Oz Editors Announced

The student editors for the 2006-2007 edition of Oz, the Journal of the College of Architecture, Planning and Design at Kansas State University, have been announced.

Kyle Leiker, Editor, is a fifth-year architecture student from Andover, Kansas. In the spring of 2006, he studied in the College of Architecture, Planning and Design Italian Studies Program at the Centro Studi Città di Orvieto. During the summer, Kyle interned with Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck in Des Moines, Iowa.

Corey Schneider, Editor, was raised near Salina, Kansas. A fifth-year student in architecture, he recently returned from a semester abroad at the College of Architecture, Planning and Design’s Italian Studies Program in the Tuscan hill town of Castiglion Fiorentino. During the summer of 2006, Corey interned in Kansas City with Junk Architects (whose principals, Robert Junk and Dixie Roberts Junk, were editors of Oz, Volume 3).

Evan Needham, Associate Editor, is a fifth-year student from Prairie Village, Kansas. For three summers, he has worked for 360 Architecture in Kansas City. Evan studied at DIS in Copenhagen, Denmark, during the spring of his fourth year.

Staff members include Elvis Achelpohl, Kansas City, Missouri; James Evrard, Cleveland, Missouri; Adriana Molina, Salina, Kansas; Shawn Morris, Logan, Kansas; and Gustavo Ramirez, Santa Maria, California.

Professors Ray Streeter and Todd Gabbard serve as publication advisors.

Oz is dedicated to the exploration of ideas in design through the publication of diverse responses to theoretical issues. Each year, students seek out essays and projects from leading practitioners, scholars and artists worldwide. The dialog enriches the staff’s education, and the journal serves as a printed record allowing for expanded participation and debate for students, faculty, alumni and others.

Since its inception in 1979, Oz has received accolades and recognitions including the Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journalism from the American Institute of Architects New York and numerous awards for graphic design and printing.

For more information, contact:
Ray Streeter, 785.532.1125
Diane Potts, 785.532.1090