This is Samantha Simmons' 3rd and final year on the journalism staff and first year as an editor. When's she's not writing killer opinion articles, she's either having anxiety attacks over college applications or drinking mass amounts of coffee (something she has yet to accept is not a good combination). Despite the stress and physical pain that seems inevitable with the new school year, she is excited to train a new class of great journalists.

Kallan Arkeder is reporting for Lancer Link as a Multimedia Editor, staff writer, and "honorary" photographer. She is the Executive Producer of CHSTV and Vice President of Speech and Debate. She occasionally takes her pet chinchillas to school, and in her spare time plays piano for her music aficionado fat cat, Silver. She looks forward to making some rad senior memories with all of her friends before graduating from Carlsbad High in the spring of 2016.