FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(3) AND (c)
FILE NUMBER 333-61413
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 24, 1998
4,185,124 SHARES
LYCOS, INC.
COMMON STOCK
This Prospectus Supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") supplements the
Prospectus dated August 24, 1998 (the "Prospectus") of Lycos, Inc. ("Lycos" or
the "Company") relating to the public offering, which is not being underwritten,
and sale of up to 4,185,124 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(the "Shares") of the Company, which may be offered and sold from time to time
by certain stockholders of the Company or by pledgees, donees, transferees or
other successors in interest that receive such shares as a gift, partnership
distribution or other non-sale related transfer (the "Selling Stockholders").
The Company will receive no part of the proceeds of such sales. The Shares were
originally issued or reserved for issuance by the Company in connection with the
Company's acquisition of WhoWhere? Inc., a California corporation, by and
through a merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lycos, What Acquisition Corp.,
with and into WhoWhere? Inc. (the "Acquisition"). The "Selling Stockholders"
Section of the Prospectus is hereby supplemented to reflect the two for one
stock split effected by the Company after the date of the Prospectus. This
Prospectus Supplement should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus, and is
qualified by reference to the Prospectus except to the extent that the
information herein contained supersedes the information contained in the
Prospectus. Capitalized terms used in this Prospectus Supplement and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Prospectus.
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THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IS SEPTEMBER 15, 1998
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
On August 25, 1998, the Company distributed shares of Common Stock to
those stockholders of record on August 14, 1998 pursuant to a two for one stock
split approved by the stockholders of the Company at a special meeting held on
August 13, 1998. The table of Selling Stockholders in the Prospectus is hereby
amended to reflect such distribution pursuant to the stock split and
supplemented to specifically include Shares received in such distribution. The
following table sets forth as of September 15, 1998 the name of each of the
entities and individuals who received Shares through the distribution effected
by the stock split, the number of shares of Common Stock that such Selling
Stockholder beneficially owns as of such date, the number of shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by each such Selling Stockholder that may be offered
for sale from time to time by the Prospectus and this Prospectus Supplement, the
number of shares of Common Stock to be beneficially owned by each such Selling
Stockholder assuming the sale of all of the Shares offered by such Selling
Stockholders and the percentage of the outstanding shares of the Company's
Common Stock to be beneficially owned by each such Selling Stockholder after
completion of the offering.
The Company may amend or supplement the Prospectus and this Prospectus
Supplement from time to time to update the disclosure set forth therein and
herein.
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SHARES
SHARES BENEFICIALLY
BENEFICIALLY OWNED
OWNED(1)(2) SHARES WHICH AFTER
PRIOR TO OFFERING MAY BE SOLD OFFERING(1)(2)(3)
PURSUANT TO
SELLING STOCKHOLDER NUMBER PERCENT THIS PROSPECTUS NUMBER PERCENT
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Lighthouse Capital Partners II, L.P. 7,616 * 7,616 -- --
Silicon Valley Bank 3,594 * 3,594 -- --
Phoenix Leasing Incorporated 8,984 * 8,984 -- --
Imperial Bank 6,738 * 6,738 -- --
Venrock Associates (4) 668,798 1.6 668,798 -- --
