Volume 1 Staff:

Eva Xiao
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Eva is a recent graduate of Dartmouth College, where she studied computer science and creative writing. Soon, she's switching hemispheres and moving to Shanghai, where she will learn about the Homeland, re-learn her mother-tongue, chase after stories, and pay off student loans.
Editor
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Eva is a recent graduate of Dartmouth College, where she studied computer science and creative writing. Soon, she's switching hemispheres and moving to Shanghai, where she will learn about the Homeland, re-learn her mother-tongue, chase after stories, and pay off student loans.

Kelsey Stimson
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Kelsey spends most of the year living out of a suitcase. She enjoys agglutination, blatteroons, chimeras, and dictionaries. Recently, she's picked up a new hobby: Dumpster Diving.
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Kelsey spends most of the year living out of a suitcase. She enjoys agglutination, blatteroons, chimeras, and dictionaries. Recently, she's picked up a new hobby: Dumpster Diving.

Stephanie Ng
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Stephanie calls both Hong Kong and Boston her home. Quarantined from city lights and cigarette smoke, she now studies neuroscience, English, and visual art in a sleepy, four-season town that smells perpetually like Royal Pine Car Freshener. When she's not scribbling, doodling, or self-caffeinating, Stephanie slips into the corner of a cafe to people-watch.
Assistant Editor
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Stephanie calls both Hong Kong and Boston her home. Quarantined from city lights and cigarette smoke, she now studies neuroscience, English, and visual art in a sleepy, four-season town that smells perpetually like Royal Pine Car Freshener. When she's not scribbling, doodling, or self-caffeinating, Stephanie slips into the corner of a cafe to people-watch.

Jeff Sharlet
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Jeff Sharlet teaches creative nonfiction at Dartmouth College. His most recent book
is Sweet Heaven When I Die.
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Jeff Sharlet teaches creative nonfiction at Dartmouth College. His most recent book
is Sweet Heaven When I Die.

Stephanie Barnhart
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Stephanie's middle school math teacher once told her that if she wanted to express herself she should write. Although she was referring to Stephanie's disruptive behavior, Stephanie took the advice to heart. At Dartmouth, she has been fortunate enough to pursue her interest in writing and transform it into more than a pastime.
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Stephanie's middle school math teacher once told her that if she wanted to express herself she should write. Although she was referring to Stephanie's disruptive behavior, Stephanie took the advice to heart. At Dartmouth, she has been fortunate enough to pursue her interest in writing and transform it into more than a pastime.

Julia Danford
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Julia Danford majored in English at Dartmouth College, which allowed her to pursue a few of her favorite things, namely reading good books, writing about them, and napping in the library. Her other interests include student government, running through the woods, playing basketball, learning about the U.S. healthcare system, and writing poems. Next year she she'll attempt to keep to the straight and narrow as she wanders the crooked streets of Boston, MA.
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Julia Danford majored in English at Dartmouth College, which allowed her to pursue a few of her favorite things, namely reading good books, writing about them, and napping in the library. Her other interests include student government, running through the woods, playing basketball, learning about the U.S. healthcare system, and writing poems. Next year she she'll attempt to keep to the straight and narrow as she wanders the crooked streets of Boston, MA.

Lindsay Ellis
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Lindsay Ellis is a Dartmouth senior and a Newton, Mass. native. She drank 17 cups of coffee (and counting!) at The Fort's counter while reporting this assignment.
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Lindsay Ellis is a Dartmouth senior and a Newton, Mass. native. She drank 17 cups of coffee (and counting!) at The Fort's counter while reporting this assignment.

Nate Kania
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Nate Kania is unaware of whether or not he should be writing in the third person. He would, however, like you to know that he was born and raised in Lincoln, Massachusetts, which is a small Boston suburb with some very nice stone walls. Currently, Nate Kania attends Dartmouth College, where he rows and writes, and doesn't do much else, although he is always making lists of things he should be doing, and would be doing, had he the time. He enjoys long walks on the beach, and has a healthy respect for Golden Retrievers.
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Nate Kania is unaware of whether or not he should be writing in the third person. He would, however, like you to know that he was born and raised in Lincoln, Massachusetts, which is a small Boston suburb with some very nice stone walls. Currently, Nate Kania attends Dartmouth College, where he rows and writes, and doesn't do much else, although he is always making lists of things he should be doing, and would be doing, had he the time. He enjoys long walks on the beach, and has a healthy respect for Golden Retrievers.

