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Volume 16, Spring 2004

Editorial Staff Spring 2004

unbound* is produced and edited by journalism students and staff at The College of New Jersey. The college's only online news magazine was created by students of Kim Pearson and Elizabeth Mackie in the spring semester of 1996. unbound is updated each December and May.

The staff of unbound is interested in submissions and story ideas from The College of New Jersey and beyond.

For more information about writing for unbound, see our writer's guidelines.

To see what some of our editors are interested in, see our new Editor's Picks.

*unbound is unrelated to Atlantic Unbound, or any other commercial medium.

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Position Name
Editor-in-Chief Patrick Dresh
Managing Editor/Public Relations Manager/Assistant Photo Editor Katie Pagliara
Copy Chief Catherine Galioto
Copy Editor Melanie Weiss
Photo Editor/Assistant Lifestyles Editor Mirjana Jojic
Arts and Leisure Editor Jessica Thompson
Business and Gov't/Opinions Editor Ben Samara
Features Editor Erin Earley
Health Editor Lauren Kidd
Lifestyles Editor John Kell
Business Manager Scott Bunks
Layout/Production Manager Craig MacDonald
Advisor Kim Pearson

Patrick Dresh

Editor-in-Chief

Pat is a senior journalism/professional writing major, English minor at The College of New Jersey. Pat has been working with unbound since his sophomore year when Professor Pearson made him do it as part of her Magazine Writing class. When not working on (now voluntary of course) unbound -related things, Pat enjoys over-analyzing his existence, watching cartoons, acting with TCNJ's All College Theatre, and sleeping when he really should be doing work. Pat is currently planning to either attend grad school following graduation in May, or return to Ocular Surgery News where in the summer he learned more about eye bacteria than anyone should really know.

Katie Pagliara

Managing Editor/Public Relations Manager/Assistant Photo Editor

Katie Pagliara is the Managing Editor of unbound, a senior Communication Studies major, and Professional Writing minor at The College of New Jersey. For the past two years, she has mastered the position of Public Relations Manager, but decided it was time to branch out. While she keeps her links and photo ideas all organized, Katie still uses her Public Relations skills by making and posting flyers for unbound's various uploads and updates. Losing sleep over getting a job after graduation is her favorite activity at the moment, but she also enjoys watching Disney movies and listening to Christmas music - to keep her sane of course. Thanks everyone for all of your hard work and dedication!

Melanie Weiss

Copy Editor

Melanie is a freshman English major at The College of New Jersey. This is her first year being a part of unbound. She aspires to be an editor or any position working with a hockey team. While she's not editing for unbound (and the rest of the Wellness floor), Melanie enjoys going to Trenton Titans hockey games at the Sovereign Bank Arena. She also plays bass drum in the Raiders Drum and Bugle Corps.

Mirjana Jojic

Photo Editor/Assistant Lifestyles Editor

Mirjana Jojic is a sophomore double major in biology and English here at TCNJ. She found Unbound one afternoon when she was stumbling around after an all-night Orgo cram session. The place looked fun, so she decided to get involved with the publication and now works as photo editor. When she's not busy snapping pictures of people's "good sides", Mirjana is out saving lives as an EMT on LionsEMS, the campus 911-response squad. Her other hobbies include being active with Habitat for Humanity, traveling to her home country of Yugoslavia , and Mario Tennis (Koopa Paratroopa is her favorite). Mirjana has aspirations of going to medical school, and hopes to become an orthopedic surgeon because she loves medicine and people. It also doesn't hurt that green scrubs bring out her eyes.

Jessica Thompson

Arts & Leisure Editor

If it weren't for Diet Pepsi, late-night popcorn binges, and thoughts of Bret Michaels, Jessica Thompson would have given up on all the editing. The senior journalism/professional writing major, and arts and leisure editor plans on going to law school after TCNJ so she can fulfill her fantasy of being more like Ally McBeal.

Ben Samara

Opinions and Business and Government Section Editor

Ben Samara, a sophomore journalism major, is in his first year working as both Opinions and Business & Government editor of unbound. Samara has been writing professionally since high school and has spent time working for the Princeton University athletic department, YES Network, and ESPN. He currently writes for www.ivyleaguesports.com during the year and spends his summers there as an intern. When not working on unbound or writing, Samara can usually be found playing video games on his futon for hours on end or "dunking on fools" in intramural basketball.

Erin Earley

Features Section Editor

This is Erin Earley's third year working with Unbound. She is a senior journalism/professional writing major and political science minor. She enjoys traveling, photography, and dreaming of Scandinavia . After this spring, she hopes to go to grad school abroad or to find someone who would like to employ her.

Lauren Kidd

Heath Section Editor

Lauren Kidd is a senior journalism/professional writing major at The College. She long held aspirations of being a sports writer and mingling with the Yankees, but after studying in England , and declaring a political science minor, she is now considering a writing career focused on international journalism. Besides acting as Unbound 's health section editor, on campus Lauren is president of the TCNJ Women's Volleyball Club and a sports writer for The Signal . She is currently interning at The Public Policy Center of New Jersey, contributing to the center's two magazines, New Jersey Reporter and New Jersey Heritage , and freelancing for The Suburban Trends , a newspaper based out of northern New Jersey . After her May 2004 graduation, Lauren hopes to pursue an exciting career somewhere exciting, and will miss her Vannest girls and college buddies like crazy!

John Kell

Lifestyles Section Editor

John Kell is a senior journalism major, women and gender studies minor at The College of New Jersey. In addition to his position of lifestyles editor for Unbound, he is a sports editor for the Signal. He has been involved in several organizations on campus such as SGA, CUB, Flying Lions Adventure Club and TCNJ Swing. John Kell also freelances for The Pennington Post and works part-time at J.Crew in Princeton .

Scott Bunks

Business Manager

Scott Bunks is a senior business administration major with a specialization in finance. On campus Scott is a CA, a member of FBLA, and a Residential Computer Consultant (RCC) for RES.net. In his spare time he enjoys playing tennis and basketball, reading about cars and technology, and watching Philly Sports, especially the Sixers and Eagles.