Ben
Samara, Graduating Editor in Chief:
A former section editor of unbound, Ben Samara took
over the reigns in the Fall of 2004. A senior Journalism major with a minor in
Interactive Multimedia, he has been writing professionally since high school and
has spent time working for the Princeton University athletic department, YES Network,
and ESPN. For the past five summers, he has served as an intern at www.ivyleaguesports.com.
During the summers of 2003, 2004 and 2005 he served as editor and designer of
the annual Ivy League football media guide. He also works as a freelance web designer.
His most recent projects include work for the Princeton
University men's
and women's
track and field teams as well as the last four editions of unbound. Samara is
also a freelance film critic and Academy Awards columnist. His reviews and commentary
can be read at The
Movie Insider and The Oscar
Igloo.
Melanie Weiss, Rising Editor in Chief:
Melanie Weiss is a junior English major and Professional Writing/Journalism
minor at The College of New Jersey. She is a section editor for the Seal yearbook,
a Hall Security Worker in Eickhoff Residence Hall, and a member of the EiEiO intramural
volleyball team. She interns in the public relations office of the Trenton Titans
ECHL hockey team, winners of the 2005 Kelly Cup. She is also a world champion
herself, after marching with the 2005 Cadets Drum & Bugle Corps. You may have
seen her on ESPN2 or VicFirth.com. She is looking to pursue a career in public
relations, journalism or teaching.
Paige
Nestel, Opinions/Business & Government Editor:
Paige Nestel is a junior Journalism/Professional Writing major with a minor
in Sociology at The College of New Jersey. In addition to her work at unbound,
she is also the features assistant at The Signal, TCNJ’s student newspaper.
Last semester, she was lucky enough to spend Mondays and Thurdays at a fabulous
mail-opening/photocopying internship with the features department at Marie Claire
magazine in New York City.
Jenise Beaman, Health Editor:
Jenise Beaman is a senior Journalism/Professional Writing major at The College
of New Jersey. She has been involved in writing for her high school newspaper
as well as TCNJ's student paper, The Signal. Her other interests include
reading, writing, and watching football and basketball in addition to politics.
Nicole Grieco, Arts & Leisure Editor:
Nicole Grieco is a senior English major with minors in Creative Writing and Women's
and Gender Studies, so she hopes to have a job of some kind when she graduates.
She is a member of WILL, Sigma Tau Delta, Ink, and The Siren. She loves her friends,
the internet, and Johnny Depp, in roughly that order.
Nicole
Levins, Features Editor:
Nicole Levins is a junior professional writing/journalism major, with a minor
in women's and gender studies. She'd also minor in communications if she had the
time, but thanks to an abundance of AP credit, she is currently in her last full
semester at TCNJ. She is also interning at MTV Networks' VH1 Classic, and spends
her practically nonexistent free time watching reruns of "Law and Order."
