CAMILLE CYPHER
Camille is a fourth-year Creative Writing and Public Policy double major at The University of Chicago, originally from Oakland, CA. She's currently the head editor for The Chicago Maroon's Viewpoints and a columnist for Firebird. She is also a performer with the nation's oldest collegiate sketch and improv comedy group, Off-Off Campus, and is interested in political comedy and literary journalism!
PUBLICATIONS
Op-Eds
Queer at the Heteronormative Apex, The Maroon, 2024
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"A Deficit Without Communication," The Maroon, 2024.
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"Grub, Not Hub: Losing Social Connection at Hutch Dining Commons," The Maroon, 2024.
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"UChicago's Place in the Migrant Crisis: From Articulation to Action," The Maroon, 2024.
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"The Pros and Cons of Pros and Cons," The Maroon, 2024.
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"As a Swiftie, I'm not enthused with the Academy," Firebird, 2024.
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Literary/Humor
"Reflections on Collections," The Saturday Evening Post, 2025.
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"My Love-Love Relationship with the TSA," The Saturday Evening Post, 2024.
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"In Search of the Turducken" The Saturday Evening Post, 2024.
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"Why November 1 is the Best Day of the Year," The Saturday Evening Post, 2024.
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Articles​
Gay couple set to wed 2 days before their 50th anniversary, Bay Area Reporter, 2024.
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LGBTQ wellness festival returns to Northern California, Bay Area Reporter, 2024.
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"At the 2024 Congressional Baseball Game Division and Protest Abound," The Gate, 2024.
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"The Rest: not just a shadow of The Record," Firebird, 2023.
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"District Councils: A New and Hopeful Experiment For Police Reform," The Gate, 2023.
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Interviews​​
"DIY and the Preservation of Artistic Agency," Firebird, 2024.​​
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"Exploring the abstract and the intimate in Teeth: an interview with Jeni Magaña," Firebird, 2024.
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Other​​
"The Meaning of 'Your Words' on Capitol Hill," Victory Institute Blog, 2024.​​​​
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SCRIPTS AND SHORT FILM
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Speech and Debate Short Film, 2025 (writer/director/producer): All is well right before a major speech and debate tournament when suddenly an accusation throws a high school team into chaos. Friendships are tested, suits are pressed, and blunts are literally consumed.
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Comedy Show Pilot Script, 2025 (writer): When a wannabe-late-night-writer with an uncanny ability to predict the American news cycle loses all job prospects and is forced to take a position at the nation’s least reliable news source, she must regain political comedy’s trust while questioning her everything-is-a-joke mentality in the form of a once-prominent, now-mistrusted politics editor whose faith in the system is unyielding.
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