Masthead
Executive Board
Katie Merriam ’26, President
Layla Chaaraoui ’26, Editor-in-Chief
Luke Wagner ’26, Vice President
Jonah Karafiol ’26, Managing Editor
Editorial Board
Sara Kumar ’27, News Editor
Rania Jones ’27, Forum Editor
Kayla Reifel ’26, Arts Editor
Kate Oliver ’26, Sports Editor
Meena Behringer ’27, Editorial Comp Director
Jules Sanders ’28, Associate News Editor
Pippa Lee ’28, Associate Forum Editor
Sachi Laumas ’26, Associate Arts Editor
Alejandro Sanchez ’26, Associate Sports Editor
Han Nguyen ’27, Game Designer
Kalvin Frank ’28, Copy Editor
Caroline Stohrer ’28, Copy Editor
Raina Wang ’28, Copy Editor
Design Board
Christie Beckley ’27, Design Editor
Riley Cullinan ’27, Design Editor
Clara Lake ’27, Design Comp Director
Business Board
Keith Hannon ’27, BOPs Comp Director
Ella Bikoff ’27, Operations Director
Mia Tavares ’27, Business Director
Breagh Bridge ’27, Programs Director
Cate Buchan ’27, Programs Director
Whitney Ford ’28, Subscriptions Director
Tomas Arroyo ’27, Advertising Director
Anya Govil ’28, Publishing Director
Caroline Bae ’27, Community Chair
Anthony Goenaga ’26, Community Chair
Frida López ’27, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Multimedia Board
Patrick Sliz ’27, Multimedia Director
Daniel Rosario ’27, Website Director
Ryan Irving ’27, Video Director
Natalie Blanchfield ’28, Social Media Director
Jordan Wasserberger ’27, Photo & Podcast Director
Staff Writers
Adedoyin Adebayo ’26
Wessal Bakry ’28
Kya Brooks ’25
Andrew Christie ’26
Taybah Crorie ’25
Tyler Dang ’28
Sophie Dauer ’27
Hannah Davis ’25
Ari Desai ’27
Ilana Feder ’26
Natalie Frank ’27
Sophia Ghafouri ’27
Jai Glazer ’27
Will Grayken ’28
Vincent Honrubia ’27
Santiago Kelly ’26
Gemma Maltby ’27
Andrew Morrissey ’26
Roberto Quesada ’27
Christina Shi ’27
Lucie Stefanoni ’27
Ellie Tunnell ’27
Maddy Tunnell ’26
Mia Wilcox ’28
Mir Zayid Alam ’25
Carly Gelles ’27
Nina Berkman ’27
Aidan Fitzsimons ’25
Andrew Spielmann ’25
Gauri Sood ’26
Sophie Depaul ’27
Kaitlyn Hou ’27
Ajax Fu ’28
Design Staff
Annelise Fisher ’26
Christie Beckley ’27
Riley Cullinan ’27
Seattle Hickey ’25
Jennia Jia ’27
David Li ’25
Natalie Mendez ’26
Dhati Oommen ’26
Emily Pallan ’27
Sophia Rascoff ’27
Reeve Sykes ’26
Allyson Xu ’28
Lauren Zhang ’27
El Richards ’26
Business and Operations Staff
Aanya Afridi ’26
Isabella Andrade ’27
Ella Galova ’27
Jude Herwitz ’25
Mimi Koenig ’25
Anusha Kadiyala ’28
Bautista Martinez ’27
Matthew Moore ’27
Kyler Rno ’28
Gary Zhan ’26
Michael Oved ’25
Eliza Kimball ’25
The Sustainers
The Sustainers are a group of Independent alumni committed to supporting our mission by funding one month of office rent each year for at least five years.
Mark Shields ’70
Jim Vaseff ’71
David Smith ’75
Randy Bucklin ’82
Mark Pelofsky ’84
Julie Dam ’93
Will Reckler ’99