Ana Ivascu Ana is the managing editor of the paper, a quiet, competent young woman who manages staff meetings of rowdy teenage journalists with aplomb that is little short of wondrous. Thirty teenagers toward the end of the school day are a handful for anyone, yet there is Ana, wholly unperturbed, sitting cross-legged on what in other classes would be the teacher's desk, imposing order upon the chaos. This is the story conference, in which student editors share news tidbits they have heard around the halls. Story ideas are kicked around, talked up, shot down.
Arguments break out.
Agitated students leap from their desks. Doug Goetsch, the adviser to the paper, is keeping an eye on things, but he long ago turned these meetings over to Ana and to Michael Kwon, the editor in chief. Mike speaks up when issues are raised, but Ana runs the meeting, making sure that all voices are heard. She's been at the paper for four years, beginning in news as a freshman. She is one of the paper's most graceful writers.