Founded Sept. 27, 1983
Member Collegiate Network

Editor-in-Chief
Philip Ossie Bladine

Publisher
Guy Simmons

Managing Editor
Jake Speicher

Production Manager
Nicole De Lancie

Associate Editor
CJ Ciaramella

Advertising Manager
Mike Schonfelter

Editor Emeritus
Ted Niedermeyer

Contributors
Matthew Walsh
Greg Campbell
Drew Cattermole
Whitney Seven
Austin Himes
Sean Jin

Board of Directors
Philip Ossie Bladine, Chairman
Guy Simmons, Director
Nicole De Lancie, Director

Alumni Advisory Board
Thomas Mann ‘88, Charles H. Deister ‘92, R.S.D. Wederquist ‘92
Scott Camp, ‘94, Ed Carson ‘94, Owen Brennan Rounds ‘95
Mark Hemingway ‘98, Andrew Oberriter ‘98, Tamir Kriegel ‘99, William Beutler ‘02
Tim Dreier ‘04, Olly Ruff ‘05

Board of Trustees
Richard Burr
Dane Claussen
Robert Davis

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