Venrock Associates II, L.P. (5) 486,250 1.1 486,250 -- --
Terence J. Garnett 124,964 * 124,964 -- --
Charter Ventures II, L.P. (6) 113,174 * 113,174 -- --
William F. Miller 66,772 * 66,772 -- --
Richard Magnuson 20,722 * 20,722 -- --
VLG Investments 1996 (7) 9,624 * 9,624 -- --
Antenna Group LLC 3,782 * 3,782 -- --
Devine & Virnig, Inc. 2,250 * 2,250 -- --
Karr, Howard L. or Louise C., trustees or the
successor trustee(s) of the Karr Family 1982
Trust, dated 12/1/82 1,446 * 1,446 -- --
Joshua Pickus 2,608 * 2,608 -- --
Cynthia L. Karr 432 * 432 -- --
Elizabeth A. Karr 432 * 432 -- --
Vantage Point Venture Partners 1996 (8) 756,226 1.8 756,226 -- --
FW WhoWhere Investors, L.P. 356,710 * 356,710 -- --
Garnett, Terence J. and Katrina A. Garnett,
Trustees of the Garnett Family Trust UDT 20,688 * 20,688 -- --
Henri Jarrat 7,132 * 7,132 -- --
Christopher L. Kaufman Trust (S.P.) dated
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April 12, 1988 842 * 842 -- --
Jason Strober 712 * 712 -- --
Prabhat Agarwal 379,540 * 379,540 -- --
Ashutosh Roy 379,540 * 379,540 -- --
Gunjan Sinha 382,928 * 379,540 3,388 *
Dale Fuller 203,322 * 133,854 69,468 *
Priyaranjan Sinha 73,422 * 73,422 -- --
Rupesh Kapoor 39,442 * 28,804 10,638 *
NBC Multimedia, Inc. 21,178 * 21,178 -- --
Steve Westly 15,486 * 15,486 -- --
Alan Salzman 13,554 * 13,554 -- --
Edward M. Shelton 34,404 * 10,844 23,560 *
Michael F. Armistead 38,360 * 8,358 30,002 *
Eric Smit 8,300 * 6,324 1,976 *
Peter W. Clark 15,962 * 4,940 11,022 *
Sean Michael White 14,874 * 4,540 10,334 *
Ellen Levy 12,652 * 4,088 8,564 *
Murali V. Srinivasan 1,976 * 1,976 -- --
Peter Gilbert 3,530 * 1,152 2,378 *
Darawan Chiayapathna 3,302 * 1,096 2,206 *
Grace Benveniste 1,876 * 948 928 *
Lisa Custalow 2,794 * 812 1,982 *
Richard Rock 734 * 734 -- --
Sanjay Agarwal 710 * 710 -- --
Vipin Gupta 676 * 676 -- --
Dirk Kincannon 1,356 * 676 680 *
Tracy Hoyt 4,878 * 4,878 -- --
Laura Lindsey 246 * 134 112 *
Jenny Schmidt 1,270 * 514 756 *
Ruth-Anne Siegel 1,184 * 846 338 *
Vasudeva Chinna 564 * 564 -- --
Marc Majcher 270 * 270 -- --
James Hirshfield 4,586 * 3,368 1,218 *
Jerry Cecco 136 * 136 -- --
Broadview International LLC 30,314 * 30,314 -- --
VLG Investments 1998 (9) 812 * 812 -- --
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* Less than 1.0%.
(1) The number and percentage of shares beneficially owned is determined in
accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, and the information is
not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other
purpose. Under such rule, beneficial ownership includes any shares as
to which the individual has sole or shared voting power or investment
power and also any shares which the individual has the right to acquire
within 60 days of the date of this Prospectus through the exercise of
any stock option or other right. Unless otherwise indicated in the
footnotes, each person has sole voting and investment power (or shares
such powers with his or her spouse) with respect to the shares shown as
beneficially owned.
(2) Includes an aggregate of 377,038 of Common Stock beneficially owned by
the Selling Stockholders that have been deposited in escrow funds
pursuant to the Merger Agreement to secure the respective
indemnification obligations of the Selling Stockholders thereunder (the
"Escrowed Shares"). The Escrowed Shares will be released from escrow on
August 13 1999 only to the extent that no claims have been made against
the Escrowed Shares. The Escrowed Shares may not be sold by the Selling
Stockholders prior to August 13, 1999, except as otherwise provided in
the Escrow Agreement.
(3) Assumes that each Selling Stockholder will sell all of the Shares set
forth above under "Shares Which May Be Sold Pursuant to This
Prospectus." There can be no assurance that the Selling Stockholders
will sell all or any of the Shares offered hereunder.
