Staff

Brody Niemann ’24

"With great power comes great articles."

Mason Helmes ’24

"They wrote me off but I didn't write back." - Geno Smith

Beck Richmond ’24

"Just get up there and just make a bunch of noise and have a great time and hey, you're perfect!" - Dave Allen. The Music Man "Big time writers make big time articles in big time papers." - Me

"The pen is mightier than the sword." While the quote is outdated, the meaning still stands. Communication is a truly human power which can change minds. Store wisdom within writing and you can shape society. Kings and genera...

Noah Tauber ’26

"You're looking at the reflection of perfection. You're looking at the man who gets all your attention. You're looking at the man with the biggest arm. At the man, with the greatest charm, the man who's gonna do a lot of harm."...

Cameron James ’25

"I'm gonna give them articles they can't refuse."

Sam Jackson ’24

"Stopping me? That's impossible. There's not anything that can really stop me." - Chad Ochocinco

Jackson Ruth ’26

“It’s not a man purse. It’s called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.” - Alan from The Hangover

Sam Jones ’24

"Did you pray today?"

Ethan Kramer ’24

"Me think, why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?"- Kevin Malone

Sam Tucker ’25

"That's so funny, the last time I heard that I laughed so hard I fell off my dinosaur." - Dale Doback

Oliver Zureick ’25

"For me to say I am not a genius i'd be lying to you and myself" - Kanye West

Antonio Augustine ’25

"Sometimes I'll start a sentence and I don't even know where it's going. I just hope I find it along the way." -Michael Scott

Mr. Gary G. Rogers

Mr. Gary Rogers has been advising the staff of The Purple Quill since he joined the Elder faculty in the winter of 2011. In the summer of 2012, he attended a Journalism "bootcamp" at the Reynolds Institute in Reno, Nevada. While th...