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Faith Heaphy, Editor-in-Chief
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Faith Heaphy is a senior majoring in communication and media studies with a focus in journalism and a minor in business administration. She began writing for the Observer her sophomore year of college and held the position of assistant features editor and then managing editor her junior year. She interned at NBC and Fox News as a junior. At Fordham, Faith enjoys giving campus tours and leading her Christian Life Communities group. She’s addicted to chocolate, likes to run, loves interviewing people and is excited to work with such a talented editorial board this year!
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Monique John, Managing Editor
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Monique John is a junior majoring in communication and media studies with a minor in African and African-American studies. She began writing for the Observer in fall 2009, and later became a staff writer for its news and opinions sections. Monique enjoys writing about race politics, women’s rights, and arts and culture; she has also participated in numerous student programming and social justice projects such as Molimo, FCLC’s Black Cultural Club, Urban Plunge and Global Outreach! Immokalee, Florida. Monique will also be interning in Cosmopolitan Magazine’s editorial department this fall.
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Laura Chang, News Editor
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Laura Chang is a senior majoring in communication and media studies, with a minor in visual arts. She began as a staff writer for the Observer during her freshman year and later became assistant news editor in her junior year. Laura has also interned for CBS News. She grew up in New York City and will be returning to CBS during the spring 2012 semester. She enjoys writing and hopes to continue pursuing her dreams of reporting for news on camera._______________________________________________________________________________________
Colleen Thornhill, Opinions Editor
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Colleen Thornhill is a senior majoring in history as well as communication and media studies with a concentration in film. She started writing for the Observer in the fall of 2010 and became assistant opinions editor the following semester. When not writing her articles at the very last minute, you can find her watching old movies in preparation for her goal of becoming a film historian. And yes, she knows that means she’ll probably be broke, but she’s pretty OK with it.
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Katie Lockhart, Arts & Culture Co-Editor
klockhart@fordham.edu
Katie Lockhart is a sophomore majoring in communication and media studies. Katie began writing for the Fordham Observer during her freshman year. She first held the position of staff writer and then became assistant editor of the arts & culture section. She is planning on minoring in visual arts and hopes to become a film critic.
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Mike Madden, Arts & Culture Co-Editor
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Mike Madden is a junior majoring in communication and media studies with a focus in journalism. He started writing for the Observer during his freshman year. Beginning as a staff writer, Mike has also held the position of assistant arts and culture editor. Mike has also worked as an intern for the Columbia Journalism Review as well as AOL News/Patch.com.
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Brian Bruegge, Asst. Arts & Culture Editor
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Brian Bruegge is a junior majoring in communication and media studies and history. He started writing for the Observer in the fall of last year and began helping with layout last spring. Brian aspires to a brief and successful career, followed by a long retirement in which he plans on growing into a grizzly old man with a loyal dog in the open country out west.
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Darryl Yu, Features Co-Editor
DYu@fordham.edu
Darryl Yu is a senior majoring in economics and minoring in communication and media studies. Aiming to go to law school after Fordham, he hopes to become a corporate lawyer in the future. Although his goal is to enter the legal profession, Darryl has always been passionate about telling stories through his writing. Being a huge “foodie,” he hopes to uncover New York City’s hidden gems through his new food column “Word of Mouth.” The former sports editor of the Observer, he looks forward to the year ahead as features co-editor. Darryl also plays the drums and was part of a metal band in his home city of Hong Kong.
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Mario Weddell, Features Co-Editor & Asst. Photo Editor
mario.weddell@gmail.com
Mario Weddell is a senior majoring in visual arts and communication and media studies. He began writing for the Observer during his sophomore year. He has contributed articles to almost every section, as well as photographs, and has a column in the Features section. He spends too much time thinking up corny headlines and awful puns. During his junior year, he was a writer for Cliché Magazine. He is in the Honors Program at FCLC and enjoys photography, film-making, writing music and playing basketball.
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Matt Petronzio, Literary Editor and Copy Editor
litsection.observer@gmail.com
Matt Petronzio is a senior majoring in English with a minor in creative writing. He started writing for the Observer during the fall of his sophomore year and became the assistant literary editor in spring 2010. He was the recipient of Fordham’s 2011 Academy of American Poets Prize and his poetry has been published in NAP Magazine. He has worked as the editor of College Magazine’s success section, an editorial/marketing intern at W. W. Norton & Company and an editorial intern at Guernica Magazine (for which he still contributes to the blog, Guernica Daily). He is currently working as an editorial intern for Mashable’s features team.
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Anna Luciano, Asst. Copy Editor
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Max Wollner, Sports Co-Editor
mfwollner@gmail.com
Max Wollner is a junior majoring in communication and media studies. He started writing for the Observer during his sophomore year as a staff writer and eventually as the assistant sports editor. He hopes to one day become a sports broadcaster. Max has an extreme, almost obsessive passion for baseball, but when he’s not mulling over statistics, he sings in FCLC’s a cappella group.
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Sara Azoulay is a junior at Fordham University double majoring in communication and media studies and anthropology. She started writing and taking photos for the Observer in the beginning of her sophomore year and held the position of assistant photo editor last semester. She enjoys all animals, film photography, the smell of books and her cowboy boots.
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Amanda Fimbers, Layout Editor
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Amanda Fimbers is a sophomore majoring in communication and media studies. She joined the layout staff during the fall of 2010, became assistant layout editor the following spring and is now excited to start this year as layout editor. Amanda is also part of the executive board for RHA and an ambassador for the Lincoln Center Society. Her plans are to continue her studies and pursue a career in media.
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Ariella Mastroianni is a junior double majoring in philosophy and communication and media studies with a minor in visual arts. She started writing for the Observer’s arts and culture section in fall 2010 and became the assistant online editor in spring 2011. Ariella has been developing a music magazine called Naked. It’s pretty dope.
Beata Cherepakhina is a senior majoring in communication and media studies with a concentration in journalism. She transferred to Fordham in the beginning of her sophomore year to pursue her interests in journalism. Since transferring she has been an assistant features editor and a features co-editor. She is excited to take on the challenge of being an online editor. She has previously interned with New York Family Magazine, Betty Confidential and Hungry Guides New York. In her spare time, Beata continues to feed her nail polish obsession and hopelessly cheer for the NY Jets.
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Sadia Noor, Blog Editor
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Sadia Noor is a junior majoring in English and communication and media studies and minoring in visual arts and philosophy. She began working for the Observer in the fall of 2010 as a staff writer, then as the assistant blog editor. By spring 2011, Sadia had earned the position of blog editor. When she’s not slaving away on WordPress, Sadia enjoys graphic design, creative writing, rap music and building things that never really work.cristinaromano212@gmail.com
Natalia Ramirez, Business Manager
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