Dear Readers,

This week we’re excited to feature a special report on the Chrysler property, both in this week’s issue and on our Web site. Reporter Jordan Wompierski has spent the last month investigating contamination at the South College Avenue site recently purchased by the university. His findings are outlined in this week’s front page story.

On our Web site, we have prepared a multimedia package to go along with Wompierski’s article. In our special site for the Chrysler property, www.udreview.com/chrysler, you can read the contamination report commissioned by Chrysler, LLC, explore an interactive map of the contamination sites and view pictures from inside the plant. We’ve also aggregated on the site all of our recent articles about the closing of the plant and the university’s purchase of the land.

As university officials have pointed out, the Chrysler site is the future of the university. Conversation about the clean-up and construction on the site will no doubt go on for years. We will continue to follow the story as it develops.

This is The Review’s last issue of the Fall Semester. Print publication will resume Feb. 12 with a special “While You Were Gone” issue. However, The Review will be active online throughout Winter Session. We’ll have extensive coverage of Jill Biden’s commencement address on Jan. 9 and will keep the Web site updated regularly with other news. We’ll continue to send out weekly e-mail editions to subscribers and will send breaking news alerts as situations warrant. You can sign up the alerts at www.udreivew.com/register.

We’d like to thank you for your readership this semester. Enjoy the holidays.

Failthfully yours,

Josh Shannon, Editor in Chief
Maddie Thomas, Executive Editor

Giving Thanks

Dear Readers,

As we prepare for the transition to our Spring 2010 staff, this marks the last issue for 11 staff members. We’ll take a week off due to the Thanksgiving holiday, and The Review will return for the final issue of this semester on Dec. 8 with the new staff in place.

We’d like to take this time to express our gratitude to the staff members who are graduating or moving on to other endeavors:

• Nicole Aizaga - photographer
• Bryan Berkowitz – entertainment editor
• Ashlee Bradbury - recruiter
• Christine Fallabel - photographer
• Allyson Heisler – entertainment editor
• Tad Kasiak – administrative news editor
• Stephanie Kraus – senior news reporter
• Michelle Trincia – multimedia editor
• Monica Trobagis – copy editor
• Joy Wedge – copy editor
• And a special thank you to Larissa Cruz, who leaves us after two-and-a-half years on staff at The Review, having served as Fashion Forward columnist, managing Mosaic editor and layout editor.

To those 11: Thank you for the time and effort you invested in The Review this semester and before. Best of luck in the future.

To our readers: Enjoy Thanksgiving break and be sure to pick up our last issue of the semester Dec. 8.


Faithfully yours,
Josh Shannon, Editor in Chief
Maddie Thomas, Executive Editor

delaware UNdressed

Dear Readers,

Over the past week, we’ve received an unprecedented amount of feedback from you about Brittany Harmon’s “delaware UNdressed” column. In last week’s column, Harmon wrote about the “crazy” things people in relationships do for their significant other.

In comments on udreview.com and in letters to the editor, many of you have criticized the column. Some of you took offense at generalizations in the column. “The author's archaic, one-sided views have offended and angered many readers,” senior Kris Garrand wrote. Others have questioned whether The Review is the right place for a sex column at all.

We read every comment and letter we receive, and when there is such an outpouring of response about a particular article, we feel that it’s our responsibility to you to respond.

The “delaware UNdressed” column was created in 2006 as part of a redesign of the newspaper. Laura Dlugatch, then a senior at the university and a veteran Review staffer, served as the column’s first author and helped shape its mission. “I didn't plan on it being a sex column,” Dlugatch told The News Journal in November 2006. “I don't even consider it now to be a sex column. It is a sex column, but it also deals with dating and relationships. It's on page 23. ... Let's face it, sex sells.”

At that time, the column was the subject of many letters to the editor and the controversy surrounding it received mentions in The News Journal and Delaware Today magazine. Some of the criticism of the column is similar to that of today, yet the column was popular among students. “We knew going in that reviews would be mixed, and they are,” then-editor in chief Dan Mesure told Delaware Today. “But most kids tell us that Undressed is the first thing they read.”

Since then, the column has always received on-and-off criticism, as would be expected with any column that deals with such a touchy subject as sex. Still, editors throughout the years, ourselves included, have recognized the value of having a sex column in a college newspaper. Let’s face it: sex is a common discussion topic (and experience) for many college students. Not for all college students – that’s an important distinction – but for many. A sex column, if done tastefully and correctly, can be an interesting, educational addition to the paper.

That said, you’ve told us loud and clear that you don’t think Harmon’s column fits that description. We’re willing to admit, with a bit of egg on our faces, that we didn’t anticipate the offense the most recent column would cause some readers or the backlash we would receive. But, we realize now, as does Harmon, that many of you were insulted by generalizations and gender stereotypes in the column. You read Harmon’s list of ways women and men cater to their significant others and thought to yourself that the list doesn’t represent you, even though the column seems to suggest that all women and men fit into those characterizations.

