Who We Are 9th Guard

Bridget Huh

Bridget Huh is the Editor-in-Chief of The Reckoner. She spends an alarming amount of time writing poetry that is, according to her critics, "sexually frustrated". She takes 30 grams of peanut M&Ms daily (prescribed by herself) to treat her moderately severe depression. If she were to describe herself with the lyrics of one song, that song would be "Handsome Devil" by The Smiths.

Adil Haider

Adil Haider is the Editorial Manager for The Reckoner, and he’s just as surprised as you are. His greatest achievements include starting the Significant Digits column and taking on too much administrative responsibility. Although he’s very busy trying to keep his half dozen clubs functioning, Adil is always available to discuss, argue, or cry with, though beware, about 50% of his conversations are set ups to puns. He is easily identifiable in the halls by his massive headphones, massive eyebags, and constant stream of opinions. His great passions in life are tea, research, and the sound of his own voice.

Andrew Li

Andrew Zou Li is the Director of Print Development at The Reckoner. He started his journey in graphic design and formatting through complex surreal photo manipulation and has now progressed to the abstract art of drawing small rectangles on a larger newspaper rectangle. Andrew describes this growth as "revolutionary and inspirational", stimulated by the profound influnece of elementary geometry and not a lack of time to create anything more sophisticated. Although he occasionally misses the days where he could draw his imagination for hours on end, Andrew would much rather design a paradise where the imagination of the entire newspaper staff can flourish.

Jacqueline Huo

Jacqueline Huo is the News Manager of The Reckoner. She doesn’t know the meaning of the words “free time” but if she had any, she would spend it binge-watching The Office and browsing through dog memes on Instagram. She spends a large part of her day waiting for the bus, which never seems to come on time. In class, she can be found frantically finishing her homework as the teacher collects, cramming for her test the next period, or catching up on sleep. Jacqueline has an extensive hoodie collection, and a mild obsession with the band Family of Things.

Jim Wu

Jim Wu is the Director of Web and App Development.

Justin Ye

Justin is the Reckoner’s Deputy Editor in Chief and Photography Manager. Although he wishes he was asleep right now, Justin is probably somewhere studying for his test next period or working on a not-nearly-enough-done project. When he’s not busy working (procrastinating), Justin is an avid follower of the NBA and enjoys cross country running, swimming, and Ultimate Frisbee himself. He also loves to cook, and is especially fond of noodles and potatoes. Justin struggles with writer’s block: while he is comfortable developing elaborate introductions for his work, he never knows how to properly end a paragraph.

Lauren Liu

Lauren Liu is the Illustrations Manager at the Reckoner. In her spare time, she enjoys listening to music, playing basketball, and playing the French horn. She is a hardworking person at heart but she can also be a procrastinator at times. Besides school work and extracurricular activities, she can be found reading a good novel, eating yummy food, or watching many movies and television shows on Netflix. In the future, she hopes to travel more often and learn more from experiences that are yet to come.

Adeena Ali

Adeena Ali is a Grade 12 writer for the Life Board. You’ll find her heavily stressing from dreadful deadlines or ecstatic from finally finishing an assignment after spending an all-nighter. But academics aren’t everything to her, mind-blowing facts, cool advertisements and the newest out-of-this-world fantastical novel are just some of the things that she greatly enjoys.

Aimee Li

Aimee Li, a BMW driver since day one, is a writer for the Life board on The Reckoner. She enjoys leeching off of her friend’s Spotify premium, laughing too hard at her own jokes, and not knowing when to shut up. If she’s not binge-listening to murder podcasts then she’s probably off somewhere making TikToks. She WILL complain about absolutely anything to absolutely anyone, so if you see her in the hallway, walk away as fast as you can. She would rather be caught dead than with a completed homework assignment in her hand.

Ajita Kanthathasan

Ajita Kanthathasan is a member of Garneau’s Illustrations board. She honestly has no idea what she is or will be doing in life, but finds that working hard at what she’s passionate about works pretty well for now. She tends to be all over the place, never doing less than three tasks at once. She’s introverted and a tad bit shy, but once you get to know her you won’t know how to get rid of her. Her friends and family mean the world to her, and she could not imagine surviving without their love and laughter.

