News Editor and Podcast Producer: Katelyn Free Lucky omen: Getting my eyeliner right the first time. Lord knows those two crucial minutes in the morning have the power to make or break my day. Unlucky omen: Seeing someone I’m friends with like Scott Morrison’s posts on LinkedIn. Favourite quote: “Discomfort is the price of admission to a meaningful life.” — Susan David
Campus News Editor: Rayna Bland Lucky omen: Seeing 1:11, or 11:11. As an ‘angel’ number it reminds me that I have the power to manifest my dreams and desires. Unlucky omen: Saying “good luck” to someone before a performance instead of “break a leg.” I do not know why and I am not even sure it means anything… I just believe it. Favourite quote: “Tomorrow never happens, it’s all the same fucking day man.” — Janis Joplin, Rock Legend
Regulars Editor and Podcast Producer: Harry Fraser Lucky omen: Eyelashes. Be sure to make a wish should you find one. Unlucky omen: When things appear to be going well for a while without something going wrong. The other shoe has to drop. Favourite quote: “The pursuit of love seemed to need the cultivation of indifference.” — Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty
Features/Creatives Editor and Design Assistant: Rhys Sage Lucky omen: Butterflies. When I was young I used to follow butterflies and let them lead me to odd places and things I wouldn’t have seen otherwise. Unlucky omen: When flowers wilt and die during their highest time of the year. If the earth cannot support what should be thriving think of everything else that was already struggling to survive. Favourite quote: “Was it a vision, or a waking dream? Fled is that music: – Do I wake or sleep?” — John Keats, Ode to a Nightingale Online Editor: Ky Stewart Lucky omen: Seeing a cockatoo or a possum – they are my totems. Unlucky omen: When someone tells me they don’t like Lana Del Rey. Favourite quote: “In a world myriad as ours, the gaze is a singular act: to look at something is to fill your whole life with it, if only briefly.” — Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
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