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Editorial Staff
Editor-in-Chief, CC ’24
Claire Shang (she/her)
Claire is editor-in-chief of The Blue and White. She believes in college magazines, vegetarianism, translated literature, microinfluencers, and you.
Managing Editor, CC ’23
Sylvie Epstein (she/her)
Sylvie serves as B&W’s 2022–2023 managing editor. In her free time, she throws dinner parties with her roommates, polls the table about which fall boot to order, watches and re-watches Girls on HBO Max, and runs drafted tweets by everyone she encounters. All this only after each issue has been sent off to the printer, of course.
Digital Editor, CC ’24
Kat Chen (she/her)
Kat’s The Blue and White’s digital editor. When she’s not working on the website, it’s a safe bet she’s stalking capybaras on the internet, sitting in class seven minutes before it starts, eating an E10 from Milano, or all of the above.
Publisher, BC ’23
Tarini Krishna (she/her)
Tarini’s The Blue and White’s publisher. When she’s not worrying about the magazine’s finances, she can be found drinking a cappuccino at Hungarian, making Spotify playlists for her friends, mixing cocktails, or talking about Democratic politics.
Illustrations Editor, CC ’23
Hart Hallos (he/they)
Hi, I’m Hart, I’m 24, and I’m from Brighton. I’ve never really been the type to be tied down, but maybe I’ll meet the right kinda bird in the villa. My type on paper is someone who’s got good banter, a rockin’ bod, and if you don’t have the right chat, just get outta me face. Illustrations editor on the weekends.
Illustrations Editor, BC ’23
Madeleine Hermann (she/her)
Madeleine is one of two illustrations editors for The Blue and White. She would call herself an avid digital artist; her friends would call her an avid iPad kid. You can usually find her nursing an oversugared Liz’s coffee over, you guessed it, her iPad.
Layout Editor, BC ’24
Annie Poole (she/her)
Annie’s The Blue and White’s layout editor. When she’s not doing layout for all of campus, she can be found in Riverside Park running, FaceTiming her mom, or having a beer with friends. She works for a fashion brand run by Barnard alumni doing layout (!) and design projects.
Literary Editor, CC ’23
Benjamine Mo (he/him)
Benjamine Mo is a literary editor for The Blue and White.
Literary Editor, CC ’23
Eliza Burns Rudalevige (she/her)
Eliza is one of The Blue and White’s literary editors. When she's not workshopping your lovely poetry and prose submissions, you can find her cosplaying as a Barnard dance major, rewatching the Great British Bake Off, or agonizing about the starting salary of a publishing professional.
Senior Editor, CC ’22.5
Grace Adee (she/her)
Grace is a senior editor who has been trying to think of a clever bio for The Blue and White since 2018. She is majoring in silent reading time (English literature) and she lives for the adrenaline rush of watching Top Chef while she cooks dinner.
Senior Editor, CC ’23
Cole Cahill (he/him)
Cole is a senior editor for The Blue and White.
Senior Editor, CC ’23
Dominy Gallo (she/her)
This is Dominy’s second round as a senior editor of The Blue and White, after a brief interlude as editor-in-chief. When she’s not waxing poetic about her love of the magazine, you’ll probably find her trying to outrun her existential dread on the Central Park bike loop or reading Joan Didion essays on the lawn.
Senior Editor, BC ’24
Anouk Jouffret (she/her)
“Anouk is a senior editor for The Blue and White. When she isn’t writing for the mag, she is listening to classic rock (the kind your 60-year-old dad likes), watching The Sopranos or film (not movies), reading modern literature (postmodern when feeling adventurous), or driving her mom’s stick shift. In other words, Anouk is a grade-A snob.”
—Becky Miller
Senior Editor, BC ’23
Kelsey Kitzke (she/her)
When she’s not bumping into fellow Blue and Whiters at Hungarian, you can find her swinging out all her trials, tribulations, and triumphs on the swing sets in Riverside.
Senior Editor, BC ’24
Becky Miller (she/her)
Becky is a senior editor at The Blue and White. She is usually writing and editing for the mag, watching movies, or rollerskating around her dorm, practicing for the dangerous New York City streets, where she hopes to make it one day.
Senior Editor, CC ’24
Victor Omojola (he/him)
Victor is a senior editor for The Blue and White. His heart is deeply stirred by Liverpool Football Club, Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock, and the general aura that permeates Avery Hall’s basement. He wishes he liked the Boston Celtics less.
