The Editors

Rema Christy Rema Christy is a senior majoring in international relations with an emphasis on the Pacific Rim. Along with editing and writing for AngeLingo, she spends her time as director of public relations for the International Relations Undergraduate Association (IRUA) and volunteers several hours every week teaching at local, low-performing high schools. She hopes to combine her interests in education and Pacific Rim-U.S. international relations in her career.
Jordan Francke Even amongst the valley girls and boys, Jordan retains his Minnesota accent. As a college student majoring in cinema, his life revolves around arts and krafts, arts meaning movie-watching and krafts meaning mac'n'cheese. He hopes one day to carry his optimistic outlook onto the silver screen to share with his future idolizing minions. Armed with his cinema degree he eagerly looks forward to waiting tables until he gets his big break in the movie industry.
Mindy Menjou Mindy Menjou, who hails from Torrance, CA, is a Sophomore majoring in English and French. Mindy will spend the 2004/2005 school year studying in Paris, where, in addition to perfecting her French, she plans to go to lots of shows, buy lots of fancy maquillage, and pretend to be a glamorous expatriot at La Closerie des Lilas and other old haunts of Hemingway et al. When she grows up, Mindy thinks she would like to teach English and/or go into publishing. She would also like to be married to Morrissey, but that's called a pipe dream.
Lindsay Meyer Lindsay Meyer is currently a Print Journalism major enjoying her second year here at USC. She likes exploring all places, but as a native Houstonian, she is partial to big cities with very short winters and very bad public transportation. After graduation, Ms. Meyer suspects her partiality to exploring certain places will shift to those locales which offer young aspiring journalists employment. Sick of breathing smog, her lungs eagerly anticipate this possible change.
Blaise Nutter Blaise Nutter grew up in Northern California and, regrettably, attends USC in Los Angeles. In between searching for his soul as an editor for AngeLingo and selling it on Sunset Blvd. to get into the entertainment industry, he writes freelance for no one in particular and worries constantly about losing his marbles in the throbbing metropolis.

FAQs

What is AngeLingo?
AngeLingo is an entirely student-created and run journal out of the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences. We hold a mirror up to Los Angeles, and look at the rest of the world through a distinctly L.A. prism. AngeLingo reflects the diversity of intellectual culture here at U.S.C. Hence the journal covers a wide variety of subjects and perspectives. To paraphrase Matthew Arnold, it represents the best that has been thought and said in our classes here at USC.

The five AngeLingo editors are USC undergraduates in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Most of the articles were generated in Writing 340, a general education class that satisfies the second half of the U.S.C. undergraduate writing requirement.

Who are the editors?
Our canny and clever editors are: Rema Christy, Jordan Francke, Mindy Menjou, Lindsay Meyer, and Blaise Nutter. Our intrepid web design team is Jason Scott and Pamela Fox. Norah Ashe-McNalley and Kathi Inman Berens, both senior lecturers who teach WRIT 340, are faculty co-advisors.

Who are the contributors?
The premier issue was funded by an Innovative Teaching grant from U.S.C.'s Center for Excellence in Teaching. Kathi Inman Berens and Norah Ashe-McNalley proposed an online journal to accomplish two goals: 1) showcase the tremendous quality of writing produced by students who don't necessarily consider themselves writers; 2) extend intellectual conversation beyond the classroom.

We'd like to thank Steve Bucher, Director of the Engineering Writing Program and David Woollard, Steve's able assistant, for their unstinting help in getting AngeLingo off the ground. Illumin, the journal of engineering in everyday life, lit the way for AngeLingo. Danielle Mihram, Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching, and the Center's faculty scholars funded us generously. John Holland, Director of the LAS Writing Program, and Associate Director Steve Byars have provided invaluable personal and departmental support for the journal. They have helped us to realize our goal of making the journal an ongoing voice. Han Tran in the College Computing Center kindly provided us with server space to house the journal. We thank, too, our colleagues Steve Posner and Yolanda Kirk in the Marshall School for Business. Under their stewardship, the Center for Management Communication launched its own journal, Insight Business. Finally, we applaud our LAS WRIT 340 colleagues, who coach outstanding writing from their students. Without them, this journal wouldn't be possible.

How can I write a letter to AngeLingo?
You can reach us at angelingo@usc.edu

How can I apply to be an editor?
Drop us a line at angelingo@usc.edu. Include "student editor position" in the subject line. Please tell us your year, your major, your qualifications, and a brief description of some of your online interests. Let us know where you can be reached both by telephone and by email so we can contact you for a resume.

How are articles selected for publication?
Most of the articles were generated in Writing 340, a course that satisfies the upper-division writing requirement here at U.S.C. You are also welcome to submit other writings for consideration (see the FAQ). A team of student editors cull through the submissions. Every article is reviewed and evaluated by two editors, each of whom make a recommendation either for or against publication. All the editors participate in the selection process. After selections are made, editors are assigned to work with each writer on editing the article for publication.

How do I submit an essay for consideration?
Funny you should ask. We have a call for papers right here.