From the editor
This issue is for you.
When I say you, I mean all of you, every student here at Kent State, every person who will pick up this magazine. After being selected as editor, I decided this would be my goal for the semester. And I think my staff has succeeded in helping me reach this goal because this issue truly has a little bit of everything.
Our cover story by Ryan Loew, “Kent’s secret stash,” is an in-depth look at students’ use of hard drugs — even in the dorms. If you’re looking for a more light-hearted read, Grace Dobush’s story about the stereotypes of librarians will entertain you but also shed some light on what library science students are really like — don’t let the stereotypes fool you. Erin Roof’s first-person narrative about coming to terms with losing her best friend and her father in the same year is both beautifully poetic and heartbreaking. If you’re not up for much reading, Gavin Jackson’s photo story on the Kent State Precision Flight Team might be just the thing for you.
I enjoyed putting this diverse issue together. I’ve learned a great deal in the process, and I had the opportunity to work with a talented and creative staff. Without them, this issue would not have been possible.
Enjoy. I’m confident you’ll find something that sparks your interest.
Katie Hilbert
MEET THE STAFF
Katie Hilbert, editor
Editing style: obsessively thorough
Year & major: Senior magazine journalism major
Hometown: Manchester, Ohio
Age: 22
Best Burr moment: It started out as a calm afternoon. I was sitting peacefully at the computer getting a little work done. I stood up to take a walk to the vending machine, when suddenly, a furry creature jumped out of nowhere! It was scurrying around the office in a crazed manner. It turned out it was only a chipmunk, but it did take a little work to run it out of the office. If it weren't for the chipmunk-herding skills of Grace Dobush and Candace Perkins Bowen, I don't know what I would have done that fateful afternoon.
Favorite magazine (other than The Burr): My guilty-pleasure read: Glamour magazine. I also love Writer’s Digest because I’m a nerd and a huge fan of the written word.
Something you miss from your childhood: Summer vacations that were all mine and meant playing outside all day and catching lightning bugs at dusk.
So, where do you see yourself in 20 years? Living the “glamorous” life of a big-time magazine editor.
Favorite word: It’s a tie between smitten and yummy.
Least favorite word: I don’t discriminate against words.
Katie Phillips, managing editor
Editing style: Deceptively nice
Year & major: Senior magazine journalism major
Hometown: Ashtabula, Ohio
Age: 21
Best Burr moment: Meeting this semester’s fabulous staff!
Favorite insult: Oh my God! She’s fashion roadkill!
Dream job: Editor-in-chief of Seventeen magazine
Something you miss from your childhood: Recess
So, where do you see yourself in 20 years? Married to Orlando Bloom :)
Favorite word: Fabulous
Least favorite word: Hate
What needs to be invented? More hours in the day
What are your guilty pleasures? Starbucks, chocolate, Laguna Beach
So, you just got The Burr out, what are you gonna do now? Sleep! Then start work on the spring issue!
Andrew Hampp, assistant managing editor
Editing style: Quick
Year & major: Senior magazine journalism major
Hometown: Tiffin, Ohio
Age: 22
Best Burr moment: Rewriting my first Burr story on my first full day as a 21 year old
Favorite insult: Boo, you whore!
Favorite magazine (other than The Burr): Entertainment Weekly
Dream job: To be Gwen Stefani’s first Harajuku boy (hey, it could happen...)
Something you miss from your childhood: Irresponsibility.
Favorite word: Persnickety
Least favorite word: The n-word
Grace Dobush, Web editor
Editing style: Ruthless
Year & major: Senior magazine journalism major
Hometown: Wellington, Ohio
Age: 23
Best Burr moment: Getting the spring 2005 issue done the night before our deadline and going out to celebrate
Favorite magazine (other than The Burr): The New Yorker
Dream job: If I can do the following in my life I will be happy: Write for the New Yorker, edit a design magazine and make a name for myself in bookbinding and designing cool stuff.
