Erratum
The picture accompanying the the April 22 Baker RA interview was of former Baker RAs Scott and Catharina Solomon. A picture of the current RAs, Stephen Bradshaw and Aysha Pollnitz, can be found on our website. Additionally, Steve is in the process of building a new solar physics research group.
The Thresher regrets this error.
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