THE WRIGHT TIMES
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.
Isabel Altamirano
Staff Reporter
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Isabel is a second-year student at Wright College and is Social Media Manager for the Wright Times News. She is passionate about fashion and writing. After receiving her associates degree from Wright, she plans on transferring to a four-year university and hopes to become a fashion stylist.
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Sheila Byrne
Staff Reporter
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Sheila is a second-year student studying Social Work. She hopes to transfer to a four-year university and pursue a Master’s degree. She has a dog, two siblings and enjoys crocheting.
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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.
Kyle Chmielowski
Staff Reporter
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Kyle is a first-year student at Wright College majoring in Journalism who is passionate about writing and interviewing people. 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 believe it or not he was homeschooled K-12. He hopes that through tenacity and a positive attitude he can make students excited about the Wright Times.
Lucinda Mavuso
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Financial Reporter
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Lucinda is an international student and is currently pursuing her AA in Business/Economics. She is completing her final semester at Wright College and is excited to be transferring to a four-year college next spring. Lucinda is obsessed with the stock market and is always looking for opportunities to learn and grow in the financial field.
​Alex Mora
Staff Reporter
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Alex is first-year student interested in fashion, music, and politics. She is Mexican. She is studying journalism and hopes to work in the communications/media
industry. She loves thrifting, coffee, collecting CDs, and her cat Mona. ​
Angelina Munoz
Staff Reporter
Angelina is a Venezuelan first-year student. She plans to transfer to a four-year university and get her bachelor’s in Civil Engineering. Her aspiration is being part of the construction of the next tallest skyscraper in the world. She enjoys reading romantasy books in her garden with a cup of coffee nearby. ​
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.
Bryant Tito
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Staff Cartoonist
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Bryant is starting his second year in college. He’s learning a lot about himself and his interests while living in the moment. His favorite things to do are drawing, playing games, and hanging out. He’s hoping to meet interesting people and go on new adventures as the year goes on!
Wilfredo Razo
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Freelance Reporter
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Wilfredo is a Puerto Rican, Honduran second-year student at Wilbur Wright College. He majors in English and wants to transfer to NEIU after community college. Wilfredo loves poetry, literature, heavy metal, and horror. A fun fact about Wilfredo is that he is starting a fictional universe, the ScarringVerse, to compete with his favorite universes: the Marvel Universe and the DC Universe.
Anthony Doucette
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Distribution Manager
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Anthony is excited to join the staff this semester and to assist with the logistics of coordinating the distribution of the print copy of the student newspaper.
Jessei Caceres​
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Freelance A& E Reporter
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Jessei is interested in covering arts and entertainment for the Wright Times because he likes to see others' art and how creative it is, how detailed it is, and how meaningful it is.
Michael Nessinger​
Freelance Reporter
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“Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.” – Alan Turing. I live by this quote because, while I may not have the most experience with newspaper writing, I’m excited to work on this paper. As a bisexual person of color, I aim to write in a manner that is respectful and informative on how people live their life.