Akshaya Varakunan

Akshaya is a writer for the Life board at the Reckoner, but she uses memes as her prime form of communication. She can usually be seen in her grey hoodie, inhaling bubble tea, and dabbing - which, by the way, looks just as strange as it sounds. When attempting to approach her, keep in mind that she’s either half-asleep or high on taro milk tea. In any case, as you can probably tell, she’d appreciate some help in getting her life together. If she had her life together, this biography would be far more interesting.

Allan Li

Allan Li is a Grade 9 photographer for The Reckoner. Although his photography skills are a work-in-progress, he loves shooting photos whenever he can. Outside of school, Allan enjoys drinking bubble tea while binge watching Hell’s Kitchen, especially when Gordan Ramsay gets mad at the chefs (In fact, Gordan is his icon)! Aside from this, Allan is very determined to sharpen his skills and hopes he can contribute considerably to The Reckoner this year!

Allyson Wu

Allyson Wu is a member of the Outreach Board at the Reckoner. During her free time, she can usually be found listening to music on Spotify, binging Youtube, or curled up with a book. Her current aspirations include becoming more fluent in Mandarin, improving her messy handwriting, and figuring out how to finish all her homework while getting a socially acceptable amount of sleep(a truly challenging task). She also constantly has earbuds in, but if you see her, please say hi - she loves making friends!

Amy Jia

As a part of both the Life and Outreach boards, Amy Jia fills her already busy schedule with a balanced combination of food, procrastination, internet, laughter, and books. Although she loves to write, Amy often finds herself staring at a new document as empty as her storage for creative ideas. When she’s at home, Amy can typically be found rooting through the kitchen for snacks, or browsing through her phone in a never ending search for memes.

Amy Li

Amy is a writer for the News Board at the Reckoner. She enjoys daydreaming, listening to music, exploring, making puns and playing competitive croquet. She constantly experiments to find the optimal way to procrastinate but then wonders why all her work creeps up on her last minute. When nothing interesting is happening her head will slip into the clouds, but saying anything crazy or about ducks will quickly get her attention. She is also a top-secret FBI agent so if you ever need any information she will gladly assist you, just keep it lowkey, it’s top-secret after all.

Amy Long

Amy Long is a Life Board Artist for The Reckoner. She can typically be found rushing her projects last minute or drawing to distract herself from her responsibilities. She wrote her bio for The Reckoner the day before it was due which says a lot about her. Amy is in the grade with 2 other Amys, but you can differentiate her from the others easily because she’s infinitely more awkward to talk to.

Andrew Wu

Andrew Wu is a member of the Reckoner’s Sports Board. He is a curious student who loves doing math, playing the violin, shooting hoops with his friends, and preparing mouth-watering dishes for those close to him. When the time is right, Andrew may also be found playing casual games of bridge, listening to his Spotify playlists, or taking nice long naps. He aspires to do meaningful things in life, but currently, he is just a student on a long journey trying to balance his life with his tedious work.

Angela Xu

Angela Xu is a grade nine photographer for the Reckoner. As the professional procrastinator that she is, she started writing this the night before it was due. She enjoys many activities including petting puppies, eating bread, and playing word blitz, all of which she did while putting off writing this bio.

Anirudh Goel

Anirudh Goel is a grade 10 writer for The Reckoner’s Significant Digits board. He usually starts his day off by trading a workout for an extra hour of sleep. He loves listening and "dancing" to music or lip syncing in the mirror. You can often find him either be seen fixing his uncooperative hair or enjoying his daily serving of bananas. Sporting a sick collection of accents, he sure isn’t afraid to be himself. Expect a fun time whenever you're around him. Feel free to dm him on Instagram at @anirudhgoel_

Bahir Latif

Bahir Ali Latif is a member of the news board at The Reckoner. It is his first year at the school and he is a really passionate student. He loves playing soccer(who doesn't), ultimate frisbee and volleyball in his spare time and is enthusiastic about being a part of all the awesome clubs at the MGCI. He sets high goals to get into Aerospace at UofT, and really wants to put in a lot of effort in his studies, yet often procrastinates and wonders how he manages to slip away every time!

