Volume 40
Spring 2020
Mission Statement
The College Hill Independent is a Providence-based publication written, illustrated, designed, and edited by students from Brown and RISD. Our paper is distributed around Providence’s East Side and Downtown, as well as online. In addition to publishing 20 pages of original writing, reporting, and art once a week, the Indy functions as an open workshop in which writers, artists, and designers collaborate and provide feedback on their work. Through an extensive editing process, we challenge each other to be responsible, intentional, and self-critical.
We are committed to publishing politically engaged and accessible work. While the Indy is financed by Brown University, we hold ourselves accountable to our readers across the Providence community. The Indy rejects content that explicitly or implicitly perpetuates racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, ableism and/or classism.
Though this list is not exhaustive, the Indy strives to address these systems of oppression by centering the voices, opinions, and efforts of marginalized people in Providence and beyond.
The Indy is constantly evolving: we are always working to make our staff and content more inclusive. Though our editing process provides an internal structure for accountability, we always welcome letters to the editor.
Spring 2020
Masthead
news
week in review
Nick Roblee-Strauss
Amelia Anthony
metro
Ricardo Gomez
Deborah Marini
Peder Schaefer
nation + world
Emily Rust
Leela Berman
Giacomo Sartorelli
Anchita Dasgupta
arts
art + culture
Seamus Flynn
Alana Baer
Ella Rosenblatt
literary
Star Su
Kate Ok
Bowen Chen
ephemera
Liana Chaplain
Anna Kerber
Sindura Sriram
x
Ethan Murakami
Maia Chiu
specialty
features
Alina Kulman
Alan Dean
Edie Elliott Granger
science & tech
Gemma Sack
Anabelle Johnston
Thomas Patti
illustrators
Sandra Moore
Katrina Wardhana
Floria Tsui
Mara Jovanović
Hannah Park
Jessica Minker
Rachelle Shao
Yukti Agarwal
Sage Jennings
Ophelia Duchesne-Malone
Joyce Tullis
Simone Zhao
list designer
Mehek Vohra
designers
Anna Brinkhuis
Katherine Sang
Kathryn Li
Isaac McKenna
Miya Lohmeier
Pablo Herraiz García de Guadiana
web designer
Sindura Sriram
staff writers
Uwa Ede-Osifo
Mara Cavallaro
Muram Ibrahim
Justin Han
Izzi Olive
Bilal Memon
Seth Israel
Nell Salzman
Victoria Caruso
Zach Ngin
Evie Hidysmith
Kaela Hines
Ella Spungen
Sarah Goldman
Alisa Caira
Laila Gamaleldin
Drake Rebman
Morgan Awner
Elana Hausknecht
Rhythm Rastogi
Nicole Kim
Lucas Gelfond
Rose Houglet
Joss Liao
Nicholas Michael
Belinda Hu
Leo Gordon
CJ Gan
Vicky Phan
Tammuz Frankel
Amelia Wyckoff
Auria Zhang
Olivia Mayeda
Justin Scheer
Gaya Gupta
Eduardo Gutiérrez Peña
Marina Hunt
social media
Christina Ofori
business
Isabelle Yang
Lauren Brown
Evan Lincoln
Alumni Relations
Jerry Chen
Spanish Translation
Felipe Félix Méndez
copy editors
Christine Huynh
Grace Berg
Jacqueline Jia
Elaine Chen
Sarah Ryan
Jasmine Li
Nina Fletcher
Madison Lease
Alyscia Batista
senior editors
Tara Sharma
Sara Van Horn
Cate Turner
managing editors
Ivy Scott
Audrey Buhain
Andy Rickert
managing designer
XingXing Shou
Editorial Policy
All submissions become property of The Indy. An editorial or blog post that appears without a byline represents the views of The Indy. Any other column, letter or image is the work of the attributed author and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of The Indy.
Contributing
The Indy welcomes all contributions (of words, images and letters) from current Brown and RISD students. If you’re looking to join our editorial staff, you can download the editor application from our website at the end of each semester. We also host an information session / new writers meeting every September and February; all are encouraged to attend.
Please send submissions to [email protected]. You may also send pitches, submissions, or requests to join the contributors’ mailing list to individual sections at the addresses below.
Metro
Features
Literary
Science & Tech
Ephemera
Design
Illustration
Snail Mail
The College Hill Independent PO Box 1930 Brown University Providence RI 02912