Well, this is it! As Rachel mentioned in her column over to the left, it's the end of the road for this year's Transcript. We do hope you'll miss us.
For Rach and I, it's the culmination of two long years of putting magazines that no one reads into the middle of the papers, reading emails, sending emails, getting mad, being confused, and all sorts of other emotions. We were on the staff in 2010 and chose to remain on for 2011. Whether it is a good thing or a bad thing that we are leaving, we'll let you decide!
This Friday, as I take the paper around one final time, you may see me with a few tears in my eyes. It will be, after all, one of my last days as a student here. No one believes you when you say college goes by quickly. Even though I am finishing up in three and a half years, it seems like it flew by more than it should have. Looking back, I can't quite remember all the classes I took or my favorite late-night conversations with friends. There are a few things I wish I had done in my leadership roles here. But I did my best, most of the time, even if I skipped a few classes or looked in the book on a few math problems.
In talking with our Greek adviser, Dana Behum, last week she told me how she walked around campus crying when she was getting ready to graduate from BGSU. She also said it's normal for seniors to play the "coulda woulda shoulda" game with their college lives. So I guess I'm right on track, huh?
I don't know if I have any words of wisdom right now or if my loyal readers are even expecting any from me! I don't have any big plans, only big dreams. I'll be putting in applications after exams are over and hoping I strike gold, because all our cats are getting expensive.And I sure hope I have some good leads by Christmas, because I know I'm going to get asked the "what are you doing with your life" question a zillion times as I stuff my newly-graduated face with Aunt Claire's delicious pumpkin roll at family Christmas celebrations.
So, y'all, this is a written goodbye for now. I will still be here in January for formal recruitment, so I will pop around and disrupt your classes. I'll still be keeping up with folks on Facebook, reading news on the website, creeping on Tumblrs and YouTube accounts, and otherwise being a "dedicated alumna." Check me out at wordvomitbyrj.blogspot.com for more of the written word. And hang in there. We all have times when we don't think we can do it, but I'm confident we are all able to pull through in the end. Good luck with exams, and we will see you in these pages soon! Thanks for everything.
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