Lauren Murphy
Editor-in-Chief
Year: Senior
Major/Minors: Youth Ministries/Biblical Studies and Theological Studies
Words to Live By: “Life’s not a spectator sport.” –Laverne, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”
If you were a superhero, what would your power be? Flight! Or the ability to enact world peace.
Jordan Kolb
Managing Editor
Year: Senior
Major/Minor: English Lit/History
Words to Live By: “Life’s greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.” –Victor Hugo
If you had to choose a different era of history to live in, which would it be? Honestly, I think I would thrive in the 1980s. I’ve always wanted an excuse to have big hair.
SaraGrace Stefan
Copy Editor
Year: Junior
Major/Minors: English Lit/Creative Writing and Political Science
Words to Live By: “Don’t be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don’t have to live forever, you just have to live.” –Natalie Babbitt
What’s your dream job? I don’t know its official title, but it involves sitting on a beach and reading copious amounts of books, surrounded by dogs.
Anastasia Carroll
Copy Editor
Year: Senior
Major/Minor: English Writing/Spanish
Words to Live By: “Fíjense en las aves del cielo: no siembran ni cosechan ni almacenan en graneros; sin embargo, el Padre celestial las alimenta. ¿No valen ustedes mucho más que ellas?” –Mat. 6:26
Who is your celebrity doppelganger? It’s definitely a tie between Zac Efron and JLo. Let the people decide.
Russell Risden
News Editor
Year: Senior
Major: History
Words to Live By: “Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.” –Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Who is your literary role model? C.S. Lewis
Anthony Barr
Opinions Editor
Year: Sophomore
Majors: English/History
Words to Live By: “I think there is no suffering greater than what is caused by the doubts of those who want to believe. I know what torment this is, but I can only see it, in myself anyway, as the process by which faith is deepened.” –Flannery O’Connor
What is the nerdiest thing you do in your spare time? I play Fantasy Supreme Court.
Shelly Lister
Sports Editor
Year: Senior
Majors: English Writing/Psychology
Words to Live By: “I am ready to face any challenges that might be foolish enough to face me.” –Dwight K. Schrute
What is your guilty pleasure music? Hands down: Justin Bieber…although I really don’t feel that guilty about it. #NotSorry
Madeleine Harris
Features Editor
Year: Senior
Major: Philosophy
Words to Live By: “You, my soul, dead in yourself, run under the wings of Jesus your mother, and lament your griefs under his feathers. Ask that your wounds may be healed and that, strengthened, you may live again.” –St. Julian of Norwich
Do you have any hidden talents? Well…yes…but if I told you, they wouldn’t be hidden.
Eliza Brown
Arts & Entertainment
Editor
Year: Junior
Major: English Writing
Words to Live By: “Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the romance of the unusual.” –Ernest Hemingway
Which is better, coffee or tea? Tea is the answer to everything. But coffee would definitely suffice in a pinch.
Matt Wolek
Photography Editor
Year: Senior
Major: Economic Development
Words to Live By: “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” –Scott Adams
What’s the best book you read this summer? “Out Came The Sun” by Judith Scott