ABOUT
US
The Wright Times is Wilbur Wright College's student-run newspaper.
Originally established in 1934, it went dark in 2018 & was resurrected in 2022 as a digital & print platform.
MISSION
STATEMENT
The Wright Times is committed to keeping our readers informed about news at, and related to, Wright College and providing a platform to tell our community's diverse stories.
Jenin Hattab
Lead Editor, Staff Reporter
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Jenin is a second-year student. She is Palestinian-American, and is studying journalism. She has three sisters and a three-year-old cat at home! She loves to hang out with friends and loves reading! She wants to immerse herself in campus life more. She hopes to shine light on topics around the world and relate them to Wright.
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Luis Luciano
Layout and Design
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Luis is pursuing his Associates while working full time at the College. His interests include graphic design, which he does for both The Wright Times newspaper as well as The Wright Side, Wilbur Wright's annual Literary Magazine.
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Emma Marrison
Staff Reporter, Layout
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Emma is a first-year student all the way from sunny South Africa. She loves pop culture and always tries to keep in touch with the zeitgeist of today. Emma is hoping to build her portfolio with The Wright Times and put her degree in Visual Communications to work. Most importantly, she is looking forward to interacting with her new community and making new friends.
Jocelyn Almarales
Staff Reporter
JocelynAlmaralesWTN@gmail.com
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Jocelyn is a second-year student planning to study biochemistry. She is Cuban and plans to transfer to the University of Michigan. She enjoys simple things like baking or going for a walk. She likes creative writing, especially mystery novels.
Staff Members
MEET
Kyle Chmielowski
Editor in Chief
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Kyle is a second-year student at Wright College majoring in creative writing and theater and minoring in journalism who is passionate about writing and telling stories. Some interesting things to know about him is he has interviewed people at local festivals as part of his YouTube channel “Northwest Chicago Street Fest”; he loves to play guitar and write poetry in his free time; and he was homeschooled K-12. He is also a member of Stage Wright Productions and is in Wright's fall musical Batboy.
Alexis Sandoval
Staff Photographer
AlexisSandovalwtn@gmail.com
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Alexis is a Mexican-American artist that is in her second year of College and is encouraged to learn and get out of her comfort zone.
Before she started college, she knew she was interested in Psychology and, when the time came, she made sure to make that her major. Once she is done with Community College, she will transfer to a 4-year-university to Social Work. Personal hobbies are writing, drawing, photography, and reading. Outside of those topics, she is fascinated by animals, philosophy, biology, and science. She hopes to travel in the future to Mexico and Iceland.
Meredith Baumgartner
Staff Reporter
Meredith is a second-year student
with an undecided major but is interested in Psychology. She likes staying home but also likes hanging out with friends. Her favorite holiday is Halloween and loves watching horror movies. Meredith dreams of traveling the world, trying all types of diverse cultures.
Santiago Ramirez
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Santiago is a first year student whose major is mixed media and arts. Santiago joined the newspaper because he wants to become a sports broadcaster and he sees that one way to help him achieve his goal is being a part of the news here as he wants to share the news. Some of Santiago’s hobbies are hanging out with friends and playing sports or watching sports and playing video games with friends.
Daria Nowak
DariaNowakwtn@gmail.com
Daria is a second year at Wright College. They are Polish. Majoring in Psychology, most likely transferring over to Dominican University or UIC and planning to be a psychiatrist. Daria enjoys playing video games, creating art, hanging out with friends, and trying out new foods. They wish to travel the world some day.
Former
Staff
Members
Sammie Vasquez
Staff Reporter sammievasquezwtn@gmail.com
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Sammie is a first-year student interested in pursuing either sports journalism or marketing. She is a Star Scholar looking forward to transferring to a 4-year university after getting her associate's degree. When Sammie is not singing or playing on her iPad, she can be found catching up on pop culture.
Reanna Sturgill
Staff Reporter
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​​​​Reanna is a second-year student who plans to transfer next semester. She is currently studying to be an accountant. She enjoys reading, writing, and taekwondo. Reanna took a journalism class in high school and still enjoys writing for people. She is excited to bring that joy to the Wright Times!
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Wiktoria Mroczka
Staff Reporter
Wiktoria is a photographer by occupation but is heading towards creative writing/screenwriting. She's currently working on a fantasy/adventure genre novel. Her passion is medieval reenactment which she attends in Poland and USA, dating the Xth century. She also trains Sword & Shield combat, Muay Thai, and Jiu Jitsu.
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Arielle Canchola
Sports Reporter
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Arielle is currently finishing her Associate’s before transferring to a university next Fall to major in International Relations. Arielle is excited for the future as she pursues her ambition of a career in law, spends time with her family, and enjoys reading and writing in her free time. She aims to live life spectacularly while also leaving her mark on the world.
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Jacob Castillo
Sports Reporter
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Jacob is chasing his goal to be a sideline NBA reporter, and looks to get his start here at Wright. He is majoring in Journalism, but doesn’t want to stop there. One day, he hopes to run or, even own, a professional sports franchise.
Aaron Rotter
Staff Reporter
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This is Aaron's first year at Wright. He is in the guaranteed pathways engineering program with a major in aerospace engineering. Some hobbies include cooking, ping pong and video games.​
Aaliyah Sanchez
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Staff Reporter
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Aaliyah is a first-year student. She is majoring in Creative Writing and hopes to transfer to a four-year university. She hopes to start out as an editor, but would like to become a full-time writer.
Kristopher Skouras
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Staff Reporter
KristopherSkourasWTN@gmail.com
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Kristopher is in his first year at Wilbur Wright College hoping to become a video game designer, either in an existing indie studio or his own indie studio designing single-player 3D Platformer games and role-playing games, or RPGs for short. His goal is for the games to become popular with the general crowd and to be free from any of the constraints the publishers put on him or any of his future co-workers.
Jonathan Suarez
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Staff Photographer
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Jonathan is a Photographer for the Wright Times. He is a first-year student at Wright pursuing a major business. He joined the newspaper to gain experience in photography.