Bilal Bartaai

Hey, peeps! My name is Bilal Bartaai and I’m one of the several photographers of the Reckoner this year. I go by many names such as Billy, Billy Bartai, Billy Bobby Barti, Billy Booby Brown, or Barti B. Take your pick or create an entirely new one! I enjoy taking photos (duh), drinking bubble tea, wearing Hawaiin shirts, and waiting for the last second to do all my assignments. This year, the team and I will do the absolute most to get you the best and most aesthetically pleasing pics to go along with your reading. I can’t wait to see what this year brings!

Brenan Srisatkuru

Brenan Srisatkuru is a Grade 10 writer for The Reckoner’s Sports Board. He is a former AA baseball player and an avid fan of more sports than letters in his last name. When he is not studying, playing Fortnite or eating dinner at 11pm, he can be found warming the benches at school volleyball games. Among many others, his other pastimes include leaving people on read and never picking up his phone. If you ever want to strike up a conversation about sports or really anything, feel free to DM him. Or maybe not.

Catherine Zheng

Catherine is a significant digits columnist and a part of the print board. She likes resolving to her group members that she'll finally do a smaller part of the group project but always ends up doing most of it anyway. She also enjoys picking up centipedes and spiders but is deathly afraid of fruit flies. So no matter how tough and manly she may try to be, just remember the fruit flies.

Cheng Peng

Chen Peng is a sportswriter for The Reckoner’s Sports Board. When he isn’t notoriously napping in class (out like a light), he can be seen avidly chatting with his peers on utterly extraneous subjects. Being the couch potato that he is, his favourite pastime is chilling on his phone while sitting on any comfortable surface. And although he loves watching sports games like basketball and football, his fear of moving a muscle has been limiting his athletic ambitions.

Colleen Chang

Colleen Chang is a grade 9 illustrator for The Reckoner, who is currently working towards ending her chronic procrastination and sleep deprivation. She enjoys swimming, drawing, and stressing about whether or not she's failing her french classes. In her free time, her schedule consists of binging Netflix for an unhealthy amount of time, and painting random things she saw on her social media feed. Nice to meet you 🙂

Cynthia Wang

Cynthia is a tenner in the Life and Sig Dig boards. She is the living embodiment of confusion and panic. She also really likes cake. You can find her in the library during her spare, either crying in a corner over math homework or ranting about the superiority of Minecraft bees to any other mob. Approach with caution. Unless you have cake.

Daniel Neagu

Daniel Neagu is a writer for the Life Board. When he’s not late for school, it’s because he’s still asleep. At lunch, Daniel can be found often scolded by Jimmy the hot dog vendor because he forgot to order his spicy Italian sausage in advance. In his free time, he enjoys carrying the volleyball team, sleeping through his twenty-hour bus ride home, and waking up at the wrong stop. One word to describe Daniel with would most likely be an adjective, of which there are certainly some.

David Walji

David is an Editorial writer for the Reckoner. He is a procrastinator at heart and cherishes the little sleep he gets. He can often be found sipping bubble tea while staring at his screen blankly, unsure about how to respond to his DMs or trying to understand memes too complex for his brain. He is very proud of being able to devour an entire large pizza without help and he enjoys the simpler things in life—doing goat yoga, rambling on and on, spending time with his friends, or starting sentences he doesn’t know how to—rock-climbing.

Derek Nguyen

Derek is a Grade 10 student and part The Reckoner’s Editorial Board. His favourite music largely consists of Chopin and poetic Minecraft parodies. While he enjoys listening to the piano, he isn’t all that great at playing it. He enjoys reading science-fiction and fantasy novels but still reads the odd non-fiction here and there. While he doesn’t have a favourite book, his least favourite is easily Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Dylan Xiao

Dylan Xiao is a News writer at The Reckoner. He is known for making witty puns and his endless knowledge about roasting turkeys. Although Dylan is from the south, he rarely wears a jacket and almost never gets cold. He can often be found watching sports highlights and cheering for any team from Texas or Florida except for the Miami Dolphins. Be wary of giving him your personal belongings because he will probably drop them by accident.

