Photo Credit: Amanda Tavares[/caption]Sami Dickerson, a junior and the junior editor of the Den Echoes, is a Netflix-obsessed journalism lover. She likes to spend her free time watching movies and says that taking this journalism class has helped her follow the plots of her favorite movies.
Since moving from Lumberton, NC to Hillsborough, NC, Dickerson has been a part of multiple school newspapers. Before writing for the Den Echoes here at Orange, she wrote for the Stanford Post at C.W. Stanford Middle School. She was lucky enough to be one of the last people to write for the school paper at Stanford before they stopped the program. She is very dedicated to the newspaper and finds it to be the most interesting class at Orange.
When Dickerson graduates with the class of 2016, she plans to major in business at UNC. Studying at UNC won’t change her decision to be a Duke fan, however. Here at Orange, she is involved in two clubs--SGA and FCA. She recommends everyone try and come out to support FCA.
Dickerson is a book fanatic and loves all genres. She enjoys taking history classes and reminiscing on past episodes of the hit show Friends. She loves spending time with her four cats and two dogs. When asked what five words Dickerson thinks describe her, she replied with intelligent, nice overall, funny, quiet, and introverted.
Norwood is a democrat who is running this year to be junior representative for SGA. She claimed “Even if I listen to Democratic and Republican points of view, I rarely agree with the Republican side at all.” She is hoping that being representative would help her hear both sides of the story and she feels that she could help her community become a better place.
Some things she feels strongly about are gun laws and the environment. She feels that guns are unnecessary and only hurt people. Norwood stated that they should only be used to kill animals. Norwood stated “ The environment, including the aforementioned animals, needs to be protected. We’re draining it to serve our own selfish interests, not caring about the millions and millions of animals and plants we’re killing in the process.” She also feels like everyone should be able to be treated fairly.
Norwood chose to be a politician after she watched Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. She said “They summed up my points of view in humorous ways, and their biting satirical remarks about Washington showed me that Congress needs new, pure blood that won’t be corrupted by money and power.” Norwood then decided she wanted to change the country with her political views.