The Cavalier Daily elected editors for its upcoming 136th term over the course of the weekend and, in a contested election, chose third-year College student Naima Sawaya to serve as the paper’s next editor-in-chief. The 136th term of The Cavalier Daily will begin Jan. 13, 2025, on the first day of classes in the spring semester.
Other members elected to the incoming Managing Board include third-year College student Hailey Chung, the current assistant managing editor, as managing editor, second-year College student Scarlett Sullivan, a current senior opinion columnist, as executive editor, second-year College student Leigh Bailey, a current website manager, as operations manager and second-year College student Will Peres, the current advertising manager, as chief financial officer. All races for the managing board, with the exception of the race for chief financial officer, were contested.
Sawaya joined The Cavalier Daily as an opinion columnist during her first year at the University, and prior to her current role on the paper’s Managing Board as executive editor, Sawaya also worked as a senior associate for the opinion desk. Sawaya succeeds fourth-year College student Nathan Onibudo as editor-in-chief.
In a statement, Sawaya said that she is excited to spend the next term working with an “exceptionally qualified” staff and that she hopes to attract specialized skill sets during recruitment with the goal of advancing the paper’s digital presence.
“I hope that we can use our varied interests and skills to help The Cavalier Daily better serve the University community,” Sawaya said.
The Cavalier Daily also held elections for Junior Board positions, which include literary editors for subjective and objective desks, as well as managers for operations and business desks.
In a contested election, third-year College student Vera Woody was elected assistant managing editor. Second-year College student Aarnav Jalan was elected assistant operations manager and third-year College student Blaine Hutchens was re-elected as assistant literary editor — both in uncontested elections.
Third-year College students Cecilia Mould and Ford McCracken were elected as news editors in an uncontested election.
Third-year College student Xander Tilock and second-year College student Michael Liebermann were elected sports editors in an uncontested election.
Third-year College students Leila Mohajer and Grace Traxler were elected arts and entertainment editors in a contested election.
Third-year College student Kate Johnson and second-year College student Dana Douglas were re-elected and elected, respectively, as life editors in an uncontested election.
Third-year Batten student Evelyn Lewis was re-elected as podcast editor in an uncontested election.
Second-year College students Wylie Brunman and Farah Eljazzar were elected opinion editors in an uncontested election.
Second-year College student Adair Reid was elected humor editor in a contested election.
Second-year Engineering student Ada Malpani was elected cartoon editor in an uncontested election.
Third-year Education student Isabelle Tindall and third-year College student Quinn Connor were elected puzzle editors in an uncontested election.
Second-year College student Ava Tolin was elected finance manager in a contested election.
Second-year College student Spence Doherty was elected advertising manager in an uncontested election.
First-year College student Kayla Moore and second-year College student Catherine White were elected photo editors in a contested election.
Third-year College students Mariam Seshan and Sarah St. John were re-elected as design editors and third-year College student Noelle Valdinoto was elected design editor in an uncontested election.
Second-year Data Science student Dailin Li was re-elected as Chinese translation editor in an uncontested election.
Second-year College students Lahari Kunapaneni and Anika Loper were elected social media editors in an uncontested election.
Third-year College student Issy Denevan and first-year College student Pria Dua were elected video editors in an uncontested election.
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