Nadia Askar is a senior from Kansas City, Missouri obtaining her degree in English with a creative writing concentration, and double minoring in journalism, media, and publishing, and psychology. She has written for Janus in previous years, as well as been a part of the editing team, and is currently holding the position of Managing Editor. After graduation, Nadia plans to seek employment in the publishing world, but only if a spot as one of Gru's minions does not open up.

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Markesia Bailey is a sophomore at Westminster.  She was born and raised in a small town in Arkansas by the name of Helena-West-Helena.  She's majoring in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing and minoring in Psychology.

 

Brammika Balamurugan is a senior at Westminster double majoring in Accounting and International Business.  She is from an island called Sri Lanka.  As much as she loves to work with numbers, she also loves being an artist where she is able to draw characters, create designs for cloths, and do face make-ups and hairstyles.  Her passion in art definitely brings out the best in her and she is looking forward to making it into something special and real in the future.  She didn't realize that she'd be an anime-loving girl until she started watching Naruto Shippuden, a Japanese anime series, and loved drawing one of her favorite characters from the series, Itachi Uchiha.

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Abby Beach is a junior at Westminster majoring in biochemistry from Lexington, Missouri.  After finding the poem titled, “If Tampons Were for Guys,” she put together and performed this poetry collection during her senior year of high school. This collection fit very well with Chelsea Sharp’s His/Her/Their collection, so she found it appropriate to submit.

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Therasia Brautigam is a junior from Russellville, Missouri.  She is majoring in Secondary Education and English with a minor in Journalism.  She is a member of Education Association and Westminster Advisory Technology Team.  During her free time, she enjoys eating tacos and reading lots of books.

 

Lydia Cain is a sophomore majoring in Spanish and Psychology. She enjoys doodling and petting cats. She would do both simultaneously, however, an unfortunate feline behavior is to sit directly on the doodle. She hopes to be a public relations specialist who can afford art supplies after college.

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Celeste Cummings is a senior majoring in Biochemistry with an emphasis in Chemistry and minoring in Math.  She has wanted to submit a piece to Janus every year and finally decided that senior year was the year to commit.

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Ethan Deimeke is a junior at Westminster majoring in Business Communication and Security Studies. From Shamrock, Missouri.  He is an active member and Recruitment Chair of Phi Delta Theta, Missouri Beta, and enjoys playing baseball, watching film, reading literature, and is an avid hat collector.

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Aspen (Haiden) DeShong is a 21-year-old Westminster junior hailing from Colorado Springs, Colorado.  A budding psychologist and aspiring novelist, their work is geared toward the exploration of mental illness, instability, trauma and conflict within both prose and poetry.

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Cailey Edwards is a junior from Hominy, Oklahoma. She is studying English with a minor in Journalism/Media/Publishing. In her free time she enjoys writing articles for The Columns and consuming large amounts of coffee while watching true crime documentaries.

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Destri Eichman has not been a photographer long, but has found her inspiration in the mundane and ordinary. She says that photography doesn’t have to be a spectacle and strives to produce work that expresses the commonplace, while still causing the viewer to search for context and deeper meaning. The people of Guatemala are the focus for her collection as they represent pain and hardship along with strength and perseverance. She believes that their stories are being conveyed through something as simple as their picture.

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Sam Goodfellow has recently taken up art.  Usually he works from photographs of places he has been, but some are from his backyard. Since he began doing pastels, he has become much more aware of color and the visual environment around him.  Now he sees compositions, the visual relationships of different objects, perspectives and proportions everywhere.

 

Zitong (Jessica) Jia is a senior studying Business Communication with a minor in Mathematical Science.  She's from Beijing, China.  She enjoys taking pictures, writing poems and editing videos in her spare time.

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Ashley Kistaitis is a junior at Westminster doubling majoring in Exercise Science and Health & Wellness, with a triple minor in Psychology, Public Health and Coaching! She is a part of Kappa Kappa Gamma and the volleyball team at Westminster College. She is also a member of three Honor Societies: Order of Omega, Psi Chi and Alpha Lambda Delta. During her free time, Ashley loves spending time reading, playing volleyball, watching movies or Netflix, being with children or working at her part-time job!

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Sam Moore is a freshman here at Westminster, and I’m majoring in Business administration with a force in marketing.  He enjoys writing when he's either stressed or not feeling right.  Through his writing, he wants people to see some of theirselves in his works.

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Robert Tyler Phillips is a 28 year-old that usually goes by Tyler and is from Columbia, Missouri. He is currently a junior at Westminster College. He has never submitted to a literary journal before and decided to do it as a spur of the moment thing. He loves ice cream, candy, and watching movies. Most of his time spent not at school is spent playing games or spending time with his wife, whom he has been wed to for one year on May 5th.

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Brenden Pursell is a junior from Edwardsville, Illinois. He is majoring in English with a minor in Journalism, Media, and Publishing.  He is a writer for the campus newspaper, The Columns.  In his free time, he enjoys playing music and writing short stories.

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Julian Richardson is a senior from Columbia, Missouri, studying business communication with a minor in music.  He contributed poetry to Janus' 2018 Edition.

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Chelsea Sharp is a senior majoring in English with a creative writing track and minoring in Health and Wellness & Women Gender Studies.  She is a Student Ambassador, Peer Health Educator, WestMo News Storyteller, Remley Center Intern, Health and Wellness Center Intern, and is part of the dance team and Black Student Union.  She joined Janus because she loves to write and is also currently working on her thesis project that is currently involved with Janus.

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Katherine Sokol is a freshman from Cupertino, California, majoring in psychology and English with a concentration in Creative Writing.  She is also minoring in French and Women and Gender Studies.  She has a love of writing and is excited to share it through Janus.

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Klara Stiffler is a 19-year-old from Jefferson City, Missouri.  She is majoring in Political Science with a Pre-Law track and seeking a minor in Business Administration. She has a daughter, Aleksandra, who is her everything.  She loves to read and write in her free-time, and her inspiration for her writings is typically from either personal experience or close friends.

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KaUe (Lorraine) Wong is a junior at Westminster College from Hong Kong majoring in political science with a pre-law track.  She is passionate about human rights activism, loves traveling, and enjoys reading and writing in her free time.

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Zhaoming Wang is from Beijing, China.  She is currently studying psychology at Westminster and is planning to determine herself into marital and family counseling to help children and their families.  As a Sagittarius, she loves to travel, run, take photographs, and laugh.  Her goal is to bring happiness to anyone around her and explore new things.