivia Durcan, Sachin Fong, Augustine Gallespen, Isabela Graham, Ben LeGrand, Ollie Mallett, Nwanne Nwosisi, Jena Patel, Jailen Poole, Maddie Pope, Skylar Serrano, Bhoomi Sharma, Maya Stone, and Amerie Zaininger
April 29, 2021
In the March 2021 edition of The Echo Recommends, The Echo staff provides some cool things to combat the warm weather with.

Spring into break with some fresh recommendations

Aarti Gupta, Dana Balmas, Hazel Booth, Abby Apeland, Jaclyn Bobbe, Olivia Durcan, Sachin Fong, Augustine Gallespen, Isabela Graham, Ben LeGrand, Nwanne Nwosisi, Jena Patel, Jailen Poole, Maddie Pope, Skylar Serrano, Bhoomi Sharma, and Maya Stone
March 25, 2021
The problem with Sias new movie, Music

The problem with Sia’s new movie, “Music”

Maddie Pope and Olivia Durcan
March 3, 2021
In the February 2021 edition of The Echo Recommends, the Echo Staff focuses on work by black creators.

Echoing black voices

Aarti Gupta, Dana Balmas, Hazel Booth, Abby Apeland, Jaclyn Bobbe, Olivia Durcan, Sachin Fong, Augustine Gallespen, Isabela Graham, Salman Khan, Enoch Kim, Ben LeGrand, Ollie Mallett, Nwanne Nwosisi, Jena Patel, Jailen Poole, Maddie Pope, Skylar Serrano, Bhoomi Sharma, Maya Stone, and Amerie Zaininger
February 18, 2021
Promotional image of The Weeknd for the 2021 Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Superbowl Halftime Show Review

Olivia Durcan, Staff Writer
February 13, 2021
Botany students get their first in-person tour of Neuquas greenhouse.

Hybrid Learning is Underway

Ben LeGrand and Olivia Durcan
February 3, 2021
In the January 2021 edition of The Echo Recommends, The Echo staff provides some things for you to try out in the new year.

New year, new recommendations

Aarti Gupta, Dana Balmas, Hazel Booth, Abby Apeland, Jaclyn Bobbe, Olivia Durcan, Sachin Fong, Augustine Gallespen, Salman Khan, Enoch Kim, Ben LeGrand, Ollie Mallett, Jena Patel, Maddie Pope, Skylar Serrano, Bhoomi Sharma, Maya Stone, Isabela Graham, and Nwanne Nwosisi
January 30, 2021
Front page describing course selection steps on http://www.neuquastudent.org/selection.html

Course selection overview

Olivia Durcan, Staff Writer
January 10, 2021
In the December 2020 edition of The Echo Recommends, The Echo staff has curated a list of things to keep you warm this cold winter break.

The Echo Recommends is comin’ to town

Aarti Gupta, Dana Balmas, Hazel Booth, Abby Apeland, Jaclyn Bobbe, Alice Braun, Olivia Durcan, Sachin Fong, Augustine Gallespen, Isabela Graham, Salman Khan, Enoch Kim, Ben LeGrand, Jena Patel, Maddie Pope, Skylar Serrano, Bhoomi Sharma, and Maya Stone
December 22, 2020
Inclusivity of the LGBTQ+ community.

The problem with current LGBTQ+ movies

Olivia Durcan, Staff Writer
December 17, 2020

Examining the effect that COVID-19 will have on the holiday shopping season

Olivia Durcan and Alice Braun
December 11, 2020
Cover of positions single

Ariana Grande “positions” album review and analysis

Olivia Durcan, Staff Writer
November 8, 2020

Naperville rally pressures schools to reopen

Olivia Durcan, Staff Writer
October 29, 2020
The Echo Magazine 23.1 - Halloween Edition

The Echo Magazine 23.1 – Halloween Edition

Salman Khan, Skylar Serrano, Alice Braun, Olivia Durcan, Abby Apeland, Aarti Gupta, and Bhoomi Sharma
October 27, 2020
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