Publisher
Áron Ricardo Perez-Lopez ’20
Editor in Chief
Jessica Shi ’21
Business Manager
Thomas Wang ’21
Managing Editor
Ivana Alardin ’21
Executive Editor
Nathan Liang ’21
News Staff
News and Features Director:
Sharon Chao ’21;
News Editors:
Whitney Zhang ’21,
Soomin Chun ’22;
Associate News Editors:
Kaitlyn Hennacy ’20,
Zoe Anderson ’21;
Staff:
Mark Goldman G,
Anshula Gandhi ’19,
Vivian Zhong ’19,
Billy Woltz ’20,
Sheila Baber ’21,
Jocasta Manasseh-Lewis ’21,
Rujul Gandhi ’22;
Meteorologists:
Jordan Benjamin ’19,
Sarah Weidman ’21.
Production Staff
Editors:
Eber Nolasco-Martinez ’20,
Joanna Lin ’22;
Staff:
Jenny Chan ’21,
Nicole Teichner ’22;
Illustrator:
Max Evans ’18.
Opinion Staff
Editor:
Fiona Chen ’21;
Staff:
Michael Beautyman G,
Claire Lazar G,
Keertan Kini ’16,
Isaac Silberberg ’16,
Steven Truong ’20.
Science Staff
Editor:
Jordan Harrod G;
Staff:
Quinn Brodsky ’22,
Jocelyn Shen ’22,
Joanne Yuan ’22.
Sports Staff
Staff:
Keshav Gupta ’21.
Arts Staff
Editors:
Ivy Li ’20,
Torri Yearwood ’21;
Associate Editors:
Ethan Vo ’19,
Johnson Huynh ’21;
Staff:
Alexandra Sourakov ’18,
Lila Jansen ’19,
Mariam Dogar ’20,
Jessica Tang ’20,
Rona Wang ’20,
Erica Weng ’20,
Max Langenkamp ’21,
Lani Lee ’21,
Nyssa Miller ’21,
Leah Yost ’21,
Alana Chandler ’22.
Photography Staff
Editors:
Ethan Sit ’21,
Assel Ismoldayeva ’22,
Kevin Ly ’22;
Associate Editor:
Alexander Sandberg G;
Staff:
Mahi Shafiullah ’19,
Leon Yim ’20,
Katya Bezugla ’22,
Shinjini Ghosh ’22.
Campus Life Staff
Staff:
Tafsia Shikdar ’21.
Copy Staff
Copy Chief:
Adira Balzac ’21;
Associate Copy Chiefs:
Jonas Kantola ’21,
Ayomikun Ayodeji ’22;
Staff:
Yaseen Alkhafaji ’21,
Maisha M. Prome ’21,
Kendall Yu ’21,
Jack Dinsmore ’22,
Pranit Nanda ’22,
Clinton Reid ’22,
Cindy Zhang ’22,
Sophia Zhi ’22.
Business Staff
Advertising Manager:
Sophia Chan ’22;
Staff:
Marissa Steinmetz ’19,
Mindy Wu ’19,
Justen M. Holl ’21,
Pranit Nanda ’22.
Technology Staff
Staff:
Jiahao Li ’18,
Gaurav Chandra ’20,
Tareq El Dandachi ’22.
Advisory Board
Paul E. Schindler, Jr. ’74,
V. Michael Bove ’83,
Barry S. Surman ’84,
Deborah A. Levinson ’91,
Karen Kaplan ’93,
Saul Blumenthal ’98,
Frank Dabek ’00,
Satwiksai Seshasai ’01,
Daniel Ryan Bersak ’02,
Eric J. Cholankeril ’02,
Nathan Collins SM ’03,
Tiffany Dohzen ’06,
Beckett W. Sterner ’06,
Marissa Vogt ’06,
Andrew T. Lukmann ’07,
Zachary Ozer ’07,
Austin Chu ’08,
Michael McGraw-Herdeg ’08,
Marie Y. Thibault ’08,
Ricardo Ramirez ’09,
Nick Semenkovich ’09,
Angeline Wang ’09,
Quentin Smith ’10,
Jeff Guo ’11,
Joseph Maurer ’12,
Ethan A. Solomon ’12,
Connor Kirschbaum ’13,
Jessica J. Pourian ’13,
Aislyn Schalck ’13,
Anne Cai ’14,
Jessica L. Wass ’14,
Bruno Faviero ’15,
Kali Xu ’15,
Leon Lin ’16,
Kath Xu ’16,
Anthony Yu ’16,
Colleen Madlinger ’17,
Lenny Martinez Dominguez ’17,
Charlie J. Moore ’17,
William Navarre ’17,
Katherine Nazemi ’17,
B. D. Colen.
Editors at Large
Senior Editors:
Emma Bingham ’19,
Nafisa Syed ’19,
Christopher Wang ’19,
Josephine Yu ’20.
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