Elliot Ngo

Elliot Ngo is a Grade 9 member of the Print Development Board and the Sports Board of the Reckoner. While most of his life is spent looking at a computer screen, he also enjoys swimming, reading, sleeping, and watching random sports highlights. Generally you can find him browsing the internet while procrastinating.

Emily Lai

Emily Lai is a writer for the News and Life Boards of The Reckoner. In her spare time, she plays piano, reads classic novels, and laments about having no spare time. In another life, she imagines herself living quietly in the countryside with an abundance of good tea, books, and plenty of trees to read under. In her spare time, she can probably be found trying to understand new abbreviations found on social media.

Emily Liu

Emily Liu is an artist and writer for the Life Board, as well as an Illustrator. She likes reading in her free time, as well as browsing the internet and playing video games. She can often be found on her armchair, in a position that will likely give arthritis once she is old. Sometimes, she can make nice banana bread. She enjoys long walks, and swims regularly to stay sane. Every so often, she plays the ukulele, and badly sings along.

Eric Zhao

Eric Zhao is part of the Life Board and Photography Board at The Reckoner. Eric Zhao is a life and photography enthusiast. He is also a video games enthusiast, but he doesn't like to talk about it.

Evelyn Jiang

Evelyn is a news writer and photographer for The Reckoner. if you spot her in the hallway, she will most likely be either watching Youtube videos on her phone or crying about her math average. She aspires to one day wake up early enough in the morning to eat breakfast and prepare a lunch for herself, but it is turning out to be much harder than she had originally thought. Clearly, Evelyn also has difficulty smiling for pictures.

Hafeez Alavi

Write for Editorial. Obsessed with transit and video games. Huge procrastinator. Wish people loved me but no one does.

Hateem Fatima

Hateem Fatima is a member of the Print development and Life board at The Reckoner. If she isn’t laughing about her latest joke, then you can probably catch her embarrassing her friends with her wild personality. Or bopping to all things related to EXO, - that too. If you see her around the halls, don’t be shy to say hi. 🙂

Henry Ren

In the daytime, I’m Henry Ren. Just a normal guy with a normal life. But there’s something about me that no one knows yet, ‘cause I have a secret. Another day, I’m back at school. I think about math, god damn I’m failing. Teachers look at me, I look away, but do they see me anyway? Oh-oh-oh marks are going down. Oh-oh-oh I’m not passing this class. And when the sun goes down, that’s when I go to… Procrastinate! Three hours left! Help me I don’t know anything on the test! Procrastinate, not the luckiest! The power of sleep, always so strong! Please support me on Patreon. You can find the full song on Spotify or iTunes.

India

India writes for both the Life and Editorial boards at the Reckoner. She is a writer who writes what she reckons and a reckoner who reckons herself a writer. When bored, India likes to represent the essence of dysfunctionality. She also enjoys taking breaks, raiding cupboards, and talking a lot without saying anything at all.

Ivy Lin

Ivy Lin is a member of The Reckoner's Web and App Development. Ivy enjoys playing birdge (and losing) while draining all of her allowance on bubble tea. She used to consider herself a very indecisive person but she's not so sure anymore. When she isn't using all of her cellular data scrolling through TikTok, she can be found sleeping on a nearby surface or binging the latest episodes of Greys Anatomy. If you ever want to expand your Netflix addition, she'll be happy to help.

Jefferson Chen

Jefferson Chen is a writer for the Editorial Board of The Reckoner and in his sophomore year of high school. Outside of writing, he usually finds himself forced into an endless cycle of studying and sleeping - the two things he finds himself needing the most of. Usually, he enjoys meeting new people and (like everyone else) playing video games. Most notably, he can be considered a reliable expert at putting the "pro" in "procrastination".

Jeffrey Cheung

Jeffrey is a Grade 10 student and a member of the Print Development Board at The Reckoner. Hobbies of his include collecting funky rocks, listening to pre-2014 Minecraft parodies, and experiencing real human emotions. A large part of his personality is defined by the fact that he’s an Aries and that he listens to Edgy Music That You’ve Probably Never Heard Of. If you ever catch him running on over 4 hours of sleep, he’s almost tolerable.