(4) Subsequent to the date of this Prospectus, the shares held by Venrock
Associates may be distributed to Anthony B. Evnin, David R. Hathaway,
Ted H. McCourtney, Anthony Sun, Kimberly A. Rummelsburg, Patrick F.
Latterell, Ray A. Rothrock, Peter O. Crisp, Clayton W. Frye, Jr.,
Edna B. Salomon & Richard E. Salomon, as Trustees, u/t/a dated
07/18/69, f/b/o Richard E. Salomon, Richard E. Salomon, Henry S. Smith,
The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. as Trustee, u/d/t dated 12/18/34, m/b
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., f/b/o Laurance S. Rockefeller, The Chase
Manhattan Bank, N.A. as Trustee, u/d/t dated 12/18/34, m/b John D.
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Rockefeller, Jr., f/b/o David Rockefeller, Boatmen's Trust Company of
Arkansas, as Trustee, u/d/t dated 12/18/34, m/b John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., f/b/o Winthrop P. Rockefeller, The Chase Manhattan
Bank, N.A. as Trustee, u/d/t dated 12/18/34, m/b John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., f/b/o Abby M. O'Neill, The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
as Trustee, u/d/t dated 12/18/34, m/b John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., f/b/o Sandra Ferry, The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
as Trustee, u/d/t dated 12/18/34, m/b John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., f/b/o John D. Rockefeller IV, The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. as
Trustee, u/d/t dated 12/18/34, m/b John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., f/b/o Hope Aldrich, The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. as Trustee,
u/d/t dated 12/18/34, m/b John D. Rockefeller, Jr., f/b/o
Alida R. Messinger, The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. as Trustee, u/d/t
dated 12/18/34, m/b John D. Rockefeller, Jr., f/b/o
Rodman C. Rockefeller, The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. as Trustee,
u/d/t dated 12/18/34, m/b John D. Rockefeller, Jr., f/b/o
Ann R. Roberts, The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. as Trustee, u/d/t
dated 12/18/34, m/b John D. Rockefeller, Jr., f/b/o Steven
C. Rockefeller, The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. as Trustee, u/d/t
dated 12/18/34 , m/b John D. Rockefeller, Jr., f/b/o Mary R.
Morgan, The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. as Trustee, u/d/t dated
12/18/34, m/b John D. Rockefeller, Jr., f/b/o Nelson A.
Rockefeller, Jr., The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. as Trustee, u/d/t
dated 12/18/34, m/b John D. Rockefeller, Jr., f/b/o Mark F.
Rockefeller, David A. Strawbridge, Jeffrey D. Fink, John T. Leyden,
Laird I. Grant, Trust U/W John D. Rockefeller F/B/O John
de Cuevas, Trust U/W John D. Rockefeller F/B/O Elizabeth de Cuevas,
Trust 12/18/86 F/B/O John H. Lyden, Trust 12/18/86
F/B/O Jennifer S. Lyden, The Lyden Family Trust (U/A 03/05/92),
Trust 07/25/69 F/B/O Malinda M. Menotti, Trust 12/30/69
F/B/O Descendants of Abby R. Mauze, George D. O'Neill, Abby M.
O'Neill, George D. O'Neill, Jr., Trust 08/03/60 F/B/O
George D. O'Neill, Jr., Trust 07/29/76 F/B/O George D. O'Neill,
Jr. #1, Trust 07/29/76 F/B/O George D. O'Neill, Jr. #2,
Abby O. Caulkins, Trust 08/03/60 F/B/O Abby O. Caulkins, Trust
07/29/76 F/B/O Abby O. Caulkins # 1, Trust 07/29/76 F/B/O
Abby O. Caulkins #2, Trust 12/24/90 F/B/O Abby Aldrich Caulkins,
Trust 08/03/60 F/B/O David M. O'Neill, Trust 07/29/76
F/B/O David M. O'Neill #1, Trust 07/29/76 F/B/O David M. O'Neill
#2, Trust 12/20/84 F/B/O Kristen Dorr O'Neill, Trust
12/12/86 F/B/O Alexandra O'Neill, Catharine O. Broderick, Trust
08/03/60 F/B/O Catharine O. Broderick, Trust 07/29/76
F/B/O Catharine O. Broderick #1, Trust 07/29/76 F/B/O Catharine O.
