The Chronicle was one of the very first things I signed up for at the club fair. I was fresh out of being a sports (don’t ask) section editor at my heavily censored high school newspaper, and I wasn’t sure if I was ready to cry over InDesign spreads at all hours again. I figured I would just sign up for whatever sounded like the most low-commitment position possible. A little over three years later, I’m finishing up my tenure as Managing Editor, so … plans change.
These past two years on The Chronicle’s e-board have been a whirlwind, to say the least. I never imagined that I would only get a taste of the weekly printing schedule and the office bonding before we would be thrown into absolute chaos. Now that we’re back in the shiny new office, it feels like I emerged from a fugue state into a parallel universe, and I’m so proud of everyone on this e-board for adjusting to all this with minimal complaining.
Not to brag, but with such an atypical background and trajectory, I was worried that no one knew enough about me to trust me to run the whole newspaper. May’s election felt more like a “Nice to meet you” than a “Vote for me, please.” Maybe that’s why I still get excited when people ask me for help, so keep doing that.
Now for the thank you section! To Dan and Yashu: My Op-Ed/Opinion darlings, thank you for letting me yell at you over Zoom and for being patient with me when I made you scroll all the way across the page just for a comma every five minutes. We’ve been through a lot together, and that’s helped to make you two the amazing editors that you are today. I wish you and the rest of the section only smooth sailing ahead.
To Vis: Thanks for letting me accidentally follow in your footsteps, but I signed up for Copy first, so who’s following who? Anyway, you’ve been such a great friend these past two years, so don’t forget to keep in touch when you (re)enter your Southern and/or Midwest era. To Micaela: I knew I wanted to work with you when I first heard that you were thinking of running for Editor-in-Chief. No idea why because we barely knew each other, but, at this point, we probably already share the same brain. Thank you for the immense trust you’ve put in me for the past few months and for putting up with my neverending commentary when we read articles together.
To everyone else: We might not necessarily be the bestiest of besties, but I appreciate and admire every single one of you. Thank you for your dedication during these weeks and for remaining relatively positive whenever layouts run late into the night. Shout out to the Social team for making sure we stay relevant, and shout out to Eleni for making sure we have fun.
A special shoutout goes to Brian McFadden, our faculty advisor who has showered us in very welcomed Milano cookies layout after layout and has generally gone above and beyond for this paper to the point where we’re more worried about him than he is about us. I had no idea as a freshman that you would be stuck with me for so long in so many different contexts, so thank you for not getting sick of me through the 2018-2021 of it all.
This semester went by in a blur, but I will forever treasure these seven issues because I know how much work you all put into them. That’s all from me; time to graduate and leave this happy little bubble. See y’all later.
