Zack Kopplin wins "Troublemaker of the Year" award
 

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/imag...1.30.33_PM.png Zack Kopplin, the 19-year-old Rice University student and Louisiana native who's spent the last two years advocating for repeal of the Louisiana Science Education Act, was named the inaugural "Troublemaker of the Year" by a private foundation that seeks to honor people in their teens who stir up, well, trouble:


<blockquote>What kind of trouble? The good kind ? when you are not afraid to speak your mind on important matters even when everyone around you disagrees, when you take a risk and bend social norms for a greater good, when you pick a direction and go for it, even if others tell you to turn around.? [ Read more ]

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