Publisher
Joanna Lin ’21
Editor in Chief
Kristina Chen ’23
Business Manager
Daniel Zhang ’22
Managing Editor
Chloe McCreery ’23
Executive Editor
Wenbo Wu ’23
News Staff
News Editors:
Shelley Choi ’23,
Srinidhi Narayanan ’24;
Associate News Editors:
Grace Song ’23,
Nicole Chan ’24;
Staff:
Edwin Song ’22,
Kylee Carden ’23,
Kerri Lu ’23,
Jennifer Ai ’24,
Mauricio Barba da Costa ’24,
Daisy Wang ’24;
Meteorologist:
Sarah Weidman ’21.
Production Staff
Editors:
Ana P. Reyes Sánchez ’22,
Arun Wongprommoon ’23,
William Xu ’24;
Staff:
Yichi Zhang G,
Lydia Patterson ’24;
Illustrator:
Gloria Lin ’21.
Science Staff
Staff:
Albert Liu ’23,
Seung Hyeon Shim ’23.
Sports Staff
Editor:
Suleman Thaniana ’23.
Arts Staff
Editors:
Lulu Tian ’22,
Liane Xu ’23,
Erika Yang ’23;
Staff:
Vyshnavi Vennelakanti G,
Johnson Huynh ’21,
Max Langenkamp ’21,
Lani Lee ’21,
Sharon Lin ’21,
Nyssa Miller ’21,
Rona Wang ’21,
Leah Yost ’21,
Alana Chandler ’22,
Rajiv Movva ’22,
Vaishnavi Phadnis ’22,
Victoria Dzieciol ’23.
Photography Staff
Editor:
Kevin Ly ’22;
Associate Editor:
Maxwell Yun ’21;
Staff:
Katya Bezugla ’22,
Sophia Fang ’22,
Shinjini Ghosh ’22,
Assel Ismoldayeva ’22,
Alex Li ’22,
Kevin S. Chen ’23,
Maximo Machado ’23.
Copy Staff
Copy Chief:
Laura Schmidt-Hong ’23;
Associate Copy Chiefs:
Kendall Yu ’21,
Caitlin Fukumoto ’24;
Staff:
Yaseen Alkhafaji ’21,
Talia Blum ’21,
Ayomikun Ayodeji ’22,
Pranit Nanda ’22,
Clinton Reid ’22,
Sophia Zhi ’22,
Stuti Khandwala ’23,
Michael V. Bhopaul ’24,
Joseph Li ’24,
Denzel Segbefia ’24,
Alicia Yang ’24,
Sarah Zhao ’24.
Business Staff
Advertising Manager:
Steven Ngo ’22;
Operations Manager:
Caroline Bao ’23;
Staff:
Asia Hypsher ’21,
Tafsia Shikdar ’21,
Leon Yu ’21,
Alvin Zhu ’21,
Pranit Nanda ’22,
Amber Liu ’23,
Irene Terpstra ’23.
Technology Staff
Director:
Ben Kettle ’22.
Advisory Board
Paul E. Schindler, Jr. ’74,
Barry S. Surman ’84,
Deborah A. Levinson ’91,
Saul Blumenthal ’98,
Satwiksai Seshasai ’01,
Daniel Ryan Bersak ’02,
Eric J. Cholankeril ’02,
Marissa Vogt ’06,
Andrew T. Lukmann ’07,
Austin Chu ’08,
Michael McGraw-Herdeg ’08,
Marie Y. Thibault ’08,
Nick Semenkovich ’09,
Angeline Wang ’09,
Quentin Smith ’10,
Jeff Guo ’11,
Ethan A. Solomon ’12,
Jessica J. Pourian ’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,
Emma Bingham ’19,
Vivian Zhong ’19,
Ivy Li ’20,
Josephine Yu ’20,
B. D. Colen.
Editors at Large
Contributing Editor:
Jack Dinsmore ’22;
Senior Editors:
Nafisa Syed G,
Áron Ricardo Perez-Lopez ’20,
Ivana Alardín ’21,
Adira Balzac ’21,
Lior Hirschfeld ’21,
Nathan Liang ’21,
Ethan Sit ’21,
Thomas Wang ’21.
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