Harsitha Kalaiarasan, Design Editor
Hi there! My name is Harsitha Kalaiarasan and this fall marks my third year on staff and my fourth (and last) year in high school. Both the publication and I have undergone major transformations in the past year; I am eager to see how we will both continue to evolve in parallel these coming months. My first year on staff was when I rediscovered my love for writing. I loved the excitement and intensity of deadline week, and on bad days, how to rationalize my stress. There was- and still is- an enthusiasm within me for reporting the unheard and unnoticed. But I also take pleasure in the writing of less weighty things that characterize my community. Through hurricanes, shootings, politics, pep rallies, dances, football games, the significance of awareness emerged clear to me. Therein lies the importance of journalism: getting the facts out to the people, so they can be well informed global citizens with developed opinions (and hopefully empathy as well). Last year I filled the role of Feature Chief. This year, I am exploring the flip side of my inner journalist as the Design Editor, teaching and overseeing new staffers in designing pages, as well as producing pages of our print publication. Outside writing, I am a passionate tennis player, a yellow belt in Taekwondo, an avid reader, a lover of the Spanish language, and a proud plant mom. I thrive when I spend time doing non-academic things; passing the seasons with my plants, picking up a new language, or exercising are all ways I stay rooted and in my best shape to contribute to our wonderful paper.
