Daniel Bickerstaff

Bio:
Daniel is from Ontario, California and like all the other authors on this magazine, is a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He plans on majoring in Electrical Engineering like many other members of the class of 2010. He loves music and anything guitar-related. Jazz, Blues, Rock, Metal, and some R&B are among his favorite types of music. As a guitar junky, he loves to look at guitar catalogs, spec sheets of electric guitars, and read books about the building of custom guitars and guitar theory. He dabbles in skating and snowboarding and falling a lot. He likes his coffee sweet in the morning and is crazy about his tea at night (Stevie Ray Vaughan).

 

 

Benjamin Chang

Bio:
Ben is an anime robot boy who lived with a group of girls in a ethereal place called Hinata Inn while attempting to get into MIT. At MIT, he found his "fated" girl, the girl he met when he was two and promised to get into MIT with. Although he didn't remember what she looked like, or even her name, they are now happily together. They can be spotted holding hands walking around campus, sitting on a green eating picnic lunches, or playing tennis together. They will be having a student wedding next week, you should be there. Ben also holds every world record in everything, for everything. He is also a secret agent.

Seriously though... Benjamin Min-Jia Chang (yup that's his full name) is just a regular freshman 18-year-old surviving at MIT and planning to major in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He hails from New York, and is ethnically Singaporean. Sometimes he likes to give people trouble by making people guess what ethnicity he is. It makes him smile.

Oh, and he has a dog named Bagel.

 

 

Jasmin Figueroa

Bio:
My name is Jasmin Figueroa. I was born in Brooklyn, New York. I currently live in the fiesty city of Miami Beach, Florida. My favorite ice cream flavor is Mint Chocolate Chip. I love music and traveling. I am a freshman at MIT (C/O 2010), where I plan to study Biological Engineering.

 

 

Leif Francel

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Bio:
Leif Francel is a first year student at MIT. He enjoys having cow chip throwin’ contests and playing other hick games on the weekends in his home state of Oklahoma.
He loves Boston.

 

 

Thom Goff

Bio:
Thom is from Tenafly, New Jersey. He plans to major in Architecture and/or Urban Planning. He plays squash and loves to wander. Writing is a slow and painful experience for him... except when he loves the subject. WEE!

 

 

Tuan Huynh

Bio:
Hello! I’m Tuan. I was born in Da Nang, Vietnam and my family immigrated to San Jose, CA when I was five-years-old. There I stayed for 13 years. I like to see new things, new people, and new places, so here I am at MIT in Cambridge, MA, 3000 miles away from home. I plan to major in course 6 (electrical engineering and computer science) and course 15 (management). I will also attempt a minor in course 21W (writing) and course 18 (mathematics).

 

 

Janice Jang

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Bio:
Hello, my name is Janice Jang. I was born in New York City and have lived in
Little Neck for most of my life. When I was a student at Stuyvesant High
School, I was involved in Math Team, the yearbook, the school newspaper, and
various other clubs and musical activities. During my free time, I watched a
lot of television and read magazines, which is how I've come to like everything
related to popular culture. It was an absolute thrill for me to take part in
this online publication and it was a learning experience I will never forget.

 

 

Nina Kim

Bio:
Nina is a horse-like creature that only requires a bowl of rice and ten hours of sleep every day. She dreams of rearranging window displays, finding out that Madeleine L'Engle's last written work was for Goosebumps, and drinking glasses of olives and fetuses in her sleep. She wastes her time thinking of situations of the past and future which could never be when she is awake. Overall, she is a student of poor reasoning and judgment. When she is fired from her job for being consistently late, you should take her out for a nutella-filled pastry and she will entertain you with stories from her sleep.

 

 

YingFei Li

Hometown:
NYC, New York

Major:
Course 10 Chemical Engineering

Favorite Quote:
"Where there is a will, there is a way."

 

 

Kristen Martinez

Bio:
My name is Kristen Martinez and I was born and raised in Miami.  I am currently a freshman at MIT and I plan to study chemical engineering.  I love all kinds of music.  Going to the movies, going to the beach, dancing, shopping and hanging out with friends are some of my favorite activities.

 

 

Jenna McKown

Bio:
Jenna McKown, born and raised in Texas, has come to MIT to study ocean engineering. Yes... that's right, ocean engineering is still a major. As a writer, she explores a wide variety of subjects, and especially enjoys topics having to do with the oceans, the environment, and all the things in life that annoy her.

 

 

Amanda Moritz

Bio:
Amanda Moritz is a first year student at MIT. She likes to wear hats that don’t belong to her. She also likes to listen to music while sitting down. Her favorite school is MIT, her favorite board game is Apples to Apples, and her favorite color is blue when it is next to white. Sometimes she goes to Tokyo and sometimes she skis in Vermont. 

 

 

Mugisha Mushoka

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Hometown:
Nairobi, Kenya

About Me:
I play soccer and keep it real all the time.

 

 

Matt Petersen

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Bio:
I am Matt. I am the American Dream, forgotten and suppurating in the back of the fridge. I'm infected with ADD and AIDS, Ebola and Some Other Acronym; Justin, Britney, and the RIAA; Java, Maxwell, Euler, and compressible flow; All-American as the Kennedy family. I've been a problem child, rocket scientist, insomniac, criminal, and your mom at four in the morning. I am, in fact, everything but a dichotomy.

 

 

K.C. Quilty

Bio:
K.C. Quilty is afraid of highway driving but she once rode a bus for eight hours to stay in New York City for two. She enjoys poetry-like prose but not prose-like poetry. Her favorite films balance dialogue and silence evenly. Her latest undertaking involves the grand task of making her roommate like Radiohead. She is a student at MIT and hails from New England.

 

 

Arian Roman

Bio:
From Western Mass, Arian is a young student worried about the urban dilemma, but
don't let him fool you it's not all black and white. He is from a
multi-cultural, multi-socioeconomic background. Confused? Don't be. His writing
incorporates themes from his background as a minority in a caucasian school
system, and his bi-racial background.

 

 

Nur Shahir

Name: Nur Majida Shahir (or Theta take your pick)
Age: a complex number
Pets: Ninja bunny called Euclid
Major: 18 and 20
Interests: Math, anime, j-pop, k-pop, k-dramas, reading, PC gaming, writing, cooking, sudoku and being the geekiest girl on McCormick 4 East.
Website: e-mail me ^_^
Anything else: ......I like apple juice.....

 

 

Julia Yoo

Bio:
I am a relentless dreamer, pianist, human rights activist, a writer, a sister,
and a friend. I like having deep conversations, meeting new people, learning
new things, shopping, and spending time with my family and friends. I also like
watching movies with sour patch kids and sunny weather.