James W. Gasco is a non-traditional age student and tribal member with the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians from the lower peninsula of northern Michigan and is a senior at CMU majoring in Journalism and English. Set to graduate in May 2013, Gasco has his sights set on graduate school at CMU in English studies—to begin in the Fall 2013 semester.
Jordan Oster is currently studying photojournalism at Central Michigan University. Oster's professional experience includes being a staff reporter at Central Michigan Life, photographer at Grand Central Magazine, and summer editorial intern at Houghton Lake Resorter. Oster is currently a freelance photographer for High School Sports Scene and The Morning Sun, and both photo and multimedia editor at Grand Central Magazine.