Broderick #2, Trust 04/27/90 F/B/O Elizabeth Longyear
Broderick, Trust 04/27/90 F/B/O McPharlin Longyear Broderick,
Wendy O. Wang Inter Vivos Trust, Trust 03/13/63 F/B/O
Wendy O. Wang, Trust 07/29/76 F/B/O Wendy O. Wang #1, Trust
07/29/76 F/B/O Wendy O. Wang #2, Trust 11/26/90 F/B/O
Liam Ziyi Wang, Peter M. O'Neill, Trust 03/13/63 F/B/O Peter M.
O'Neill, Trust 07/29/76 F/B/O Peter M. O'Neill #1, Trust
07/29/76 F/B/O Peter M. O'Neill #2, Trust 12/25/72 F/B/Descendants
of Abby M. & George D. O'Neill, Caroline Coleman
O'Neill, William K. Simpson, Trust Art 7th U/W of Marilyn M. Simpson,
Laura Thorn, Trust 8/03/60 F/B/O Laura S. Thorn,
Trust 12/06/78 F/B/O William W. O'Neill, Trust 03/06/97 F/B/O
William W. O'Neill, Trust 12/30/81 F/B/O Eliza M. O'Neill,
Guardianship of Eliza Milton O'Neill, Laura Thorn as Guardian,
Trust 09/18/85 F/B/O Kalynda Klementis, Abby R. Simpson,
Trust 08/03/60 F/B/O Abby R. Simpson, Trust 05/15/79 F/B/O
Grandchildren of Marilyn M. Simpson, Trust 12/30/69 F/B/O
Descendants of John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Trust 04/01/93 F/B/O
Sandra Ferry, United National Bank, as Trustee, u/i dated
01/28/76, f/b/o #30-7533-00, Sharon P. Rockefeller, John D.
Rockefeller V, Valerie B. Rockefeller, Charles P. Rockefeller,
Trust 10/31/79 F/B/O Justin A. Rockefeller, Hope Aldrich,
David H. Spencer, Alida R. Messinger, Trust 12/22/80 F/B/O Eric J.
Dayton, Charitable Lead Trust 04/14/81 W/R Eric J. Dayton, Trust
11/29/83 F/B/O Andrew Rockefeller Dayton, Charitable
Lead Trust 11/29/83 W/R Andrew Rockefeller Dayton, Charitable
Lead Trust 11/13/90 W/R Eliza Davison Messinger,
Margaretta F. Rockefeller, Trust 07/25/75 FBO Descendants of
Nelson A. Rockefeller (Age 30), Trust 07/25/75 F/B/O
Descendants of Nelson A. Rockefeller (Main), Rodman C. Rockefeller,
Sascha M. Rockefeller, Peter C. Rockefeller, Stuart A.
Rockefeller, Michael S. Rockefeller, Ann R. Roberts, Trust 05/24/51
F/B/O Ann R. Roberts, Joseph A. Pierson, Mary Louise
Pierson, Steven C. Rockefeller, Trust 05/24/51 F/B/O Steven C.
Rockefeller, Jennifer R. Nolan, Mary R. Morgan, Trust 05/24/51
F/B/O Mary R. Morgan, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Jr., Trust 11/04/64
F/B/O Nelson A. Rockefeller, Jr., Mark F. Rockefeller, Trust
05/23/67 F/B/O Mark F. Rockefeller, Trust 10/20/76 F/B/O Nelson A.
Rockefeller, Jr. & Mark F. Rockefeller, Laurance S.
Rockefeller, Trust 12/31/69 F/B/O Descendants of Laurance S.
Rockefeller, Laura R. Chasin, Peter Gill Case, Richard M.
