Welcome to The Independent
College news & learning laboratory
Pick up a copy from a college news rack or read online.
Clark's student-run newspaper serves the college community by providing readers with timely and factual information and by providing a forum for public expression. The college newspaper is also a learning laboratory where student staffers garner real-world experience as reporters, editors, photojournalists and managers.
In one format or another -- as The Independent, the Penguin's Progress, The Clark Junior College Sentinel, or The Penguin Bulletin, to name just a few identities -- the publication has served the college community
for more than 70 years.
The Independent is published every other Wednesday throughout the fall, winter and
spring quarters.
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Contact staff members
- Editor In Chief: Nathan Baird – editorinchief@students.clark.edu
- Managing Editor: Maddie Petta – managingeditor@students.clark.edu
- Online Editor: Elliot Lang – onlineeditor@students.clark.edu
- Social Media editor: Adeena Wade – socialmedia@students.clark.edu
- News editor: Kindal Dolph – newseditor@students.clark.edu
- Design manager: Diana Aristizábal Velásquez – visualseditor@students.clark.edu
- Jr. Design manager: Codie Howard – jrvisualseditor@students.clark.edu
- Copy Editor: Sarah Kaufman – copyeditor@students.clark.edu
- Life editor: Ainslie Cromar – lifeeditor@students.clark.edu
- Arts and entertainment editor: Dustin Koegler – artseditor@students.clark.edu
- Campus Editor: Luc Hoekstra – campuseditor@students.clark.edu
- Senior Reporter: Benji Grundner – seniorreporter@students.clark.edu
- Photographer: Andy Bao – photoeditor@students.clark.edu
- Advertising manager: Stevie Riepe – advertisingmanager@students.clark.edu
- Circulation manager: Marvin Peña – circulationmanager@students.clark.edu
Faculty
- Adviser: Dee Anne Finken -- dfinken@clark.edu
- Writing coach : Jim Camin -- writingcoach@clark.edu
The Independent
Phone (360) 992-2412
Fax (360) 992-2022
