Arleny Flores

Arleny Flores/The Williams Record. For the last issue of the Record this semester, Sports Executive Editor Arleny Flores’28 sat down with graduating members of last year’s Record’s management team to discuss their retirement from the Record and memories from their time leading the paper. In spring 2025, Max Billick ’26 served as editor-in-chief. In the fall, Haley Zimmerman ’26 served as editor-in-chief, with Aliya Huprikar ’26 and Inés Garcia ’26 as managing editors.

Photo courtesy of Akshat Vohra. Each week, the Record (using a script in R) randomly selects a student at the College for our One in Two Thousand feature, excluding current Record board members. This week, Akshat Vohra ’29 discussed his interest in astronomy, his favorite vegan food, and his growth at the College. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Arleny Flores (AF): You’re an international student from Singapore. Being so far from home, what attracted you to Williams?

Julia Karp/The Williams Record For many students at the College, leaving the Sawyer 24-hour room during the wee hours of the morning is not an unfamiliar experience. In fact, late nights are common for college students nationwide. Researchers from the University of Michigan found that approximately 70 percent of American college students get less than eight hours of sleep per night on average.