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Senior Editor, BC ’25
Sona Wink
Sona is a senior editor at The Blue and White.
Writing Staff
Staff Writer, CC ’24
Henry Astor (he/him)
Henry is a staff writer for The Blue and White.
Staff Writer, BC ’25
Zibia Bardin (they/she)
Zibia is a staff writer for The Blue and White. Zibia is an avid adidas Samba connoisseur, cultural critic, and lover of ponds. When she’s not writing for The Blue and White, Zibia enjoys watching lengthy video essays and Mad Men “Best Moments” videos on Youtube.
Staff Writer, CC ’24
Iris Chen (she/her)
Iris is a Blue and White staff writer. She loves peaceful walks through cemeteries and the color blue.
Staff Writer, BC ’23
Margaret Connor (she/her)
Margaret’s a staff writer. Between her quest to visit every Manhattan arthouse cinema and feeding strychnine to pigeons in the park, she scrambles to find time to write. (She gets her highest word counts at Hungarian, incidentally.)
Staff Writer, CC ’24
Andrea Contreras (she/her)
Andrea is a staff writer for The Blue and White. Her passions include new wave and post-punk, upcycling, Spanglish slang, consuming various treats, and performing the occasional full moon hex. You can find her on a corner bench somewhere, people watching on a sunny day.
Staff Writer, CC ’26
Schuyler Daffey (she/her)
When she’s not searching for her Mr. Darcy, critici(s)ing American spelling conventions, and listening to rain sounds, you’ll find her sunbathing on the lawn in the dead of winter and probably apologi(s)ing to someone somewhere.
Staff Writer, CC ’25
Steven Rex Dames (he/him)
Stephen is a staff writer at the Blue and White. He can normally be found listening to Steely Dan, tweeting about soup, or re-reading old posts on Mark Fisher’s k-punk. He enjoys long dinners, Clarice Lispector, and the 1990 film Metropolitan.
Staff Writer, CC ’26
Adrienne deFaria (she/they)
Adrienne is a staff writer with the Blue and White. You can probably find them in a ballet production at Columbia or listening to Joni Mitchell as they gaze wistfully from Low Beach onto the campus.
Staff Writer, CC ’24
Amogh Dimri (he/him)
Amogh's a Blue and White staff writer. You can find him nursing an IPA at Arts and Crafts, playing spikeball on the lawns, and watching old Anthony Bourdain episodes. Sometimes in that order.
Staff Writer, BC ’25
Cat Flores (they/she/he)
Cat is a staff writer for The Blue and White.
Staff Writer, BC ’23
Sadia Haque (she/her)
Sadia is a staff writer for The Blue and White.
Staff Writer, GS ’24
Madison Hu (she/her)
Madison is a staff writer at The Blue and White. She loves (other people's) birthdays and briskly walking down the street with her weekly song fixation blasting in her earbuds.
Staff Writer, CC ’25
Josh Kazali (he/him)
Josh is a staff writer and the leading Peanuts scholar at Columbia University (a self-designated title, but one he stands by). He likes films with running montages and ending dance numbers, and has been slowly amassing a collection of Blu-Rays despite his notable lack of a Blu-Ray player.
Staff Writer, CC ’23
Clara Kraebber (she/her)
Clara is a staff writer for The Blue and White.
Staff Writer, BC ’24
Molly Leahy (she/her)
Molly is a staff writer for The Blue and White. On a sunny afternoon, you can find her investigating New York City's ice cream scene, hammocking in Sakura Park, or intercepting dog walkers. On a rainy day, she is likely texting her mom for photos of her cat/son, Mr. Schmidt.
Staff Writer, BC ’24
Miska Lewis (she/her)
Miska is a staff writer at The Blue and White. She loves dinner parties (you can make a three-course meal in a dorm, who knew), oat milk cappuccinos, and the eternal quest for two hammock trees on campus. Read the short stories she recycles from her creative writing workshops!
Staff Writer, CC ’23
Will Lyman (he/they)
Will is a writer for The Blue and White. He enjoys being gorgeous and evil on his couch.
Staff Writer, BC ’24
Molly Murch (she/her)
Molly is a staff writer and a fan of mangoes. She spends her days trying to convince her friends to watch Kissing Jessica Stein, dealing with violent nosebleeds in Diana's fifth floor bathroom, and hiding the fact that she's an economics major.