Jessica Guo

Jessica Guo is a senior writer for the News Board on The Reckoner. She is in Grade 12 and after three years at MGCI, is still trying to figure out which incentives will get people to walk to Eglinton with her. (Offering people food from Tim’s has proven to be the best approach so far.) She loves listening to music and hopes that her future financial status will allow her the luxury of Spotify Premium without having to pretend to be in a family with her classmates.

Jonathan Wu

Jonathan is a member of the Reckoner's print board. His hobbies include photography and biking (and sleeping, but who doesn't like sleeping?). He is often found in the halls trying to find his next class, or wasting time playing Bridge with his friends. When Jonathan isn't busy studying for the next test, he is watching youtube videos endlessly or messaging on Facebook. If he leaves you on read he'll eventually respond. But you might have to wait 1 to 2 business weeks.

Karan Minaeigharagouzlou

Karan Minaeigharagouzlou is part of the Web and App Development Board of The Reckoner. He is a grade 9 student in the TOPS program who still wonders why he was accepted. His hobbies include programming, gaming, and occasionally making awkward social interactions. Above all, he likes proving his dominance through winning arguments about the most trivial subjects. If you ever see him, don’t try to pronounce his last name. Just don’t.

Kelly Wang

Kelly is a writer for the Lifeboard as well as an aspiring tone-deaf singer. When she’s not singing, she’s spitting fire bars. She colour coordinates her outfits with Silly Bandz because she’s still stuck in the early 2000s and you’ll often hear her randomly breakout in Chinese and Toronto slang (ironically of course) in an attempt to prove that shes’s actually great at it. When she is not pissing off her friends by saying anything along the lines of he a sweetermans, nize dat, and are u blem fam, she’s laughing at her own hilarious jokes because she’s so funny.

Laura Gao

Laura is a way overly ambitious kid despite lacking some common sense, and would often commit herself to too many projects then scramble last minute to finish them. She’s always trying to tell jokes but she makes everyone cringe, every single time. Apart from fretting over failed attempts at socialization, you'd often find Laura running at 6 am, sleeping on the TTC, polishing her cadet boots, and most importantly, writing Editorial articles for the Reckoner.

Laura Lu

Laura Lu is a photographer for the Reckoner. Often described as a child at heart, she certainly doesn’t fail to live up to that title (in looks and in personality). Some of her favourite things to do include jumping in big piles of leaves, streaming old Nickelodeon shows and watching sunsets. With a love for going on adventures, you’ll always find her happiest outdoors, surrounded by people. One day, she hopes to explore the world with her two future dogs, a backpack and her camera.

Lucy Qi

Lucy Qi is a grade 9 news writer and illustrator at the Reckoner. She enjoys playing volleyball, drawing, playing piano, and texting people on Messenger at 4AM. When she isn’t consumed in homework or eating cup noodles, you can find her mindlessly scrolling through her Instagram feed or going on a long run in her neighborhood.

Maimuna Akhter

Maimuna Akhter is a member of the Outreach Board at The Reckoner. In attempt to be optimistic, she is looking forward to her future, but may change her mind in a couple of minutes. Maimuna is currently unemployed, half-asleep, and changing her mind. Her hobbies include drawing imperfect circular geometric spirals, attempting to bake, biking, and crocheting. She is quite amicable, except when sleep-deprived. The optimal amount of sleep for her ranges from 12-15 hours.

Maryam Mobashir

"Maryam Mobashir is a writer for the Reckoner's Editorial Board. She is usually sleep deprived because of her extremely busy schedule and her tendency to stay up late reading. In her free time, she can be found immersed in a book, watching an episode of Suits or staring blankly into space occupied with her thoughts, oblivious to the world around her."

