Founded Sept. 27, 1983
Member Collegiate Network

Editor-in-Chief
Drew Cattermole

Publisher
T. Dane Carbaugh

Managing Editor                   Senior Editor

Ross Coyle                             Pete Lesiak

Associate Editor               Associate Publisher

Kiefer VerSteegh                   Nicholas Ekblad

Copy Editors
Aidan Balbona, Autumn Lambright, Ceilia Darrough, Molly Metzig

Editor Emeritus        Publisher Emeritus        Art Director Emeritus
CJ Ciaramella             Guy Simmons                 Josh McCormick

Contributors
Carly Erickson, Greg Campbell, Evelyn Cooper, Henry Jinings, Joe Rouse, Craig Nicholas,

Evan Patrick Thomas, Bill Unger Jr., Nick Price, Chris McKee, Stephen Murphy, Nate Gartrell, Sophie Lawhead

Board of Directors
Drew Cattermole, Chairman
T. Dane Carbaugh, Vice-Chairman
Pete Lesiak, Director

Alumni Advisory Board
Charles H. Deister ‘92, R.S.D. Wederquist ‘92
Ed Carson ‘94, Mark Hemingway ‘98, William Beutler ‘02
Tim Dreier ‘04, Olly Ruff ‘05, Tyler Graf ‘05

Board of Trustees
Richard Burr, Dane Claussen, Thomas Mann, Scott Camp, Owen Brennan

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