Richard Dornin was born and raised a Hempfield Spartan his entire life. He, however, has not always been interested in writing. From playing basketball since he was in third grade, going through surgery on his knee, and never really being super interested in school to really wanting to embrace a passion that has been hiding deep inside. Dick is looking to write about current events that happen at Hempfield for the newspaper and pursue higher levels of journalism and writing in general after graduating college. Most of his time is spent playing basketball for the school and working after school along with on the weekends. Between participating in these activities and work, he finds time to hang out with his friends. Dick’s plans for after high school involve attending university for four years and studying social work and communication with the intentions of getting into journalism as a writer.