I could have sworn Molly was Lois' college roommate. Although considering the fact that she stayed in the same city for high school and college it's not at all unlikely that her college roommate was a friend from high school.
Paul's year in school is never given, but I think it's safe to assume (or reasonable to assume anyway) that if he was the EIC, he was a senior. I've known of a couple of people who made EIC as a junior, but that's really rare. Typically the EIC has worked his/her way up - reporter for one year, assistant desk editor one year, desk editor one year, EIC one year. There are definitely exceptions - people who rise faster than that. (I was a reporter for one year, an assistant desk editor for one year, a desk editor for one semester and then EIC for one semester.) But typically the EIC is a senior.
Annie
