Humans of Fossil: Mason Palmer

Jaclyn Ambrose • May 1, 2016

lijh — Mason Palmer poses for a picture. Photo Credit: Mason Palmer

Mason Palmer is just another sophomore student at Fossil Ridge High School, who enjoys playing hockey, helping out on set for theater, and someone who aspires to be a graphic designer for video games.

A passion of Palmer’s is hockey, which took root as a eight year old. After seeing an Eagles game with his dad, he just wanted to play it. He saw no interest in watching when he was younger, he just wanted to skate. After bothering his parents to let him play, he got the gear, played a spring season, and took off from there.

To Palmer, hockey is something that gives him a “sense of pride…accomplishment, and a sense of friendship.” On ice is where he can feel ‘on top of the world’ he says , “on the skates I feel a lot faster, then I do in life.”

Next year there are rumors of there being a Poudre School District hockey team, which has peaked Palmer’s interest. However, plans for that could be canceled if there aren’t enough students interested in it;if plans for the team fall through, he does wants to play for the school rather than his competitive team in NOCO.

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Plans after high school for Palmer’s plans for life after high school is to study to become a video game graphic designer. His goal in helping the video game making process, is “to tell a story.” He is looking at CSU and the Colorado Art Institute to get his major in. His junior year he plans to take the graphic design class offered at Fossil. He wants to learn about the equipment that is used since it is very different than pen and paper drawing.

Palmer does consider himself to be a gamer, finding enjoyment and “wonderment” within various digital worlds. He wants to change gaming platforms and start a new game that does not follow the “set-in-stone standards,” such as companies like Nintendo.

Because of his involvement in theater tech, he plans on helping out with Fossils upcoming musical production of West Side Story. He hopes to learn more about lights, sound, and set design.

Palmer is an individual who is someone who wants to change the ideas and thoughts that are put into a video game. A strong hockey player who deems his power on ice, a theater techie, and a student who roams the halls of Fossil.

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Jaclyn Ambrose, Marketing Manager

Jaclyn Ambrose is a senior in her third year of the Journalism program, and she’s also filling the new Marketing Director position this year. She writes mainly for the arts beat, attending most of the band and orchestra concerts, as well as providing plenty of music reviews for the paper. Ambrose fell in love with Journalism sophomore year, when she took it because she wanted more English credits. Just last year, she had the realization that she wanted to continue with the subject after high school. She loves it for the “freedom over what you want to write, and the classroom, and just getting to publish your work.”

Music has been a part of Jaclyn’s life forever, and she loves filling the paper with local bands and reviews of the concerts that Fossil’s own musicians put on. Her own favorite bands include Weezer and The Band, who were involved with Bob Dylan in the 1960s. She describes their style as, “country, folk, rock, everything.” In addition, Jaclyn is deeply involved with the band program at Fossil as a part of the color guard and the rifle line. Her family includes her mom and dad, a sister who has just returned to Colorado Mesa University, a cousin who lives with her, and her dog Niki. Niki is a Pomeranian/chihuahua/dachshund mix, and Jaclyn describes Niki as “a ray of sunshine.”

[caption id="attachment_18924" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Jaclyn poses with some of her favorite records. Photo Credit: Annie Polly[/caption]

After high school, Jaclyn expects to stay in Colorado for college. She is mostly considering UNC Greeley, Colorado Mesa, or CSU, all of which have business and Journalism programs. Business is partially “something to fall back on," but she loves working with other people and thinks that she could really enjoy a career in that field, at least at some point. If she had to describe her goals for the remainder of her senior year in three words, Jaclyn would pick “graduate, happiness, and fulfillment.”