Austin speaking:
Alright, this is officially really depressing. Seeing as we will no longer be in school next Friday, today marks our last Letters From The Editors blog. In a way it will be a relief to not have to continuously hound forgetful Hanna to finish her part of the blog, but it is also sad as it indicates the fact that our time as editors-in-chief is practically up. Being editor this year had to have been the most stressful thing ever but it was certainly one of the most rewarding. Seeing a paper in print and winning awards that you share ownership of is such an awesome feeling and I’m happy to have been able to experience that. To any of my newsies reading this, thanks for letting me be your editor and making my time as an editor so fantabulous. I have no doubts that the paper will be excellent next year and I know for sure we are leaving it in good hands. To next year’s editor(s), enjoy your time being an editor; I promise it will go by way too fast. And to everyone else reading this, be sure to check out our final and special senior edition issue of the paper next Friday, May 17.
Kristina speaking:
It still really hasn’t hit me that the end of the school year is just a few days away. I think I can speak for the three of us that being editors-in-chief this year has been one heck of a ride. I can’t even describe how much I’ve learned this year. I feel truly lucky to have the amazing staff that we had, and I’ll be so sad when it’s over. Austin and Hanna have been terrific partners-in-crime this year. Although we’re all going our separate ways, I’ll always remember this year that we spent together. (Almost) eight issues later, and we’ve hit the end of the road.
On a side note: I just read over Austin’s post and I’m trying really hard not to judge him for saying “fantabulous” on our blog.
Hanna speaking:
When I started writing this, I definitely didn’t think it was our last blog. I’ll be honest, I won’t miss writing this every week (Austin really does have to remind me each time), but the end of our editor blog means the end of the paper. My one piece of advice to the new editors is to rave more. We didn’t much this year partly because we are boring, and partly because we didn’t want to witness Austin dancing (or Kristina for that matter). And you should make all of the headlines in different fonts, only repeating Comic Sans and Curlz. Other than that, you should do everything exactly how we did. But jokes aside, I could not have asked for a better staff this year. Kristina, Austin and I complemented each other so well, and I’ll miss them so much. As an entire staff, I wouldn’t have wanted to stress and cry and laugh over this paper with any other group of people. At the last worknight dinner, I looked around the table and laughed a little bit. We have such a diverse group of people, and in no place other than the hot, stuffy j-room would we all end up playing “staff charades” and my horrible (yes, I admit it) couch game. I love you all, and you will be great next year.
