Co-leader Katy Carpenter

High School: Graduated from Ephrata Senior High School in 1999

College: Graduated from Penn State University in 2003 with a major in English, minors in women's studies and psychology, and honors in communications

Where I live: Cockeysville, Md., with my husband, Mike Hanson

Pets: None, but we're hoping to get a dog within the next year

Favorite musicians: Damien Rice, Led Zeppelin, Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor, Bloc Party, Radiohead, Lauryn Hill

Favorite movies: "Harold & Maude," "American Beauty," "Munich," "Little Miss Sunshine," "Thank You For Smoking," "Elf," "The Departed," "The Parent Trap"

Favorite TV shows: "The Office," "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," "Scrubs," "Heroes"

Favorite book: "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger

Guilty pleasures: Justin Timberlake, all things Oprah (her XM radio station, her talk show, her magazine), "The Notebook," anything with Will Ferrell in it

Likes: Reading; designing pages for the newspaper; hanging out with my family, husband and best friend; laughing

Dislikes: Talking on the phone, commuting, Jack Black, most of the reality TV shows on VH1

Goals & aspirations: To write a screenplay for a movie I have an idea for; to grow into being a better person; to be a good wife, friend, daughter and sibling

Favorite things I've written/designed: All of these go back to my Penn State Daily Collegian days ...

— A sampling of my favorite Daily Collegian pages

— A review of "Harold & Maude"

— A story on former student and staff recalling a speech Martin Luther King Jr. gave at Penn State