Meet the Staff: 2023-2024
EDITORS
Editor-in-Chief
Having won an astonishing 187 Grand Slams, Melody (VA '24) is in a league of her own. In terms of that knee injury which had the entire tennis community in a collective gasp, many believed it was the end of her career. However, Melody saw it as an opportunity. Drawing strength from the old Irish proverb, “When life hands you a knee injury, tap dance,” she took up Irish tap dancing. Within weeks, not only was her knee better, but she could now serve at speeds previously recorded only by supersonic jets. In addition, Melody Wu is exiting her retirement to carry out a topic-secret renovation project to turn the entirety of OCSA into a tennis and pickle ball arena because she believes that a proper education isn’t complete without mastering the backhand. This also happens to be Melody’s last year on the school paper–word has it she plans to turn Evolution into an exclusively tennis-related magazine.
Managing Editor & News Editor
A staff bio? Again? Can’t you just reuse the one from last year?
Managing Editor & Arts/Photography Editor
CW 24' "It is what it is" - Modern Stoicism
Production Editor
Elise loves to look at dogs and is very indecisive---no, wait.
Multimedia Editor
Integrated Arts '24
yup drake
Website Editor
Lacole Yang is a senior ('24) in Creative Writing! They enjoy making eye contact with the moon and think of it as their silent and enigmatic muse. Like a moth to the flame, they are drawn to all things purple. They are devoted to the color, and nothing can possibly change their enthusiasm for it. Writing incomprehensible poetry amuses them. Many of their actions are incomprehensible. This is their favorite emoji: 😼.
Entertainment Editor
🎩✨ Visionary Innovator and Thought Leader 🌟🚀
📚 Published Author of Acclaimed Books on Emerging Technologies 📖🔬
🔬 Pioneer in Nanotechnology, Redefining the Boundaries of Science 🔍💡
💼 Serial Entrepreneur with Multiple Successful Ventures 💰🌐
🌍 Global Philanthropist, Committed to Making the World a Better Place 🌱❤️
🌆 Globe-Trotting Adventurer, Exploring the World's Hidden Wonders ✈️🌄
🎓 Lifelong Learner with Multiple Advanced Degrees in Quantum Physics, AI, and Bioengineering 🎓🧬
CW '25
Humor/Satire Editor
CW '24. James swears he can take a better photo.
Features Editor
(CV '24)
Kate's life story is parallel to the structure of the finest UK drill songs: a classical background track collided with semi-incomprehensible lyrics but absolute hard-spitting bars.
STAFF
Staff Writer
(FTV '24)
[BIO REDACTED DUE TO EXCESS AWESOMESAUCENESS]
Staff Writer
Hi I'm Angie and this is my first year on the evolution team. I'm currently a sophomore in the Musical Theatre conservatory, and this is my fourth year at OCSA. Some fun facts about me: I ADORE Trader Joe's chili chips, My favorite movie is LaLa Land (I could talk about it for hours), and I'm Laufey's #1 fan.
Staff Writer
Future cat lady living in New York City. Eats books for dinner(Jane Austen and Emily Dickinson), with a side of prosciutto and brie cheese. Lover of earl grey tea and Taylor Swift. Most prized possession is the 1997 Porsche 911 in her garage.
Staff Writer & Website Aid
relentlessly oppositional, she will have the last word.
Staff Writer & Website Aid
Jeri Stein is the biggest fight club fan in the world. Jeri Stein once beat up a 40 year old veteran at an Edward Norton meet and greet just to be closer to him. The only thing she loves more than Fight club is the band radiohead. Jeri Stein is in debt due to the sheer amount of money she spent buying a custom made radiohead bass. Jeri Stein is NOT a male manipulator, she just really likes playing bass band Radiohead and fight club. Jeri Stein MIGHT be a male manipulator.
Staff Writer & Website Aid
(CW '24)
Erm... uhh... based department? I need to file a claim.
Production Aid
Isabelle Ng is a junior in Instrumental Music Winds and can be seen collecting Smiskis and listening to music nonstop. She’s always taking pictures, whether it be on her digital camera, disposable camera, or her phone, which explains her 40,000 pictures and videos in her camera roll!
Staff Writer & Production Aid
Dictator on the daily (2006 - present). Rachel Sennott impersonator on the side. Sophia Kang spends her free time as the tooth fairy, stingily giving out quarters in order to teach children the value of a true American dollar. She enjoys reading books by women and haunting concert venues like a ghost.
Artist/Photographer
2025 VA - Lover of Yorkshire Terriers and profession Woodoku Player.
Artist/Photographer & Marketing Aid
Maya is a senior in the Acting conservatory!! She is a clear example of a chronic Pink Floyd addict, and can often be found making bad playlists on Spotify. Somebody stop her
Artist/Photographer
Kayra Hidirlar is a senior in culinary arts. He is a huge Heartstopper fan (#Nickandcharliestan), a proud Taurus, and a boba connoisseur, which is ironic as he despises drinking milk. One thing that he makes very well known is that he is a part of the cold-blooded species. He cannot survive without the sun.
Multimedia Aid
A sophomore in Creative Writing, Eva spends her free time watching Markiplier late into the night and obsessing over character names. She has a bonded cat pair and two dogs who can't spend five seconds without begging for food or attention. She has had an obsession with Taylor Swift ever since she discovered Folklore and Evermore, and her guilty pleasure is taking online quizzes and basing her entire personality on them.
Multimedia Aid
Nietzche reincarnated, a wizard of nihilism and Pinterest fiend.
Staff Writer & Multimedia Aid
Aadya Sharma is actually many mice stacked on top of each other, masquerading as a senior in Instrumental Music Strings and Orchestra. The mice have eaten through all of her internal organs to make space for themselves. Her heart has been replaced by a mouse. Her lungs have been replaced by two mice. Inside her arms and legs, instead of muscles and tissues, there are just mice lined up in rows. Controlling and coordinating the efforts of all these mice is the Mouse Monarch, nestled inside the space in her skull where a brain should be. They work together to move Aadya's body and make her speak. However, she no longer has the ability to think, because the mice are not capable of higher level reasoning. If you see Aadya staring off into the distance, eyes unfocused and body still, just know that she is NOT zoning out from thinking too much; the Mouse Monarch just fell asleep.
Few humans are aware of Aadya's secret, since the Kingdom of Mice knows better than to reveal themselves to humans. However, they have no other choice now, since they have been captured by the Evolution staff and forced to write articles for their newspaper. Now that the secret is out, the Mouse Monarch hopes that people don't think of Aadya as disgusting and gross. They only hope people think of her as strange and off-putting.
Website Aid
If you're ever curious about anything, get her sleep deprived and ask her at three in the morning and you'll get a solid answer :)
BF, '23
~~~~~
"More expresso, less depresso"
"Well I'm still depressed but now I'm fast"
“People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I’m very proud to have Latin blood.” — Zoe Saldaña
"My weapon has always been language, and I’ve always used it, but it has changed. Instead of shaping the words like knives now, I think they’re flowers or bridges." — Sandra Cisneros
Production Aid & Marketing Aid
Marc D'amelio. Power in numbers.
Staff Writer & Artist/Photographer & Marketing Aid
The Porsche engineers knew exactly what their objective was to make the new 911 GT2 RS the most powerful Porsche for the road. Objective achieved. (production and design, 2025)
Staff Advisor
CEO of the pyramid scheme we call Evolution