Matthew Liu

Matthew is an artist in the Life Board. When he's not making bad jokes he's being one himself. He can often be seen in the halls wearing scrunchies and he always seems to leave his phone in the library. Matthew is also unbelievably stingy. He will come up with the worst ideas for saving money, like drinking bubble tea with a small straw to save the tapioca for next time. Matthew is horrendously outrageously unacceptably terribly bad at writing long long long long pieces, which is why he is using this sentence to fill up space. (echo) (echo) (echo)

Miranda Zhao

Miranda Zhao is a news writer for the Reckoner. While stuck in traffic on the 925, she likes to stare out the window and pretend that she can make the other cars disappear. However, because she is an ordinary person, this trick never quite works. Like most ordinary people, she enjoys music, eating rice at breakfast, sleeping in, eating rice at lunch, not having homework (haha), eating more rice at dinner, and the sound of the rain on the rooftops at night. If you see her in the halls, she’s probably contemplating what she’ll eat for her next meal (hint: it’s rice)

Mohamed Dasu

Mohamed is a writer for the editorial board at The Reckoner. He managed to grow a beard in Grade 8, and many adamantly insist that he has supernatural testosterone levels. No, he is not a reincarnation of Chuck Norris. He does, however, often convince himself that he is the definite reincarnation of Pablo from The Backyardigans. Mohamed loves baking, reading, and playing with his feline baby. He loves learning new languages - in fact, he can currently speak five. And he continues to hone his ability to say "I can't speak your language" in pretty much every other language he encounters.

Neeha Attiq

Neeha is a newbie life writer who is constantly contemplating the convoluted universe. You’ll see her staring into space (or talking to walls) and pondering sonder. Her thoughts are vexingly erratic and seriously never ending. She really loves to write (mostly because she has no life of her own) while being a master procrastinator and professional binge-watcher and otaku.

Nicole Peri Kologlu

Nicole Kologlu is a Grade 10 Editorial Board writer. She spends half of her time dozing off and the rest telling the 12-year-old boy living in her head to shut up. She tries her best to learn new languages, but her list of "Languages to Learn" gets a little bit more intimidating every day.

Nisha Iqbal

Nisha Iqbal is a member of the News Board and the Outreach Board at the Reckoner. Nisha spent the first 13 years of her life in Chicago and is a PROUD American. In her spare time, she loves to eat, and lose herself in books. Once she picks up a book, she probably won’t put it down till she is finished. She is known for being an energetic and outgoing person and of course, her obsession with Iced Capps.

Nishtha Patel

Nishtha Patel is a TOPS student and is part of the Outreach and Web and App Development Boards for her freshman year. She loves to dance, play around, joke and annoy her sibling. However, when it comes to hard work, she is dedicated, focused and reliable. He favourite sports are volleyball and gymnastics, as she does the competitively. Being the little nerd she is, her favourite subjects are math, science and gym. Also, don't forget, she loves food! Nishtha is a nice, funny, caring person and is very excited to be part of the Reckoner this year.

Ray Hang

Ray Hang is the quirky dude in the Print Development Board in the Reckoner. In his natural habitat, he can usually be found making bad jokes and generally being friendly with just about everyone. He's perpetually happy and has interests in just about everything. Don't let him near the cookie jar.

Rena Liu

Rena Liu is a Grade 10 News Writer for the Reckoner. In her free time, she enjoys falling asleep, reading, playing cards, studying, reading more, and listening to music. If you see her in the library at 8:15 in the morning, she will probably be half-dead and unresponsive.

Sadia Akbar

Sadia Akbar is in Grade 12 and is a news writer for The Reckoner. She loves to buy coffee but hates spending money and so, life is difficult.

Sarah Ali

Sarah Ali is a writer for the Editorial Board. She enjoys writing about rising technologies, social and human rights issues, and less important miscellaneous topics. She spends most her time at least twenty Wikipedia pages deep into a topic that will most likely never come up again in her life. She can often be found aimlessly wandering the halls and crying in the corner of the geography hallway. There are many things she likes, and many more she does not like. She wishes to someday have a cat that can soothe her incessant weeping.

Serena Meng

Serena Meng is a member of the Print Development Board at The Reckoner. When she’s not stuck on the 925, she likes to play with her cat, go down intense Wikipedia rabbit holes, and try to learn languages that she’ll never actually be able to speak. And despite lamenting that “there’s no time for anything,” Serena always seems to lose track of time strumming funky chords on her guitar or wasting hours figuring out unnecessarily complex origami models. If you ever need her, just message her on Facebook and she’ll probably respond within 12 business days.

