Brandyn Abrams is a journalism major at the University of Arizona. He is also minoring in psychology and criminal justice. He is now living up north in Tempe. He is a huge sports fan with an emphasis on basketball, baseball and tennis. Brandyn has not yet decided what he wants to do with his life, he just knows that he is young and has lots of time to decide in the future while traveling and trying new things. Brandyn loves to play sports, work out and cook delicious food in his free time. Check out his blog about healthy and organic food, Todays food going green!




Shane Nichols is a journalism senior at the University of Arizona minoring in political science. He hails from Glenview, Ill., a suburb just north of Chicago, where he tired of the winters and decided to attend the UA. Shane is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys hiking, backpacking and exploring the still untouched and isolated areas of the United States. He believes environmental change will come through legislation, and he will be focusing on these issues throughout the semester.




Jamie Blanchard, 22, is a Tucson native with an unexplained obsession for figure skating. After spending days and weeks at a time in skating rinks covering events like the U.S. Championships for the Arizona Daily Star, Figure Skaters Online and other outlets, Jamie has grown to dislike living on the foods that are aplenty in arenas — think doughnuts, fries and nachos. Her blog, Fields of Green is part of her way to getting back to healthier living after eating breakfast, lunch and dinner at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., during the recent skating nationals. Aside from skating and writing, Jamie ventures in random shenanigans like updating her roommates' Facebook pages without them knowing. She also does freelance graphic and Web design.

Eric Meyer was born in New Hampshire on October 27, 1985. Since then Eric has had the fortune of traveling the world, living in seven different cities, going to ten different schools and even spending three years in Japan. Eric moved to Tucson in 2001 with his mother, father, younger brother and two cats after his father retired from the U.S. Marine Corps. He currently attends the University of Arizona, where he is in his final semester earning a degree in journalism with a minor in sociology. Eric also works full-time at a movie theater, and in his spare time enjoys watching sports, listening to music and spending time with his girlfriend Anne. Eric recently moved out on his own, sharing an apartment with his friend Alex, and dealing with the everyday struggles of cooking, paying bills and cleaning up after himself.

Jordan Leboeuf is a senior, majoring in journalism and psychology. She plans to take a semester off after graduation in May, then going to graduate school for counseling psychology. She's thoroughly enjoying having weekends off for the first time since 2002, spending her extra time running experiments in a social psychology lab on campus. She loves music, her dog, Einstein, and photography.

Angelica Treistman is a graduating senior at the University of Arizona, majoring in communication and journalism. She is from Texas and hopes to move to Los Angeles after graduating to pursue advertising or public relations. Angelica loves to write feature stories. She hopes to educate consumers in her blog, Traveling Green, about the small differences they can make to help the earth while traveling.

Allison Hamila is a journalism senior, while minoring in creative writing with a fiction emphasis. She worked for two years on the Arizona Daily Wildcat as a sports reporter. She was also a sports intern at the Tucson Citizen in Spring 2007. Currently, she is a copy editor at the Wildcat. She also tutors and mentors student-athletes in the C.A.T.S. program and works a retail job. She hopes to one day be one of those recluse fiction writers or to go into magazine publishing. Her adorable Yorkshire Terrier, Dolce, makes her smile more than anything.

Jennifer Tramm is a non-traditional student who is married with two children, ages 14 and five and a half. She’s written and edited for the UA’s student newspaper, the Arizona Daily Wildcat, and interned at the local Tucson daily, the Arizona Daily Star as a business reporter. Her interests include education and how people treat our planet. Her blog, Green Ed, combines both to discuss the way people teach their children and each other about environmental issues.

Justin Adler is a junior at Arizona, majoring in journalism and Spanish. Somehow, he passes all his classes while maintaining a 90-to-10 mixture of reading sports blogs to textbooks. He’s written for the Arizona Daily Wildcat and Tucson Citizen covering University of Arizona sports and other local Tucson sports. He also created his own blog, Wherespmac.com, which cynically covers Arizona basketball, hip-hop and college life. His primary goals in life are to be interviewed by Terry Gross, find Paul McPherson and become the next Lang Whitaker or Dan Steinberg.

Catherine O’Connor is a senior at the University of Arizona studying journalism and communication. She plans to graduate in May and is looking forward to taking on new challenges that await in the “real world.” During her free time Catherine enjoys hanging out with family and friends, experimenting with new cooking recipes and checking out new hiking trails. Although she does not envision herself working as a full-time professional journalist, Catherine has enjoyed overcoming the many challenges presented to her in the past four years as a journalism student.

Melissa Krueger is a journalism senior at the University of Arizona and a copy editor for The CatScan. Melissa has been at the university newspaper, the Arizona Daily Wildcat, for four semesters now, dabbling in sports reporting, editing and design. She is currently the managing editor there. She will be exploring what it means to have a green lifestyle through her weekly blog, What It Means to Be Green. She plans to graduate in May — minus a few summer classes here and there — then it is off to the “real world,” as they say.

Michael Schwartz is a journalism senior who typically covers sports. He has worked eight semesters at the Arizona Daily Wildcat, currently serving as the Arizona men’s basketball beat reporter. Last summer he worked as an associate reporter for MLB.com, where he covered the Arizona Diamondbacks, and next summer he will be in the same position covering the Los Angeles Dodgers. Reporting on green issues is certainly out of his comfort zone as a reporter, but he plans to take a look at the greener side of sports and food while serving as one of the three editors-in-chief. In typical sports reporter fashion, he is just trying to take things one day at a time and do his best, knowing that everything will take care of itself if he does that.

Anthony Tarnowski is a senior graduating in May 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Originally from Huntingdon Valley, Pa., outside of Philadelphia, he plans on pursuing a master’s degree in business administration in fall 2008. Anthony worked for the Arizona Daily Wildcat’s sports desk in 2005-06 covering ice hockey, cross country and women’s gymnastics and is excited about his blog ECO-nomics and working for this year’s edition of The CatScan.

Rachel Nahmias is a photographer and writer from Burlington, Vt., who is concerned about the world and its inhabitants. Following many years of study in the visual arts, Rachel's photography looks to collect images that reflect her interest in the human element and the intricate relationship existing between people and their surroundings. When photographing a setting, Rachel always looks first for the details such as fallen petals reminiscent of a colorful marriage parade, jaguar prints in the mud or pitchers of honey in the Greek plaka. In this way, she works to evoke a sense of place for the viewer, bringing personality to where the photographs were taken and representing what the people who live there value. As a reporter, she strives to expose the realities of consumerism on the earth and on all who are involved in the start-to finish process. She also encourages readers to live healthful lifestyles that promote personal happiness and well-being while creating a domino effect of positivity for the rest of the world.

Mike Linsey, 21, is a senior graduating in May 2008 with a degree in journalism and a minor in political science. He’s originally from the Midwest. He grew up in Cincinnati, Columbus, Ohio and Indianapolis before moving to Phoenix in 1998 and becoming a UA student in 2006. He has applied to various law schools for fall 2008 admission and has an interest in telecommunications and entertainment law. He is also considering applying to graduate programs in information sciences and business technology. Mike currently works as a resident assistant on campus. In his free time, Mike enjoys reading, following business and politics, playing the guitar, exercising and enjoying a variety of sports.

Danielle Oxman, is a senior at the University of Arizona. Eating right and trying to keep to organic foods are important to me. These are the key elements to keeping fit in my life. And truthfully, a little exercise can’t hurt either!