Created By and For Students
Seoyoung Joo
Co-editor-in-Chief (The Biggest Straw)
Seoyoung is a senior in material science and engineering with a minor in creative writing. All pronouns. Really into Korean things like smoking cigarettes (joking), drinking soju, drinking beer, drinking somek (soju + beer). Also books and movies and cultural critique or whatever
Isabella Yee
Writer (Regular Size Straw)
Isabella is a senior studying Mechanical Engineering. She fell into a comic book rabbit hole last year and hasn't figured out how to get out yet.
Dharma Trang
Writer (Backup Dancer)
Dharma is a sophomore studying economics with a minor in creative writing. She loves dancing and is current recovering from her addiction to romance novels by drowning herself in 500-page fantasy novels.
Josephine Kim
Artist, Writer
Josephine is a junior in BXA for Creative Writing and Fine Arts. She buys way too many socks and likes to dress like a grandpa.
Avi Wong
Writer
Avi is a first-year Materials Science & Engineering major who writes scenes for Scotch'n'Soda, buggy-drives, and hoards spoons from ABP.
Antara “Antu” Mageshwaran
Writer
Antu is a fourth-year Environmental Engineering student. She enjoys reading, learning languages, video games.
Phyllis Feng
Co-editor-in-chief (Rap God)
Phyllis is a junior studying Information Systems and Human-Computer Interaction. She enjoys making fun of BookTok, telling the most unhinged stories, and torturing herself by looking at available cats to adopt.
Cami Wu
Writer (Super Senior)
Cami is a senior studying Information Systems. She enjoys video games, big cats, the harpsichord, and all things pirate. Her favorite book is, unsurprisingly, Moby Dick.
Avani Guduri
Artist, Layout Designer
Avani is a junior studying cognitive science and HCI with a minor in technical writing. She likes historical fantasy and creating chaos while playing social deduction games.
Keya Sharma
Layout Designer
Keya is a freshman majoring in Materials Science Engineering and possibly Engineering and Public Policy. She loves watching shows/movies and is on a mission to watch a show/movie from each country in the world!
Briana Chen
Artist (Zen Master)
Briana is a junior majoring in Business Administration and HCI. She spends her free time doodling original characters, writing, and playing video games or gymming (side effects of having a twin brother).
Marcus Ho
Writer (Cutie Patootie)
Marcus is a freshman studying chemistry. Marcus is part of the origami club and runs his own blog! He is also a certified cutie patootie and cooks in a nice apron.
Alumni
Amy Luo
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Amy is a current senior studying Information Systems with a minor in HCI. She likes drawing and is a big fan of Gudetama. Her fav foods include overnight oats and all snack items from Trader Joe's.
Alisha Singh
Writer
Alisha is a senior studying Computer Science with a minor in Hindi Studies. In her free time, she enjoys singing, dancing, reading, writing, photography, cooking, and going down hour-long rabbit holes on Youtube. Fun fact: She is a leftie from a family of lefties, and uses this as her fun fact in every ice breaker :)
Elizabeth Zu
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Elizabeth loves reading, art, NPR podcasts, Asian food, a solid venting session with friends, and Ghibli movies. She is currently a senior majoring in business administration. Her favorite milk tea is pu-erh and in her opinion, anything under 50% sweetness is "dirt water".
Simon Lenoe
Writer
Simon is a senior majoring in German and minoring in Japanese and Music. He shares a favorite baseball team (the Yakult Swallows) with his favorite author, Haruki Murakami. He enjoys writing fiction, investigating the German subjunctive mood, and he's a bit too fond of "The Office" and Rina Sawayama.
Megan Li
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Megan is a senior majoring in Statistics and Decision Science. She keeps icebreakers at the ready so she never has to experience that desperate Orientation scramble again. Ever.
Catherine Du
Writer
Catherine is a senior in Information Systems with a minor in Design for Learning. They are passionate about Taylor Swift, BTS and Marxism in that order.
David Kim
Co-Editor-in-Chief
David is a current senior in Biological Sciences with a minor in Music. When not practicing the clarinet, he enjoys reading and listening to (an eclectic collection of) music. Currently he is reading Being Mortal by Atul Gawande, and his favorite album is "Teens of Denial" by Carseat Headrest
Kevin Geng
Writer
Kevin is a junior studying computer science who loves listening to Mitski on repeat and has trouble writing biographies.