Hero: Barb
Something you miss from your childhood: Pogs, Apple IIes
So, where do you see yourself in 20 years? Living a moderately fabulous life in a major metro area with some cats and a gigantic library.
Favorite word: Genre, entourage, pretty much anything with a soft g
Least favorite word: Pimple
What are your guilty pleasures? America’s Next Top Model
Kristin Lindsey, chief copy editor
Year & major: Senior magazine journalism major
Hometown: Canton, Ohio
Age: 23
Favorite insult: Not the brightest crayon in the box
Something you miss from your childhood: Waking up at the crack of dawn to play outside with my neighbors until the streetlights came on and my mom forced me to go inside and take a bath.
So, where do you see yourself in 20 years? Editing or writing for a magazine in California or Portland and married to Colin.
Favorite word: Rendezvous
Least favorite word: No
What needs to be invented? A machine that types what you’re thinking whenever you want it to.
What are your guilty pleasures? The Tony Danza Show and Richard Marx
Lee Anthony Zelenak, art director
Year & major: Senior visual communication design major
Hometown: Wadsworth, Ohio
Age: 23
Best Burr moment: Finishing the mag
Journalism experience: None!
Favorite magazine (other than The Burr): Communication Arts, Print
Dream job: Professional equestrian or a designer
Heroes: Josef Mueller Brockmann, Nick Nolte
Something you miss from your childhood: Lincoln Logs! They were totally sweet!
So, where do you see yourself in 20 years? The most northern part of Canada.
Favorite word: Spectacular
Least favorite word: Monkey
What needs to be invented? A pocket coffee maker.
So, you just got The Burr out, what are you gonna do now? I’m going to return my sensei and finish my ninja training.
Melissa Gaug, photo editor
Year & major: Senior photoillustration major
Hometown: Warren, Ohio
Age: 23
Favorite magazine (other than The Burr): Cosmo
Dream job: Working in children’s fashion photography
Heroes: My grandparents
Something you miss from your childhood: Innocence and so much freakin’ imagination... and turning my wagon into a flying machine
So, where do you see yourself in 20 years? Hm, I’d be 43, ah so old! Probably have brats as children, and an even bigger brat as a husband... Hopefully I would’ve been successful enough as a photographer that I could open my own studio for portraiture, and maybe not in Ohio but somewhere warm.
Favorite word: Aww
Least favorite word: Peoples
So, you just got The Burr out, what are you gonna do now? Try to pass law of mass comm.
Gavin “Action” Jackson, assistant photo editor
Year & major: 8th year sophomore photojournalism major
Hometown: Silver Spring, MD
Age: 25
Best Burr moment: Receiving the award for cutest smile from Katie.
Dream job: Lego architect
Hero: Hugo Chavez
So, where do you see yourself in 20 years? Drinking away my 30s
Favorite word: Dreamboat
Least favorite word: Deferred
So, you just got The Burr out, what are you gonna do now? Whatchu gonna do with all that junk, all that junk inside your trunk?
Rami Daud, webmaster
Year & major: senior photojournalism major
Hometown: Lakewood, Ohio
Age: 21
Best Burr moment: Finishing this site
Favorite magazine (other than The Burr): Shift
Dream job: Astronaut, seriously
Heroes: Bill Hicks
Something you miss from your childhood: sleep
Favorite word: relic
Least favorite word: past-due
So, where do you see yourself in 20 years? uh, 42 and probably sleeping under a bridge
So, you just got The Burr out, what are you gonna do now? Homework!
Rachael Miller, marketing manager
Year & major: Senior marketing and psychology double major
Hometown: Painesville, Ohio
Age: 21
Best Burr moment: Getting hired
Favorite magazine (other than The Burr): Aperture
Dream job: Head director for a major non-profit
Heroes: Mom, a truly incredible woman; dad, one of the smartest,hardest workers ever
Something you miss from your childhood: Missing school didn’t matter
Favorite word: Concur
Least favorite word: Mucus
What needs to be invented? Silent construction equipment!
What are your guilty pleasures? Extra cream cheese at Einstein’s ;) |
