May '14: Dedicated to the Class of 2014

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[email protected] | @theacemag | theacemagazine | @theacestagram

co-editors-in-chiefChasidy [email protected] [email protected]

copy editorBrooke [email protected]

layout artist Angel Veliz [email protected] | www.sdotfly.com

promotional teamBryson Rouzan-ThomasBetsy [email protected]

photographyNana [email protected]_______________________

founderSam P.K. Collins

editor-in-chief emeritusKwasi Agyeman

faculty advisorProfessor Robin Marcus

The Ace Magazine is funded in part by a generous grant from Generation Progress, a national organization that works with and for young people to promote progressive solutions to key political and social challenges.

We’re looking for new staff! Email us personally or at [email protected] if you’re interested in writing, reporting, photography, design, publication, or simply in helping out the premier publication of the multicultural community at GW!

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feature 7TOP TEN SENIORSSENIOR SUPERLATIVES

The Ace Magazine Mission:The Ace Magazine connects the multicultural community to the university at-large with contributions from student writers and faculty members. Since 2008, The Ace has sparked discussion between campus groups furthering our belief that “we all have similar issues no matter our color.”

As you've probably noticed by now, this is most likely the skinniest ACE Magazine you've ever held. It's almost a metaphor, as this organization is certainly losing a great deal with the departures of Ayanna Alleyne, Brooke Oki, and Chasidy Lowe, all members of the class of 2014.

I've had the pleasure of serving the community on the senior staff alongside these incredible young women and cannot imagine what it will be like to put the magazine together without them by my side. I remember the night Ayanna, Chasidy, and I were appointed in April 2012 like it was yesterday. We were in the Black House at our weekly Tuesday night meetings when our Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Kwasi, told us all that we'd be in charge of the final issue of the year—alone. It all happened so fast. Just ten minutes before that, we were merely writers for The ACE.

Of course, we accepted the challenge and went about preparing the issue and release event as best we could. It was all going well: Arielle and Simi, also members of the class of 2014 and The ACE family, were handling the promo of our issue and we were working to make our first ACE one to remember. Then, disaster struck. As it tends to do, time got short; it was the night before the magazine was due at the printer's and the copy wasn't finished. Huddled around a laptop in Gelman until the wee hours of the morning, tinkering and fiddling with Adobe InDesign like we had never seen text boxes ever in our lives, somehow the three of us made it work.

The rest is history. As Ayanna and Chasidy traded semesters abroad for Fall 2012 and Spring 2013, Brooke was brought on as an additional resource. Between the four of us, an unbelieveable nine ACE Magazines have seen the light of day.

To Ayanna: Your journalistic prowess and drive will take you very far and I'm so thankful to have been able to work with you. As twin majors, I appreciated your attention to detail and the vision you brought to The ACE, both in meetings and the long nights of editing, editing, and more editing. You've left an indelible mark on the ACE.

To Brooke: Getting to know you over the past two years has been a true pleasure. Since the beginning, you've been so committed to the magazine and definitely more than just a copy editor. Anyone who knows you, I think, can agree that you have quite the ... unique ... personality, and we wouldn't have it any other way. Thank you for all the t's you've crossed, i's you've dotted, and laughs you've given us since joining the team.

To Chasidy: I don't know where to begin when it comes to saying goodbye because I simply do not want to. How we've put out nine magazines together, I can't even believe. But, we have, and despite a few missed deadlines here and there (like that time when the freshman issue came out in the third month of school... ), somehow The Ace is still a thing. So shoutout to us not ruining it completely! Thank you for your time, effort, and passion for this publication. Issue after issue, The ACE has been a labor of love because I've been lucky enough to have worked with great people like you.

I wish each of you the best as you prepare to leave this university.

Looking ahead, I must admit that I'm very excited for the next era of The ACE. Replacing Brooke and Chasidy on The ACE Senior Staff are Sarai Reed and Danielle Noel, in addition to the returning Nana Agyemang. I can't wait to see what next year has in store.

Until then, let us continue to congratulate the class of 2014 and celebrate all they have done for the George Washington University. Inside, you'll find our top nine and crowd favorite superlatives. Thanks again, readers, for another great year!

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The Last One Standing Adam Middleton

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The 2014

Senior Superlatives

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TheTop9Chelsea IorlanoAge: 22Hometown: Pasadena, CA & Bynum, NJ 3 GW ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

· Being accepted into the English/Creative Writing major programto focus in poetry· Being Dean for Theta Chapter in fall 2013, bringing two newwomen into my sorority

· Winning the Excellence in Social Activism award at the 2014 LatinoLeaders Awards.Most memorable moment?

Crossing into the Theta Chapter of Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc. in fall 2011 as a sophomore—introduced me to not only my family of Hermanas, but the MSSC family, all of whom have kept me sane during my time at GW!Most Embarrassing moment?

BHC Finale 2013...

MAtthew wilsonAge: 22Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

3 GW ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

· Being a 2012 Colonial Cabinet member· 2013 Student Staff Excellence Winner· MLK Award Finalist

Most memorable moment?

· 2012 OLAS Alternative Spring Break to San Juan, Puerto Rico. And2014 BHC Finale.Most Embarrassing moment?

Falling out of a shuttle coming back from a foam party. I had very bad cuts on my hands and knees.

ashlynn profitAge: 21Hometown: Charleston, SC & Dover, DE

3 GW Accomplishments:

· Presenting my Senior Thesis at the New Orleans SSCA Conference· Winning the MLK Award· Winning Most Outstanding Tutor at D.C. Reads


Meeting Michelle Obama.Most embarrassing moment?

