Samhita Kotamraju, Managing Editor
Samhita Kotamraju is a junior at Jefferson and is a staff writer for tjTODAY. With a passion for biology and chemistry, she enjoys being able to cover articles in the science department and Jefferson student life. Outside of working with tjMedia, she loves playing lacrosse, baking, creating art, and watching movies with friends. Her favorite genre of movies are horror comedies.
![Taking over the blaring crowd with their sound, the trombones add a commanding presence to the marching band’s musical ensemble during the Back to School Bash. “You get a lot of adrenaline when you’re playing,” junior John Yao. “You just finish a really hard piece and the crowd goes, yeah, [TJMC] is so cool. You have three or four moments during your show so it’s pretty cool.”](https://www.tjtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/tjmcp1.png)
![Dressed in her class theme of Y2K, sophomore Jocelyn Huie displays a crowd-made sign during a lunch pep rally. “I’m really into fashion in general, so when we found out our [theme] was Y2K, I was already thinking of what I was going to wear,” Huie said. “Some people thought I was just wearing a regular outfit in my classes because I wear that kind of stuff in general.”](https://www.tjtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/pic-6-1200x800.jpg)