Now, we know that Harmon doesn’t really think that every girl wears 5-inch stilettos to attract men or that every guy pretends to enjoy watching TV with his girlfriend in hopes of receiving sexual favors. We know that Harmon has an uncanny sarcastic wit, and that she often uses over-the-top examples to prove a point. But we should have also known that some people wouldn’t interpret the column that way, or would take offense anyway.

Moving forward, we plan to keep publishing the “delaware UNdressed” column we feel there is a place in a college newspaper for a sex column. We’re also going to continue to have confidence in Brittany Harmon because her humorous, sarcastic style of writing brings an interesting perspective to the subject and because her previous columns prove she is able to use scientific studies and real-life examples to shed light on a topic.

However, we are also going to keep in mind your suggestions and criticisms, and work with Harmon to tweak the direction of the column, with the intent of making it more interesting and enlightening, beginning with this week's “delaware UNdressed,” which takes a more serious look at the responsibilities of being in a relationship. For future weeks, Harmon will get back to citing scientific research to back up her points and start talking to students about her topics again so she can bring in specific examples instead of speaking in general terms. Her columns will continue to be sarcastic and humorous, but, from time to time, she will also delve into some more serious sexual topics that many of you pointed out have been missing from “delaware UNdressed” over the past couple years.

Sometimes newspapers, no matter how good their intentions, need readers to smack them around a little bit every once in a while when they mess up. You certainly did that this week. The “delaware UNdressed” column, even after four years, continues to be a work in process as each year’s author and editors bring a different perspective to it. We’ll keep trying to get it right. And we have no doubt that you’ll keep telling us when we don’t.

Faithfully yours,

Josh Shannon, Editor in Chief

Maddie Thomas, Executive Editor

Visiting The New York Times

Dear readers,

Last week, I had the once-in-a-lifetime chance to visit the New York
Times newsroom in Manhattan. As part of a field trip for my Global
Media and Politics class, my classmates and I took a tour of the
newsroom and met with members of the Times’ editorial board and
a foreign affairs editor.

Few places represent journalism better than the Times’ building.
One of the most-read and most-respected news organizations in the
world, the paper is one of very few to still have foreign bureaus around
the world.

From the six-story newsroom in the 8th Avenue skyscraper, the
paper’s journalists print stories that are read in capitals around the
world. And from a 13th floor conference room, the Times’ editorial
board writes editorials that often affect policy in those very capitals.

That’s the power of journalism—it literally can change the world.
That’s why, on a much smaller scale, of course, we at The Review
spend so much time in a cramped office in Perkins Student Center
putting out the paper each week.

Many say print journalism is dying. Maybe that’s true (even though
I still have faith that there are enough people who enjoy sitting down
with a newspaper more than with a computer).But, journalism, in
whatever form, is not going anywhere.

Faithfully yours,

Josh Shannon, Editor in Chief

Stay aware by signing up for breaking news

Dear Readers,

As some of you may know we’re working all the time to provide you with the latest news around campus and the Newark community.

Even though our print edition is available to you each Tuesday, we work around the clock to update our Web site with new content and to send out breaking news updates to you as soon we can.

Over the weekend, we posted two important breaking news alerts on our Web site––the university’s purchase of the Chrysler site for $24 million, as well as the occurrence of three armed robberies that took place around campus early Saturday morning.

We encourage you to sign up for breaking news alerts on our Web site, www.udreview.com, so that you too, can be aware of the latest, most pressing news around campus. If you sign up, any breaking news will be e-mailed to you as soon as it’s posted on our Web site. For example, we made sure to send out e-mail alerts before Saturday night so that students going out would be aware of the crimes that took place the
night before.

Here at The Review, we feel like it’s our responsibility to keep our readers informed about anything that happens on campus – whether it’s taking place at the crack of dawn or the dead of night.

It’s all part of the job. Providing you with campus news is what we’re here for.

Faithfully yours,

Josh Shannon, Editor in Chief

Maddie Thomas, Executive Editor

Check out our new ReviewThis page in News

Dear readers,

This week, we’re excited to debut a new weekly feature in the News section, the ReviewThis page.

ReviewThis will be on page 4 every week and will feature a mix of short items and pictures:

• Police reports detail some of the more newsworthy items from the Newark and university police blotters.
• In Brief features short news stories of note or updates to past weeks’ stories
• For Picture of the Week, we’ll pick a photo from the past week that either tells a story about something that happened on campus or that represents a slice of campus life.
• Things To Do is a weekly calendar of events on campus. Each week, we’ll pick a diverse range of events, one per day, to feature. To submit events for our consideration, email calendar@udreview.com.
• For This Week in History, we’ll delve into The Review’s archives and pick out an interesting or noteworthy event that happened that week.