Falling down the steps of the Vern Express.

COREY GREGORYAge: 22Hometown: Boston, MA


· 2014 MLK Award· 2013 Black Alumni Association Emerging IMPACT Award· Vice President of Black Men's Initiative


2010 CIMost embarrassing moment?

I don't have one! :)

SIMI OJURIAge: 20Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

3 GW ACComplishments:

· Three successful BHCs (2012, 2013, and 2014)· 2012-2013 Vice President of the Black Student Union· 2011-2013 Program Board Parties Chair

Most Memorable Moment?

It's hard to single out the most memorable moment in my whole GW experience, but I will say that the MSSC has really shaped my time here. Anything that has to do with the MSSC truly has been memorable, from talking in Ms. Sohi/Falani's office for hours to screaming at Scandal in Room 102. Most Embarrassing Moment?

My first week of class I walked into the wrong classroom and sat for an awkward amount of time before I realized it was a grad class and I awkwardly got up in the middle. People laughed at me.

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Classof2014ARIELLE FORDAge: 22Hometown: Los Angeles, CA


· Black Alumni Association Emerging IMPACT Awards· SA Director of Diversity and Mutli-Religious Affairs· Colonial VIP


My first Georgetown party of freshman year when the entire black community went together and we thought it made sense to take the Vern shuttle and then walk to Georgetown. When we got to the Vern we realized how far away the actual university was but the long walk left me with some great memories, pictures, and laughs.Most embarrassing moment?

I honestly can't think of a specific moment, not because I don't have one but because I usually have something embarrassing happen three or four times a week. Typically when I'm walking with my headphones on listening to a hype song and then I trip on the sidewalk.

MARCELA TORRES-CERVANTESAge: 22Hometown: Clinton, NC


· Recipient of the MLK Award· Working as the Latino Student Coordinator at the MSSC· Being a part of ΛΠΧ


Getting a "GW Mom" mug from my OLAS familia.MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT?

I am perpetually tripping in public, laughing too loudly in Gelman, or just completely missing a joke. I think the worst one was in front of Ivory. I ripped my pants and looked a complete fool.

JON CARFAGNOAge: 21Hometown: Marlboro, NJ


· Hosting Vice President Joe Biden as Program Board's Year ClosingSpeaker· Helping to establish and subsequently coordinate the Only at GWDebate Series and the 2012 Election Night programming event

· Advocating and working with administrators towards a comprehensivereform of GW's Events and Venues scheduling system.Most memorable moment?

Attending the Arrival Ceremony of the official French State Visit on the South Lawn at the White House.Most embarrassing moment?

Being put into a headlock by Governor Tim Pawlenty during his visit at GW.

CHRISTOPHER WANGAge: 21Hometown: Irvine, CA

What has GW done for you?

· Being awarded the MLK Award· Granted the Sigur Cetner for Asian Studies language scholarship tostudy Chinese in Taiwan· Awarded the BSU Sophomore Achievement Award


Getting the opportunity to go to the East Coast Asian American Student Union conference where I met students and activists from various parts of the country. Most embarrassing moment?

Participating in my first date auction my freshman year, where I wasn't bid on for a large amount of money.

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Congrats again, Seniors!

Best Body:

Biggest Foodie:

Best Dancer:

Best Dressed:

Best Smile:

Biggest Bird:

Biggest Case of Senioritis:

lsaiah Wiggins and Nigel lsom

Torrin King

Mike Coe

Chambriel Spence

Tylah Johnson

Lydia Demissie

Jade Graver

Tylah Johnson

Jahdai Kilkenny

SeniorSuperlatives

Andrew Haynesworth Valentina Emeric

Gabriel Oigbokie and Jared Nakasone

Best Hair:

Tyler Lackey Simi Ojuri

Corey Gregory

Demarcus Parker Marcela Torres-Cervantes

Biggest Ego: Ikechukwu Umez-Eronini Charis Redmond

Chris Wang Alexandria Poitier

Biggest Flirt: Isaiah Wiggins Ayanna Alleyne andNichelle Holmes

Biggest Heart:

Biggest Partier:

Class Clown: Andrew Haynesworth

Class Most and Dad:

Jade Graver

Cutest Couple: Tiffany KongNigel Isom

Most Confident: Ikechukwu Umez-Eronini Mela Lawson

Charis RedmondCorey GregoryMost Likely to Beat Happy Hour:

Most Likely to Bein HelWell:

David Myers

Most Likely to Beon Social Media: Jade GraverIkechukwu Umez-Eronini

Most Likely to BeSeen Together:

Matt Wilson and Corey Gregory Arielle Ford and Simi Ojuri

Most Likely toSucceed:

Ashlynn Profit

Most Likely to Beon a Reality Show:

Tylah Johnson, Kinyette Henderson, and Chambriel Spence

Ashlynn ProfitMost Likely to Work at GW: Matt Wilson

Most Politically Active: Ikechukwu Umez-Eronini Danica Brown

Brooke OkiPatrick MamaduMost Random:

Most Worldly: Sophia HerbstSenzwa Ntshepe

Arielle FordCorey Gregory

Makisa FrancisJared Nakasone

Kalipha Misawa Adrienne Bond

Mr. and Mrs. MSSC:

Never On Campus:

Quietest:

Shadiest: Tyler Lackey Maronel Stewart

"Whatever Happened to... ?" Tally Vick Sydney Green

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