Chasin, The Jessica C. Wagner Living Trust Dated 3/12/97, Trust
08/04/78 F/B/O Julie E. Riley, Alexandra T. Chasin, Marion
R. Weber, Rachel W. Ortiz, Lucy R. Waletzky, Jacob P. Waletzky,
Naomi F. Waletzky, Trust 12/16/76 F/B/O Descendants of
Winthrop P. Rockefeller, David Rockefeller, Trust 05/05/89 F/B/O
Grandchildren of David Rockefeller, The Chase Manhattan
Bank, N.A., Richard E. Salomon, and Donal C. O'Brien, Jr., as
Trustees, u/i dated 12/31/69, f/b/o Descendants of David
Rockefeller, David Rockefeller, Jr., Diana N. Rockefeller,
The Neva R. Goodwin Inter Vivos Trust, B. Mazlish & N. Goodwin,
David W. Kaiser, Miranda M. Kaiser, Margaret Dulany, Master
Minority Trust Share F/B/O Michael D. Quattrone, Richard G.
Rockefeller, Eileen R. Growald, Rockefeller Capital Fund,
Deborah Carmichael and Revocable Trust U/A dated 6/14/89 as
Amended f/b/o William M. Dietel.
(5) Subsequent to the date of this Prospectus, the shares held by Venrock
Associates II, L.P. may be distributed to Anthony B.
Evnin, David R. Hathaway, Ted H. McCourtney, Anthony Sun, Kimberley A.
Rummelsburg, Patrick F. Latterell, Ray A.
Rothrock, Peter O. Crisp, Rockefeller Venture Fund, L.L.C.,
The Museum of Modern Art, University of Notre Dame du Lac,
Nassau Capital Funds, L.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Harvard Private Capital Holdings, Inc., Yale University, The
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford, Jr. University,
Rockefeller Group Capital Corporation, The Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation, Winrock International Institute for Agricultural
Development, Trust 12/19/66 F/B/O Shirley S. Katzenbach et al
Trust #1, Trust 12/13/76 F/B/O John F. Thye, Trust 12/19/66
F/B/O Pamela M. Thye, Robert D.C. Meeker, Jr., Trust 12/19/66
F/B/O Robert D.C. Meeker, Jr., Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation,
Trust 12/19/66 F/B/O Caroline N. Sidnam #1, Trust
12/19/66 F/B/O Caroline N. Sidnam #2, Michael E. Herman
Revocable Trust dated 5/16/90, Muriel I. Kauffman Revocable
Trust u/i dtd 5/9/91, as amended, Julia I. Kauffman Revocable
Trust -- Rockefeller Account, The Ewing Marion Kauffman
Foundation, Alscott Investments, LLC and The Rockefeller University.
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(6) Subsequent to the date of this Prospectus, the shares held by
Charter Ventures II, L.P. may be distributed to Chavencap, Ltd., A.
Barr Dolan, Pacific Coast Investors, Ltd., Wellington Trust,
Robert Cohn, Trustee, Jere E. Goyan, Donald C. Harrison, Robert K.
Jaedicke Family Trust, Robert K. Jaedicke, Trustee, Fred M. Schwarzer,
Andrew K. Klatt and Erik D. Lassila.
(7) Subsequent to the date of this Prospectus, the shares held by
VLG Investments 1996 may be distributed to Elias J. Blawie, James
L. Brock, Cathryn S. Chinn, Michael W. Hall, Craig W. Johnson,
Mark A. Medearis, Tae Hea Nahm, Jon C. Richards, Mark B.
Weeks, Renee R. Deming, Donald M. Keller Jr., Joshus Pickus,
Mark Windfeld-Hansen, Peter Cohn, William W. Ericson,
Joshua L. Green, Patrick G. Reutens, Jeffrey Y. Suto, John V.
Bautista, Sonya F. Erickson, Jon E. Gavenman, Edmund S.
Ruffin, Mark L. Silverman, Glen Van Ligten and Robert V. Zipp.
