Megan Bormann, 2 Madison Kuehn, 3, Katka Trachtova

fortnightly student magazine volume 21 — issue 4

Working Out With Social Media In the Light of the Open Mic

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(Odd) On-Campus Posters The Pothole Distant Edge p. 16 p. 17 p. 22

fortnightly student magazine

VOLUME 21 — ISSUE 4

Established in 2002, The Wake is a fortnightly independent magazine and registered student organization produced by and for students at the University of Minnesota. The Wake was founded by Chrin Ruen and James DeLong. Disclaimer: The purpose of The Wake is to provide a forum in which students can voice their opinions. Opinions expressed in the magazine are not representative of the publication or university as a whole. To join the conversation email eic@wakemag.org.

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EDITORIAL

Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Cities Editor Voices Editor Online Editor Copy Editors

Music Reviews Editor Multimedia Editor Multimedia Producer Executive Director Creative Director Finance Manager PR/Ad Manager Social Media Manager Art Director Web Manager Distribution Manager Distribution Assistant Designers

Marley Richmond Jemma Keleher Ian Knoll Mitchell Levesque Na’Jai Wilson Autumn Sanders Peter Nomeland Tosin Faseemo Linnea Baerenwald Noah Berghammer Esther Chan Chae Hong Erin Krotz Hannnah Lundquist Skylar Neuber Megan Bormann Natalie Blum Shannon Brault Emily Baude Gavin Schuster Makenna Larson Zoë Foster

Editorial Interns: Holly Gilvary, Marie Ronnander, Srihita Raju, Nina Afremov, Carly Quast, Veroninca Nowakowski, Anika Wilsnack, Erica Bouska Music and Review Interns: Avery Wageman, Gri n Jacobs Multimedia Interns: Cecilia Harold, Natalie Aue

PRODUCTION

Production Interns: Patrick Gagnon, Gracie Kibort, Renee Mottet Art Interns: Madison Kuehn, Natalie Yang, Katerina Trachtova

THIS ISSUE

Writers

Holly Gilvary, Marie Ronnader, Sanjali Roy, Ashley HarrisHoudek, Quinn McClurg, Carly Quast, Alex Hadlock, Zoe Hoornbeek, Lydia Tallarini, Anthony Vystoropski, Harriet Bennett, Avery Wageman, Gri n Jacobs, Peter Nomeland, Jun Lin, Beryl Belmonte, Kami Kendall, Tosin Faseemo

Art

1 Megan Bormann, 2 Madison Kuehn, 3, Katka Trachtova, 4 Katherine Regas, 5 Zoe Hoornbeek, 6 Natalie Yang, 7 Anisha Joshi, 8 Simone Traband

Cover and Feature art by Megan Bormann

Feature article spread designed by Gavin Schuster

Punk, Juno, Succession, Till Death, French Dispatch, Kidz Bop images from

original sources.