OPINION
11A
MONDAY. AUGUST 18. 2008
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Meet your friendly neighborhood opinion staff OPINION EDITOR ASSOCIATE OPINION EDITOR
Lauren Keith is a Wichita junior in journalism and environmental studies. This is her fifth semester at the Kansan and the second semester listening to the crap you call in to Free For All. She is a devoted Slate.com reader. She aspires to be a combination of Al Gore and Dave Barry if you subtract a few hundred pounds.
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COLUMNISTS
Patrick Luiz Sullivan de Oliveira is a Belo Horizonte, Brazil, senior in journalism and history. He moved to Kansas in 2005. He is taking another year to finish his requirements and plans on attending graduate school so he can further delay entering the real world.
Cara McConnell is a Dallas junior in English. Cara will be writing about food politics and science. Cara cares about the environment, supporting local businesses and whether she turned the oven off.
Adam Schoof is an Overland Park senior in English and journalism. He is writing about technology and has made a pact to never write about Ugg boots, relationships or smoking. If you have/do any of those three things, you're already bound for failure.
Alex Nichols is an Overland Park sophomore in creative writing. He is writing about pop culture. He cares about the little things in life, like how weird it is that people care about Suri Cruise. Alex would not have made it to college if there were a Sudoku section on the ACT.
Katie Blankenau is a
Nick Mangiaracina
Lincoln, Neb., sophomore in journalism and English. She is writing about arts and entertainment. Katie loves films and likes them more when food is involved.
is a Lenexa senior in journalism. This semester he will focus on energy issues. Upon graduation, Nick hopes to be employed, preferably in something he enjoys.
Michael Pope is a Kansas City senior in English. Michael enjoys the challenges of being a student, such as getting up before noon after drinking himself to the edge of oblivion the night before.
At opinion columnist. A 6-foot Leawood senior in English. This is his first semester at the Kansan. Give it up for Ryan Snyder!
Zachary Graham is a Columbus, Ohio, graduate student in exercise physiology. He is writing about national politics. He cares about how far America has fallen on the global scale, caused by partisanship.
Matt Hirschfeld is an Augusta senior in journalism. He is writing columns about the gay community. He cares about his gays, his friends and Lawrence.
Katie Oberthaler is a Wichita junior in creative writing. She is covering the science beat. Katie is of Croatian descent, not making her any more exotic than the rest of the world, just whiter. She is also the author of many science jokes.
Sonya English is an Overland Park junior in journalism and economics. She will be writing about the environment. Yelling at my roommates to recycle has proven ineffective, so let's try a well-researched column instead.
Dan Thompson is a Topeka senior in economics and political science. He is writing about local politics. He hopes to broaden the student body's awareness of city government and encourage greater interest and involvement in the Lawrence community.
Caitlin Thornbrugh is a
Lenexa junior in creative writing. She is writing about women's issues. She frequently listens to the maraca lady on Mass.
Joshua Anderson is a Perry junior in creative writing. He is a non-traditional student, having spent a decade attending various colleges and raising a family. He is writing about global politics.
Erin Brown is a Wichita sophomore in journalism and political science. Erin is writing about Student Senate.
Adam Poole is a Wichita senior in political science and psychology. He will be writing the conservative take on the presidential election.
Bryan Marvin is a Shawnee junior in English. His column will be about tech and electronics.
Ross Stewart is a Wichita senior in journalism. He is covering state politics. He wanted to cover the bullshit beat, but it doesn't exist ... yet. He plays in a band called Russian Discussion.
Grant Reichert is an Oberlin graduate student in law. He is the winner of the "Good Hustle Award 1998." He is a Dillons Plus Card Holder. He has an unusual fondness for flags.
EDITORIAL BOARD WRITERS
Ben Cohen is a Topeka senior in political science. This is his fifth semester on the Kansan because no one has kicked him out yet. He is writing about the left-leaning side of the presidential election.
Ian Stanford is a Fairway senior majoring in English and political science who will probably end up graduating in 4.5 or 5 (being traditional is boring, right?). This is lan's second semester on the editorial board,and he focused primarily on campus politics.
Alex Doherty is a Kansas
City junior in history. This is his second semester on the editorial board. He previously covered technology and campus politics.
Ray Segebrecht is a Lawrence junior in journalism and Spanish. This is his first semester on the editorial board. His passions include writing, traveling and trying to make a positive difference in the world.
Jenny Hartz is a Stilwell senior in creative writing. This is her first semester on the editorial board but her fifth semester writing for the Kansan.
CARTOONISTS
Max Rinkel is a senior from Shawnee in African studies and religious studies. In addition to drawing cartoons on the opinion page, you can find his art on the entertainment page in the comic strip "The Adventures of Jesus and Joe DiMaggio."
Tyler Doehring
Tyler Duening is a Wichita senior in film. He is a returning editorial cartoonist for the Kansan for the second semester, but he has also worked for the Wichita State Sunflower.
Mariam Saifan is an Overland Park sophomore in architectural engineering. She has always loved art and hopes that this job as a cartoonist at the University Daily Kansan will help her with a future career.