(8) Subsequent to the date of this Prospectus, the shares of Vantage
Point Venture Partners 1996 may be distributed to AJ Trusts
Partnership, Chase Manhattan Bank, as trustee of the AMOCO
Corporation Master Trust for Employee Pension Plans, A. Gary
Anderson Family Foundation, Barels Family Trust, William James
Bell 1993 Trust, John W. Buoymaster, Norman Braman,
Dennis M. Brown, Campodonico Brothers Partnership I, COFCO Capital
Corp., Comdisco, Inc., Crosspoint Associates 1996,
Cypress VI Partners, Joseph F. Dox & Connie J. Dox, TTEES, the
Dox Family Trust U/A/D 6/12/90 as Amended, Henry
Druker, Bruce Carl Edwards and Susan Ellen Edwards Living Trust,
David W. Ehret, GBC Venture Capital, Inc., Gary E. Gigot,
Eric J. Gleacher, A. Nathaniel Goldhaber, Douglas E. Goldman
Revocable Trust U/A 6/29/84, John D. Goldman, Goldman-
Valeriote Trust, Joseph Grundfest, Vinod Gupta Revocable Trust,
Herbert Partners, Laurence R. Hootnick, Jeremy Jaech, Henri
Jarrat, JMJ Trusts Partnership, Michael J. John, Linda K. and
Theodore C. Johnson, Stuart M. and Barbara J. Johnson, Marc E.
Jones, John J. Katsaros, David L. Kirp 1994 Revocable Inter
Vivos Trust, Kirschner Family Revocable Trust, Harlan P. Kleiman,
Scott and Joan Kreins, Erin J. Lastinger QSST, Edward E. Luck,
Irrevocable Trust for Debra Lyonnais, Audrey MacLean and
Michael M. Clair as trustees, or their successors of the Audrey
MacLean and Michael M. Clair Trust Agreement UAD 12/01/92,
James D. Marver, Ian O. Mausner, The Mendez 1992 Trust, Dated
10/14/92, NatWest Markets Equity Corporation, Scott D.
Oki, Onpac Partners, Charles G. Phillips, Peter I. Pressman MD,
Safi Qureshey Family Trust, W. Preston and Belena Rae Raisin,
Ward Raisin, Redwood Forrest Investments, LP, F. Grant Saviers,
Joseph M. Schell, William J. Schroeder and Marilee J.
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Schroeder Trustees under Revocable Trust Agreement dated 11/01/93
as amended, FBO William J. Schroeder and Marilee J.
Schroeder, Daniel J. Schwinn, Bernard Seiz, Leonard Shustek,
Bankers Trust Company, as trustees of Southern Company
System Master Retirement Trust, A.J. Stein Family Partnership,
D.R. Stephens & Company, Subhedar Revocable Trust Dated
2/05/93, Irrevocable Trust for D. Craig Valassis, Irrevocable
Trust for Doug T. Valassis, Valassis Enterprises LP, Roger O.
Walther SP Trust, Tom Yuen Family Trust Oct. 1984 and VantagePoint
Associates LLC.
(9) Subsequent to the date of this Prospectus, the shares held by
VLG Investments 1998 may be distributed to Elias J. Blawie, James
L. Brock, Cathryn S. Chinn, Michael W. Hall, Craig W. Johnson,
Mark A. Medearis, Tae Hea Nahm, Jon C. Richards, Mark B.
Weeks, Renee R. Deming, Donald M. Keller Jr., Joshua Pickus,
Mark Windfeld-Hansen, Peter Cohn, William W. Ericson,
Joshua L. Green, Patrick G. Reuteno, Jeffrey Y. Suto, John V.
Bautista, Sonya F. Erikson, Jon E. Gavenman, Edmund S. Ruffin,
Mark L. Silverman, Glen Van Ligten, Robert V. Zipp, Elizabeth
Enayati, David Lee, Michael Morriseey, Craig E. Sherman,
Steve Tonsfeldt, Laura Gordon, Chris Hurley, Kara Diane Palmer,
Kate Rowan, Christine A. Tomomatsu and Heayoon J. Woo.
