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The Courier, the student newspaper of Monmouth College, is published on selected Fridays each semester. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to voice their opinions to the editor. All letters must be typed, signed and include a phone number. Letters should not exceed 300 words and should either be emailed to courier@monm.edu or sent via campus mail by 5 p.m. on the Wednesdays preceding publication.


The Courier reserves the right to edit submissions for length, style and standards of good taste. This publication presents opinions that do not necessarily reflect those of the editors, the reporters, the faculty or the administration of Monmouth College.


The Courier office is located in the lower level of the Stockdale Center on the Monmouth College campus. The offices can be reached by calling 309/457-3456. Advertising rates are available upon request.

Lucas Pauley - Editor-in-Chief

Lucas is a senior here at MC. Along with being the Editor-in-Chief, he is a part of Big Brothers Big Sisters, Men's Glee Club, and The Scotsmen. He loves music, writing and football. Lucas hopes to own a recording studio someday, and would love to have a career as a journalist, particularly in the entertainment field.
  Ashley Nuzzo - News Editor

Ashley is a senior Psychology major with a Spanish minor. Her future career goal is to work with children in a dolphin-assisted therapy facility. Her favorite authors are Carl Hiaasen, David Eddings and Elizabeth Gilbert. Ashley also enjoys scrapbooking, traveling, and movies.
 
Derek Keist - Features Editor
 
Derek is a double major in Communication and English with a minor in Journalism. He spent half a year as a contributing writer on the Courier and joined the editing staff this year as the Features Editor. Last year he was an Resident Assistant in Cleland Hall, where he is now Head Resident. He is a very social and outgoing person and easy to get along with. His hobbies are video games and writing. He hopes to someday combine the two and find a job in journalism writing for a video game magazine. That is his future dream job.
 
  Adam Kinigson - Sports Editor

Adam Kinigson is a junior Communication major from Bolingbrook, Ill. On top of being the Sports Editor for the Monmouth College Courier, Adam is also the libero for the men’s volleyball team, as well as a member of the men’s fraternity, Phi Delta Theta. He loves baseball, football and his favorite team is the New York Yankees. Adam enjoys all types of music, but his favorite singer is Elvis Presley. He also has one older sister and a dog named Oreo.
 
Andrew Drea - Copy/Layout Editor

 
Sally Hayes - Photography Manager
 
Sally Hayes is a senior Philosophy and Classics double major with a History minor from Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Sally assisted with photography for the Courier last semester and is now enjoying the position of Photography Manager. She is a member of the Monmouth College Water Polo team, a Resident Assistant in Founders' Village, a member of  the Blue Key Honors Society, and participates in the Monmouth College Band. Sally took a semester on hiatus to work for the Obama presidential campaign last fall and plans to return to the world of politics upon graduating. After a round or two of campaigns she is looking into Law School or Museum Studies. She also enjoys spending time with her younger sister, Maya, her parents, and her black lab, Magik.
 

 

Danny Weber - Online Manager

Danny Weber is a senior at Monmouth College, unwillingly dragged into the English major and by Professor Willhardt. He has enjoyed writing for The Courier since his freshman year and managing its website since his junior year. Danny finds little solace in being a White Sox fan at MC, but enjoys watching the Bears also. He hopes to somehow combine his passion for writing, music, and movies into a career and perhaps to open his own donut shop one day.
  Michelle Nutting - Advertising Manager
 
Michelle is a junior from St. Louis, Missouri,  majoring in Communication with a minor in Political Science. Besides being the Promotions Manager for the Courier, Michelle is involved with the Pi Beta Phi sorority, where she is the new member coordinator. She is a Scot Ambassador, giving perspective students tours, lunch, etc. She is a Lead Orientation Leader, where she welcomes the new students to campus in the fall by being a leader of the ILA group and helping them adjust to campus life. Michelle is also an anchor and reporter on Monmouth’s television news cast "MC-TV This Week". She also runs sprints for  the Fighting Scots Track and Field team. Within the Courier, Michelle’s position requires her to get advertisements from the local businesses around the town of Monmouth.
 
Created by: Ian Van Anden & Vanessa Schumacher
Monmouth College
Monmouth, Illinois 61462
Last Update: Octtober 2, 2009