Miriam Kilimo
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Miriam grew up in both semi-rural and urban Kenya, but she prefers living in the Kenyan countryside, where she dreams of settling down one day to raise cows and chickens. Apart from rural life, Miriam enjoys traveling, watching German theater and opera, writing on her blog, reading "deep" literature, and Christmases with her siblings.
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Miriam grew up in both semi-rural and urban Kenya, but she prefers living in the Kenyan countryside, where she dreams of settling down one day to raise cows and chickens. Apart from rural life, Miriam enjoys traveling, watching German theater and opera, writing on her blog, reading "deep" literature, and Christmases with her siblings.

Katie Kilkenny
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Katie is a recent Dartmouth graduate whose college education has found her specializing in a dangerously narrow set of critical skills. After she began to analyze Animal House scene-by-scene for her school paper, she decided it was time to stray from her computer screen and explore the Upper Valley to write her own stories. She has previously analyzed Joe Biden parodies and successful Hollywood facial prosthetics for Slate.
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Katie is a recent Dartmouth graduate whose college education has found her specializing in a dangerously narrow set of critical skills. After she began to analyze Animal House scene-by-scene for her school paper, she decided it was time to stray from her computer screen and explore the Upper Valley to write her own stories. She has previously analyzed Joe Biden parodies and successful Hollywood facial prosthetics for Slate.

Kendall Madden
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Kendall grew up just outside of San Francisco and now studies creative writing and neuroscience at Dartmouth. She spends her free time enjoying a long list of activities, including thinking of an even longer list of new things to try. She writes about what she finds interesting in the world, which is, pretty much everything.
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Kendall grew up just outside of San Francisco and now studies creative writing and neuroscience at Dartmouth. She spends her free time enjoying a long list of activities, including thinking of an even longer list of new things to try. She writes about what she finds interesting in the world, which is, pretty much everything.

Madison Pauly
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An avid people-watcher, news junkie and thrift shop aficionado, Madison has spent three years at Dartmouth telling stories and perfecting her dry-erase board artistry.
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An avid people-watcher, news junkie and thrift shop aficionado, Madison has spent three years at Dartmouth telling stories and perfecting her dry-erase board artistry.

Laina Richards
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Member of the Class of 2014 at Dartmouth College. From Connecticut. Has three siblings and a cat. Laina describes herself as a student, relying heavily on the fact that she has at least one more year before she really needs to know what to write in a short bio. Thus far, her studies in English and Psychology have been shaped by a fascination with the stories of others.
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Member of the Class of 2014 at Dartmouth College. From Connecticut. Has three siblings and a cat. Laina describes herself as a student, relying heavily on the fact that she has at least one more year before she really needs to know what to write in a short bio. Thus far, her studies in English and Psychology have been shaped by a fascination with the stories of others.

Lauren Vespoli
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Lauren Vespoli majored in history and minored in creative writing at Dartmouth, and interned for two years at the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. She enjoys reading, spending time on/ near/ around mountains and hunting for change to fuel her caffeine addiction. She hopes to one day retire to a Wyoming ranch with many horses, cats and dogs. And maybe some people. She is from Guilford, Connecticut and is currently trying to figure out (read: afford) Manhattan.
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Lauren Vespoli majored in history and minored in creative writing at Dartmouth, and interned for two years at the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. She enjoys reading, spending time on/ near/ around mountains and hunting for change to fuel her caffeine addiction. She hopes to one day retire to a Wyoming ranch with many horses, cats and dogs. And maybe some people. She is from Guilford, Connecticut and is currently trying to figure out (read: afford) Manhattan.

Catherine Treyz
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A recent graduate of Dartmouth College, Catherine Treyz can often be found rummaging through dusty archives, scribbling new typeface designs on legal pads, or listening to big band jazz tunes. She also likes making lists (hence the legal pads). On her list of things she likes, multimedia and storytelling rank high. In the next year, she’ll be pursuing both interests in D.C. and London.
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A recent graduate of Dartmouth College, Catherine Treyz can often be found rummaging through dusty archives, scribbling new typeface designs on legal pads, or listening to big band jazz tunes. She also likes making lists (hence the legal pads). On her list of things she likes, multimedia and storytelling rank high. In the next year, she’ll be pursuing both interests in D.C. and London.