By David Gordon, Managing Editor
How does one summarize four years into a few paragraphs? I’ll give it a try.
I was published so much that seeing my name in newsprint has become second nature. I wrote a play and had it produced. I directed a play. I studied abroad. I helped launch a student-run online news operation. I never joined a fraternity. I was the Editor-in-Chief of a magazine. I commuted for a year. I had a roommate conflict. I got drunk. I got high. I never went to Cancun for spring break.
Looking backwards, I have no regrets. Why should I? I’ve done everything that I set out to do and more. And for that, I am eternally grateful. I am also grateful to the following people who have, in some way or another, helped me out over the past few years.
First, to my parents, for their encouragement. And paying.
To Peter Goodman and Carol Fletcher for their support and guidance. To Daniel van Benthuysen for not minding when I skipped 9:30 a.m. classes after late Chronicle nights, or running out of class that time with no explanation other than a breathless “Football. Cancelled. Gotta go.” To Mo Krochmal for his advice (whether I listened or not), teaching me the value of just pushing buttons and the opportunity to “drive” the night of the Debate.
To Bill McGee for telling me that I am a writer. To Maureen McFeely for teaching me to appreciate Shakespeare.
To Jim Kolb for his wisdom, knowledge, friendship and all the five-minute conversations that turned into hour long discussions about theater, opera, politics and anything and everything else.
To Pete Libman and Anita Ellis for being two of the very few champions of our work here at The Chronicle. (I also owe Anita a thank you for all the coffee, cookies, hot chocolate and sandwiches.)
To the cast of “Die Fledermaus” for putting me in my place. To all the people in the Drama Department who stopped talking to me, and all of those who continue to talk to me.
To the staff of The Chronicle, I thank you most-sincerely for your friendship and for making me laugh so frequently. Have a happy 75th Anniversary. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for our paper. I will miss you all.
To my fellow graduates, I wish you all the very best and hope that you don’t have any regrets, either.