In the Sports section, as you may have noticed, managing editors Pat Maguire and Matt Waters have started a similar feature, called Chicken Scratch, that brings together UnderpReview, Hen Peckings, the sports calendar and their weekly calendar all on one page.

We hope that both ReviewThis and Chicken Scratch make the paper more interesting and make it easier to find each section’s regular features when you need a quick run-down of the week’s news and events.

Faithfully yours,
Josh Shannon, Editor in Chief
Maddie Thomas, Executive Editor

Sneak peek of what we're writing this week

Here's a sneak peek of what we're working on this week.

• Pencader closed for winter session
• New changes in the SGA
• Jaywalking update
• Engineers Without Boarders
• Dining plans for sick students
• Fall Crime Suppression Plan update

Make sure you pick up an issue next Tuesday to check all these stories out! It's free and located throughout campus and on Main Street!

And as always, let us know if you hear of any news you think we're missing.

theudreview@gmail.com

Our coverage spans decades

Dear Readers,

Over the summer, we decided it was about time to finally clean up The Review’s office above Perkins Student Center.

After we threw away countless coffee cups from Dunkin’ Donuts (relics of all-nighters from months past) and cleaned up the cluttered desktops on all of our computers, we came across a true gem – a collection of laminated pages from archives spanning as far back as 1882.

Each page, yellowed by age, but preserved for decades chronicles The Review’s presence on campus throughout recent history.

In 1944, William Kirsch, a news editor, described how it was the first time The Review had gone to press in a year and a half, presumably because of the World War II. In 1968, reporters and photographers covered the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the subsequent civil unrest that followed in Wilmington.

In 1969, The Review announced Arva Jackson’s unprecedented nomination to the university’s Board of Trustees — the first black person to ever be nominated in university history. In 1985, The Review covered a student rally against apartheid, while university officials vetoed full divestment from companies with interests in South Africa.

We’re proud of the work past editors and reporters have done, and this year is no exception. We hope to continue covering national, local and university news as much as possible. To do so, we count on the support of you, members of the university and surrounding community, to read our issues and to let us know how we’re doing and what news you want to see in the paper.

Who knows, maybe fifty or sixty years from now future editors of The Review will stumble across laminated pages of this very issue.

Faithfully yours,
Josh Shannon, Editor in Chief
Maddie Thomas, Executive Editor

Let us know what's happening around campus!

Dear Readers,

One of the most common questions we get is “How can I get The Review to write about my event/program/group/accomplishment?”

Our answer is simple: Tell us about it.

Each week, our editors try as hard as possible to pitch a wide variety of stories they think will interest you. They look at bulletin boards, ask around and work their sources, but, of course, it’s inevitable that they will miss something.

That’s where we rely on you. If your group is sponsoring an event, if your department is bringing a fascinating speaker to campus, or if your roommate just accomplished something really cool, let us know.

Send us a press release to editor@udreview.com or contact an individual editor (contact info is listed on udreview.com). Tell us what’s happening, who to contact and, most importantly, why you think other readers would be interested. For events, the best time to contact us is about a week and a half in advance.

We obviously can’t cover all of the hundreds of events that occur on campus each week, but we try to pick out the ones we think will interest the general student body. Our mission is, first and foremost, to serve university students, so we try to cover a wide array of topics that represent the diversity of interests represented here at the university. But, we can’t cover what we don’t know about.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Faithfully yours,
Josh Shannon, Editor in Chief
Maddie Thomas, Executive Editor

Sneak peek of what we're working on this week

Here's a sneak peek of what we're working on this week.

• Texting while driving
  
• The generational gap between texters
  
• Job Jamboree
• Taking the GRE
• Curb renovations
• The rising popularity of tea rooms

Make sure you pick up an issue next Tuesday to check all these stories out! It's free and located throughout campus and on Main Street!

We almost didn't have a paper today

Dear Readers,

As journalists, we’re constantly adapting to new situations. Always searching for the perfect story often lends itself to last minute interviews, new developments and digging around for the latest dirt. As stressful as it can get at times, it’s the adrenaline rush of always being on the go and thrown in to new situations that always keeps us coming back to write the next article handed our way.

We’ve dealt with it all — dead batteries in tape recorders, lost notes, unreturned phone calls and computer crashes at the 11th hour before we send the paper to our publisher. Despite these setbacks, we’ve always pulled together our resources and gotten our paper out to you, no matter what.

