Josh Melnick is from Lexington, Massachusetts ans was born on May 8th. He went to Lexington High school and has worked in camps like URJ Eisner Camp. He also has experience as a freelance writer.

When Josh is not listening to Race Against the Machine or Tupac, he is rocking out with friends.

Josh enjoys a variety of movies, and his favorite movie character is Squirt from Finding Nemo.

His character does not end there. Judging from the books and authors he is interested in we can see that Josh is well-read.

Josh is many things. He is an avid gamer, a Firefly fan, and follows the NY Knicks. The most important thing to draw from him though is that he loves having fun with those around him.

Nicholas Sanchez is a freshman at Gallatin, whose birthday is on July 17. He has had an active Twitter account since September 2010 in which he posts “BLUE COLLAR TWEETS 4 REAL WOMEN”.

He also posts random but hilarious tweets regularly:

His ‘favorite’ TV show is Gilmore Girls and really likes ‘The Lego Movie’. He recently attended a comedy performance by Hari Kondabolu at the Skirball Center and absolutely loved it.

Nic also created a new twitter game called #History of Dans, in which he posted weirdly funny tweets:

He has also come up with a creative solution for the war in Gaza:

As far as I know, Nic does not have a Facebook account, so I could not find personal details and make this post even remotely creepy.

Kasrah Ghobadi is a first-year student at the Gallatin School for Individualized Study at NYU. Kas, Kasrah’s preferred nickname, is from Vienna, Virginia; a small suburb outside of Washington D.C. This year Kas graduated from George C. Marshall High School in Falls Church, Virginia where he ran for his schools cross-country team. Competing in races during grades 10 and 11, Kas ran 6 races for George C. Marshall.

Kas, a man with many interests, has liked 213 pages on Facebook ranging from animal conservation pages to pages about NYU.

This summer Kas was nominated for the ALS ice bucket challenge but never posted a video to confirm that he did indeed dump a bucket of ice water over his head. We can only hope that Kas has chosen to only share this video with a select few… The rest of Kas’ summer was spent at Burke Lake Park in Fairfax County and celebrating his birthday on June 20^th by liking his friends Facebook wall posts.

Kas is a popular guy as he lets his friends post pictures about him on his wall. Kas rarely updates his Facebook status, or creates Facebook albums.

Since arriving at NYU Kas has had a seemingly great time! A fan of Maroon 5, Kas camped outside of NBC Studios to see Adam Levine play at the Today Show. In addition, Kas has enjoyed the scenic views of Washington Square Park at night with a friend.

 This semester Kas is a part of the Gallatin First Year Writing Seminar Thinking and Writing Through New Media where he, along with his classmates, will seek to find out more about the technology that surrounds us. Want to learn more about Kas? Keep checking this blog for the duration of the fall semester for more postings from the man himself.

Varsha Prem is a first-year student at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. On August 29, 2014, she turned eighteen years old. This year she graduated from West-Windsor Plainsboro High School South, where she was a member of the debate team. In her senior year she was a semifinalist for National Merit and a U.S. Presidential Scholars candidate. During her high school career she took an honors physics class, for which she contributed to this project about holograms:

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This summer Varsha’s family moved from Princeton, New Jersey to Mount Laurel, New Jersey. On July 18, 2014, she and her mother found free parking in New York City.

Varsha listens to Michael Jackson and Paramore. She also enjoys the movies Toy Story, Batman: The Dark Knight, Alice in Wonderland (2010), and Inception. Some of her favorite television shows are Air Gear, The Nonsence Box, and Katekyo. She is a fan of the manga pop-culture genre.

Varsha has 192 Facebook friends. She likes three different Facebook pages related to the Harry Potter series character Bellatrix Lestrange. She has not made public posts since 2011, but her public profile still hosts some mysterious topics. On April 23, 2011 she asked the people of Facebook, with no context, to promote a very specific lifestyle:

On August 10, 2011 she wrote a public, cryptic goodbye to an unknown target audience:

The mysteries of Varsha continue in the fact that one cannot find any photographs of her on the Internet. The blue, black, and white piece she uses to represent herself on Facebook is mystifying:

Varsha Prem is a student of the Thinking and Writing Through New Media first-year writing seminar at Gallatin. She will be posting to this website throughout this semester. Until then, the web will be left wondering what she looks like, what exactly cactus love is, and who or what Varsha said goodbye to in April 2011.