VIDEO: Sit-Down with Elected Student Government Representatives
About the Contributors
Lauren Butorac, E-Board Member
Lauren Butorac is a senior in the class of 2025 at Jesuit High School. Returning for a third year of media production, Lauren hopes to take what she learned the past two years and apply it to produce even better things this year. She hopes to produce more sports photography and videography this year. With her parents both being civil engineers, Lauren hopes to take a different path and go into something more creative like marketing or broadcasting. She is highly interested in writing topics on sports, world issues, and economical and political news. Lauren, being a part of the women's soccer team at Jesuit, hopes to write specifically about Jesuit sports and clubs to inform the Jesuit community about competitions, club meetings and much more. Lauren is very excited to participate in interviews as another source, to make her articles more in depth and get first hand experience on what she is writing. As well Lauren hopes to continue producing episodes of Mic’d Up and the Lunch Chat. Lauren’s passion for sports comes from her competitive nature and love for sports, specifically soccer. She plays on Jesuit’s Varsity Soccer team as well as Oregon Surf ECNL team.
Kaitlyn MacLennan, E-Board Member
Kaitlyn MacLennan is a competitive and hardworking senior at Jesuit High School excited about furthering her contributions in advanced media production. This will be Kaitlyn’s third year as part of the media team and she looks forward to taking a bigger leadership role this year. Over the last two years Kaitlyn learned and grew her videography skills as well as her editing. She excelled in Special Projects last year and hopes to continue producing even more newsworthy projects that show a higher skill level. Some of the main projects Kaitlyn partook in were Mic’d Up videos, 30 Years of Co-Education, sports recaps, and many other special projects.
Growing up in the Bay Area in California, Kaitlyn saw different types of media design and it really drew her eye. She is hoping to bring a positive and fun voice to her work and hoping it showcases Jesuit Media in the best way. Her hopes from this class is to further her learning in journalism to see if there is an interest in continuing throughout college. In addition to media production, Kaitlyn enjoys soccer, skiing, baking, hanging out with friends, and playing other sports. Most of the time if you don’t see Kaitlyn working on the back side of the cameras she will be on the field playing for the varsity soccer team for Jesuit. Because of Kaitlyn’s big love for sports, she is highly interested in sports videos.
Growing up in the Bay Area in California, Kaitlyn saw different types of media design and it really drew her eye. She is hoping to bring a positive and fun voice to her work and hoping it showcases Jesuit Media in the best way. Her hopes from this class is to further her learning in journalism to see if there is an interest in continuing throughout college. In addition to media production, Kaitlyn enjoys soccer, skiing, baking, hanging out with friends, and playing other sports. Most of the time if you don’t see Kaitlyn working on the back side of the cameras she will be on the field playing for the varsity soccer team for Jesuit. Because of Kaitlyn’s big love for sports, she is highly interested in sports videos.
Sam Nordean, Staff Writer
Sam Nordean is an intelligent and driven sophomore at Jesuit High School. He enjoys writing, reading, watching, and listening to various stories, podcasts, and films. Throughout his life, Nordean has spent a lot of his time playing Basketball, Soccer, and Tennis along with
running Track and Cross Country. Some other hobbies of his include boating, swimming, cooking, and spending time with friends and family. Sam also really enjoys traveling to and exploring different cities and countries, some of his favorites being Switzerland, Bora Bora, and
Italy. His favorite subject has always been English, as he enjoys sharing his opinions and thoughts through writing. Sam’s favorite things to write and read about are global issues and current events. He enjoys writing about these topics to shed light on problems going on around the world and how we can do our job to fix them. Nordean hopes to bring positivity and good change to the Jesuit community through forms of media.
running Track and Cross Country. Some other hobbies of his include boating, swimming, cooking, and spending time with friends and family. Sam also really enjoys traveling to and exploring different cities and countries, some of his favorites being Switzerland, Bora Bora, and
Italy. His favorite subject has always been English, as he enjoys sharing his opinions and thoughts through writing. Sam’s favorite things to write and read about are global issues and current events. He enjoys writing about these topics to shed light on problems going on around the world and how we can do our job to fix them. Nordean hopes to bring positivity and good change to the Jesuit community through forms of media.