Staff Writer, CC ’23
Briani Netzahuatl (she/her)
Briani is a full-time staff writer and pop culture consumer. When she’s not writing or learning about random 2000s celeb drama, she’s crocheting her entire wardrobe, watching GBBO, sipping on a Russian coffee, or wishing she was doing all of the above.
Staff Writer, CC ’24
Leah Overstreet (she/her)
Leah is a staff writer for The Blue and White.
Staff Writer, CC ’25
Anna Patchefsky (she/her)
Raised in Philadelphia, Anna loves streets named after trees. When she’s not narrowly avoiding their potholes—or scheming the epic comeback of infinity scarves—Anna also writes for The Blue and White.
Staff Writer, CC ’24
Claire Schweitzer
Claire is a staff writer on The Blue and White. When she’s not distracting everyone around her in Butler 209, you can find her eating a bagel (with lox!) or overanalyzing Parks and Rec.
Staff Writer, CC ’26
Siri Storstein (she/her)
Siri is a staff writer for The Blue and White.
Staff Writer, CC ’24
Muni Suleiman (she/her)
Muni is a staff writer at The Blue and White. She says that there's nothing she loves quite like fall weather and festivities, but her Twitter addiction, tote bag collection, and tendency to people-watch beg to differ. Being a parking lot philosopher is her favorite side gig.
Staff Writer, CC ’25
Jazmyn Wang (she/her)
Jazmyn is a staff writer for The Blue and White.
Staff Writer, CC ’25
Dominic Wiharso (he/him)
Dominic is a staff writer for The Blue and White.
Staff Writer, CC ’26
Tara Zia (she/her)
Tara is a staff writer for The Blue and White.
Illustrations Staff
Staff Illustrator, CC ’26
Emma Chen (she/her)
Emma is a staff illustrator for The Blue and White.
Staff Illustrator, CC ’24
Lolo Dederer (she/her)
Lolo is a staff illustrator for The Blue and White.
Staff Illustrator, CC ’25
Watson Frank (they/he)
Watson is a staff illustrator for The Blue and White. They also are a disembodied voice sent from another realm to handle serious business. How serious? VERY serious.
Staff Illustrator, CC ’26
Jorja Garcia (they/them)
Jorja is a staff illustrator for The Blue and White.
Staff Illustrator, CC ’26
Cadence Gonzales (she/her)
Cadence is a staff illustrator for The Blue and White.
Staff Illustrator, CC ’24
Maca Hepp (she/her)
Maca is a staff illustrator for The Blue and White.
Staff Illustrator, CC ’24
Mac Jackson (she/her)
Mac is a painter and illustrator in the Columbia College class of 2024.
Staff Illustrator, CC ’25
Alexandra Lopez-Carretero (she/her)
She says she’s an English major because she likes reading, but in reality she just wants to improve her Bananagrams skills. When she’s not drawing, you can find her spacing out, photographing her friends, or reading, duh.
Staff Illustrator, CC ’23
Vanessa Mendoza (she/her)
Vanessa is a staff illustrator for The Blue and White.
Staff Illustrator, SEAS ’23
Samia Menon (she/her)
Samia is a staff illustrator who comes from America's most celebrated metropolis, Cleveland, well-known as the New York of Northeast Ohio. While the world was falling into the villainous clutches of 2020, her wonderful time as the Illustrations Editor kept her moving forward, along with archaeology podcasts, her grandmother’s FB posts, and mediocre attempts at skateboarding. You should be able to find her at a nice little café, doing nice little math problems that are imminently due.
Staff Illustrator, BC ’25
Oonagh Mockler (she/her)
Oonagh is a staff illustrator for The Blue and White.
Staff Illustrator, CC ’26
Nayeon Park (she/her)
Nayeon is a staff illustrator for The Blue and White.
Staff Illustrator, BC ’25
Amelie Scheil (she/her)
Amelie is a staff illustrator for The Blue and White.
Staff Illustrator, CC ’25
Betel Tadesse (she/her)
Betel is a staff illustrator for The Blue and White.
Staff Illustrator, CC ’25
Phoebe Wagoner (she/her)
Heeey, this is Phoebe, a staff illustrator’s, bio. She enjoys traditional Appalachian music, hanging & chilling, and repetitive tasks, such as peeling crayons.