Serena Poonwalla

Serena is a member of the outreach and editorial boards. She enjoys watching superhero movies on repeat and one day aspires to be one herself. In the daytime she lives her life as a regular high school student, attending every club she can find, while on weeknights she fights crime in a dojo and does her math and science homework. If you see her in the halls, don't be afraid to say hi, she would love to meet you!

Sophie Yang

Sophie Yang is an illustrator for the Reckoner‘s media and life boards. She lives the hard life of a fangirl, which entails the unfortunate combination of a constant lack of sleep and being perpetually broke from buying songs and concert tickets. Her greatest aspirations include using her art to make a social/cultural impact, and of course— meeting Harry Styles.

Stephie Liu

Stephie Liu is an author for the News Board at the Reckoner. She is currently in grade nine. Her hobbies include reading and spamming emojis to her friends on Facebook. One activity she enjoys is sleeping through tragic Shakespeare plays at Stratford and waking up every time a character dies. You can usually find her in the hallways at lunch, stressed out about her latest test mark or having staring contests with the walls.

Sumedh Dhanvanthry

Sumedh Dhanvanthry, a Grade 10 writer for the Life Board, might seem like a seething, vitriolic xenophobe with awful opinions. He might, perhaps, seem like a creatively barren student with a terribly skewed moral compass. His arrogance and his entitlement may seem to be in constant competition to break new ground. He might make you wonder, “Who let this guy go outside?” Maybe you wanna punch him in the face. But be warned: He’s actually a pretty nice guy. Give him a nod in the hallways. Maybe he’ll convince you that Cars 2 is the best movie ever made.

Tina Ma

Tina Ma is a writer for the Editorial and Sports Boards at the Reckoner. On weekends, Tina can be found at the curling rink, throwing rocks like how she throws her clothes around her room (with perfect precision). She enjoys meeting new people, looking through her friends’ Spotify playlists, and waving to people who wave back to her in the hallways. In her spare time, she can be found editing videos for her new YouTube channel. She hopes that one day she’ll become internet famous and rich enough to buy a maserati (to keep in her garage).

Tina Wei

Tina Wei is a writer for the Life and Editorial boards at The Reckoner. She is funny (on some occasions) and deprived of sleep (on most occasions). If you call her name and she doesn't respond, she doesn't dislike you—she probably just didn't hear you due to hearing loss from listening to music at incredibly high volumes.

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Umar Yousafzai is an editorial writer for The Reckoner. His hobbies include baking, hiking, watching old movies and daydreaming about his childhood. He is always trying to meet deadlines as he is an avid procrastinator. Umar also enjoys programming and he likes to volunteer to share this passion. He can often be found listening to music, reading or being lost on Quora. One day, he would like to meet his favourite actor, Rowan Atkinson. Umar is deeply interested in politics and technology and is amused by the fact that you didn’t notice he copied his bio from last year.

Xingming Xu

Xingming is an editorial writer at the Reckoner. He can be found with earbuds in or with a cup of coffee, and most frequently both as he does something else. Commonly perceived as scary and standoffish, Xingming gives into expectations and stops writing this bio.

Zahra Suhail

Zahra Suhail is a member of the Life Board, she enjoys reading more than anything. Her inquisitive mind is always looking for something new, some might even say more dramatic. The best way for her to express her feelings is to write it down on a piece of paper, or even yell it out. When she is writing or reading, she enjoys playing soccer and hanging out with her friends. Currently she is a sophomore, her creative and innovative mind is always looking to spice things up.

Zain-Ul-Abideen Altaf

Hello! This is Zain-Ul-Abideen Altaf and I am pumped for what this year’s reckoner has to offer. As part of sports board I bring you sports updates worldwide and here at Garneau. I love playing many sports. However, playing and writing about basketball is my greatest passion. I hope that my contributions to the Reckoner's sports board is profound and delightful to read.

Zoe Cheng

Zoe Cheng is a grade 10 illustrator for the illustrations board. She has been doing art all her life, and hopes to keep art as a prominent hobby throughout her life. In her free time, she likes reading, drawing, hanging out with friends and playing various sports. However, though she can come up with outfits for all the people she draws, she can't coordinate a single one for herself. In the future Zoe would like to pursue an education in the sciences.