Elaina Bolanos, Reporter
Elaina is a junior who started Newswriting in her sophomore year. She has attended Radford since her freshman year and will graduate in 2020. She enjoys the cold too much for someone who lives on an island and can’t wait until she leaves to see snow again. Elaina loves writing and reading, too much some would say. While she prides herself on her writing, photography has also been one of her better skills. Outside of writing and photography, Elaina will probably be playing volleyball or running, another strange hobby she has, or hanging out with her friends. And if all else fails, she’ll turn to Netflix in bed and hang out with her dogs. Elaina’s post-high school plan is to attend Emerson college and become a journalist. She likes to consider herself an outgoing person and her close friends would probably describe as crazy. She is looking forward to her second year on The Rampage staff, and hopes to write many quality articles.
![Justin Coronado (11), said “[Hungry, Hungry Hippos] consisted of 5 teams freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, and teachers each trying to put as many balls as possible into a basket. One person from each team was tied down to a chair and another teammate had to pull them in and out to retrieve the balls. Whoever got the most balls in the basket won.
Matai Suitonu, another student who played, said The game they had me play was definitely tiring. It was a lot of fun and it felt good competing against the other classes and gettin the dubs.” Photo by Elaina Bolanos](https://www.therampage.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-24-at-12.09.35-PM.png)
![eaction she gets from people when she reveals her condition to them. Wald was diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a condition where fluid accumulates in the brain, at six months old, so a shunt was implanted in her brain to drain excess fluid. “Having hydrocephalus may have some limitations, like for example, not being able to join the military, [but it] doesn’t mean that it’ll stop me from reaching my full potential,” she said.](https://www.therampage.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/hydrocephalus.png)
