Fall 2019 Staff

Major/Minor: English Language major, Editing and Creative Writing minors

Hometown: Andalasia

Favorite Quote:“My mind is like my internet browser, at least 19 open tabs, 3 of them are frozen, and I have no idea where the music is coming from.” – Anonymous

Why do you travel: For the food

Major/Minor: Linguistics major, Editing minor

Hometown: The Zone

Favorite Book: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Dream Travel Location: Scotland

Never Leave Home Without: The ever-present emergency granola bar crammed in the depths of her purse

Major/Minor: English major, Editing minor

Hometown: Hut in the Yesterwoods, Old Indigite Land, Felien Homeworld

Favorite Vacation Experience: It’s so hard to choose! One of the top ones was before landing in Iceland, looking out the window and seeing the sunrise on the horizon have a dramatic layer effect I had only seen in fantasy skies before.

Never Leave Home Without: Something to entertain myself. Whether a book, an ebook, or a video game, I never know how much downtime I’ll end up having, and I don’t want to be bored.

Favorite Part of Editing: That moment of realization after staring at an awkwardly-worded sentence when I figure out how to make it clearer.

Major/Minor: English major, Editing minor

Hometown: The Underground

Never leave home without: My deep love of cats

Favorite part of traveling: Going home (so I can sleep)

Interesting Tidbit: I always put my left shoe on first. Otherwise, I get confused and start the day off on the wrong foot.

Major/Minor: English major, Editing minor

Hometown: Pawnee, Indiana

Career Goals: My career goal is to become a screenplay editor. And by that I mean a Disney screenplay editor. It’s a cult. I can’t help it.

Interesting Tidbit: The most interesting fact about me is not actually about me; it’s about my husband. He’s a quadruplet! Three girls and one boy, so he is basically the most patient husband of all time.

Dream Travel Location: If I could go anywhere in the world, it would be Italy, because I am a self-diagnosed carbivore. My dream vacation is one where I just eat as much pasta and pizza as I possibly can.

Favorite Quote: “There’s only one thing I hate more than lying: skim milk, which is water that is lying about being milk.” —Ron Swanson

Major/Minor: Editing and Publishing major, TESOL minor

Hometown: Home-is-where-the-Food-is

Best part of traveling: Being able to try new foods, meet new people, experience new cultures, and learn new things.

Dream Travel Location: Any tropical beaches

Major/Minor: English major, Editing minor

Hometown: Night Vale, Somewhere in the Southwestern United States

Best part of traveling: Definitely the airport, where the security agents are all grumpy, the passengers are all irritated, the food is all overpriced, and the flight attendants are all trying to maintain at least a modicum of control.

Favorite thing to do on vacation: Find the best food in the area; farmers market, diner, hole-in-the-wall restaurant; bakery. I want to try it all.

Why I Travel: Usually, to get back to my family.

Major/Minor: English major, Editing & Computer Science minors

Hometown: Hometree, Pandora

Favorite Book: Harper Hall of Pern trilogy, Steel City Magic, Black Magician Trilogy, the Belgariad, Ender’s Game, Mistborn #1 & the Protector of the Small quartet…..they consist of my internal “Classics” so they count as one.

Career Goals: I want to eventually be a full time writer and full time freelance editor.  Maybe, just maybe, own a publishing company in the future.

Interesting Tidbit: I want to eventually be a hobbyist bladesmith.

Favorite Quote: “I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows, or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.” ―Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing  

Major/Minor: Communications (Print/Digital News Media) major, Editing minor

Hometown: The cupboard under the stairs

Favorite Vacation Experience: Hiking to a really cool waterfall in a cave on the island of Cebu in the Philippines.

Favorite Book: Ooh that’s a hard one! It’s probably a tie between Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë or Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie. I like books with plot twists that I can’t predict easily.

Dream Travel Location: Norway

Favorite Quote: “Don’t use commas like a stupid person.” —Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves

Major/Minor: Editing and Publishing major, Ballroom minor

Hometown: Hogwarts Hufflepuff House

Favorite Vacation Experience: Cruising to just about anywhere, because with any other type of travel, I push myself too hard and it is no longer a vacation, but a chance to do ALL THE THINGS.

I have never: Gone skydiving—but this thrill-seeker thinks it’s in her future!

Interesting Tidbit: I love rock climbing.

Major/Minor: English major, Editing minor

Hometown: Reykjavik, Iceland

Favorite Book: All the King’s Men

Favorite Vacation Experience: Visiting Greece. Greece was beautiful, but there is nothing like your first experience seeing another country.

Career Goals: I hope to be a high school English teacher.

Favorite thing to do on vacation: I love eating good food wherever I go. Sightseeing is great, but I think you can find out even more about a place by its food. 

Major/Minor: History major, Editing minor

Hometown: Neverland

Favorite Vacation Experience: Road trip along I-90, which included the Mall of America, the Badlands, Mount Rushmore, Big Sky Montana, Yellowstone National Park, and the Grand Tetons. It was definitely the route less traveled by, but the forty hours of driving were well worth it.

One Vacation Necessity: Options. I strongly believe in overpacking, so I don’t have to make premature decisions, and then I have three outfits for every occasion.

Favorite thing to do on vacation: Go for an early morning run and then spend all day curled up by the pool with a good book.

Major/Minor: English major, Editing and Family Life minors

Hometown: Stars Hollow, CT

Dream Travel Location: Paris, France! I literally tear up every time I see a photo of the Eiffel Tower. Between the museums, crepes, and the romantic ambiance, I can hardly wait to visit someday.

Best part about traveling: Trying new foods. Some call me a foodie, but I just really love tasting new meals and flavors. It’s an experience of its own! However, trying bugs in tropical areas will never be on my eating list.

Favorite Vacation Experience: Cruises. I think cruises give you the best of both words. You’re able to explore different parts of the world, but you also get to have great food and fun whenever you’re on water. Plus the memories are never ending.  

Major/Minor: English major, Editing minor

Hometown: Smallville, Kansas

Dream Travel Location: Rome

Favorite Part of Editing: I don’t know why, but I absolutely love editing for concision. It gives me such a thrill when someone asks for help, hands me a 2000 word paper, and says, “This was supposed to be 1000 words.”

Major/Minor: English major, Editing minor

Hometown: Gallifrey

Career Goals: Write a novel somewhere between the styles of C.S. Lewis
and Leo Tolstoy.

Dream Travel Location: Backpacking trip in New Zealand.

I never leave home without: Forgetting something