On Sunday, however, we faced an issue in our office that even had us stumped — our Internet and our server, the lifeline of our paper, crashed. Not only could we not access the Internet to double check facts, our editors and reporters couldn’t open their stories or layouts on our computers. We couldn’t even print our pages to edit. A single flash drive, passed between dozens of reporters and editors held all of the stories that you’re getting ready to read now.
At best, all we could imagine was that a power surge caused from an electricity outage the night before had fried our router or that our Internet had crashed. We plugged and unplugged wires, tried rebooting and checked circuits but to no avail. We were at a loss for words. No pun intended.

As the hours passed that we still didn’t have a connection, we all become more and more panicked as to how we were going to get the paper published today.
In a final act of desperation we contacted Mike Chinn, a tech guru and a friend of Stephanie Kraus our Senior News Reporter, and pleaded with him to come to our rescue. Not only did he get us back up and running but he found the cause of our mishap — a damaged power cord. As hard as it was to believe that a single cord had been the root of our panic we could finally breather easier knowing that one way or another, this issue would be published. Mike, we owe you.

So, take some time to look through this issue and treasure the fact that it may not have made it to the printing press. As always, let us know what you think at editor@udreview.com

Faithfully yours,
Josh Shannon, Editor in Chief
Maddie Thomas, Executive Editor

Let us know how we can make our newspaper better!

Dear Readers,

On Sunday, we spent the morning manning The Review’s table at Community Day, the annual festival sponsored by the city of Newark and held on The Green. We took our place among the hundreds of other information booths, handing out last week’s issue and telling community members about the paper.

We were surprised by the amount of reaction we received. Several people dropped by to mention that they, too, once worked for The Review. Past alumni also stopped to pick up a paper and told us that they hadn’t seen an issue of The Review in years. An elderly reader questioned us about why The Review is no longer delivered to her favorite grocery store (a problem we’re now looking into). Another gentleman confronted us about profanity that was prevalent in the paper years ago (but, for the record, has since been eliminated.)

While we were surprised by some of the feedback we received, we were happy to see that readers care enough about the paper to bring up such issues. That’s why we say in this column almost every week that we invite you to tell us what you think. We work every week to put out a paper that serves our readers as best as possible, so we rely on your feedback to let us know what to improve and what we should be covering.

There are many different ways to get in touch with us. Email us directly (editor@udereview.com) or even interact with us on the Web through our Twitter ( twitter.com/udreview) and Facebook pages.

Care to comment on a recent article or prevalent issue? Submit a Letter to the Editor at letters@udreview.com. Interested in writing a guest column? Contact our editorial editors Lydia Woolever and Haley Marks for more information.

We work hard to cover and represent the most important and recent news for you. Let us know how we’re doing.

Faithfully yours,

Josh Shannon, Editor in Chief

Maddie Thomas, Executive Editor

Our print edtion is changing, too

Dear Readers,

Last week, we wrote about the many changes we made to our Web site. That said, we aren’t forgetting about our print edition, either. Whether you’re getting your news from udreview.com or by picking up a copy of The Review, we want the experience to suit your needs and reflect out new ideas as much as possible. Thus, we’ve made, and are continuing to make, several changes to the print edition.

The first thing you may have noticed is that the front page looks different than it did last year. We’ve increased the size of the pictures and headlines and reduced the amount of text in an attempt the make the page more visual and eye-catching. We hope the redesign makes it easier and more interesting to read.

Editorial Editors Haley Marks and Lydia Woolever have introduced some changes to their section, too. You’ll notice a new weekly feature, “YoU Don’t Say,” in which three staff members sound off on a topic of their interest. Their new “Quotables” section allows readers to do the same thing. They’ve also added graphics to the Op-ed section to help spice up the page.

In Mosaic, managing editors Ale Duszak and Ted Simmons have introduced several new weekly features, as well. “How Bazaar” will feature things that we don’t usually have room to cover each week ? such as recipes, book reviews, new workout routines, etc. And in “Mosaic Musings,” Ale and Ted will offer their views on an issue in pop culture.
We hope these changes make your reading experience more enjoyable. As the semester progresses, we’ll likely be adding more features as well.

As always, let us know what you think. Email us at editor@udreview.com.

Faithfully yours,
Josh Shannon, Editor in Chief
Maddie Thomas, Executive Editor

A glimpse into our new Web site

Dear Readers,

You may have noticed that our Web site, udreview.com, looks a little different that it did before. That’s because we’ve spent the summer redesigning the Web site to better serve our readers.

This semester, The Review is transitioning to a new mindset, one that puts a greater emphasis on breaking news and multimedia. At the forefront of that effort is this new Web site.

We’ve cleaned up the design, bringing more headlines to the front page of the site, and making it easier to navigate through the different sections. We’ve also added several new features to make the site more useful and interactive.

At the top of the page, a tab box rotates through our four biggest stories. Below that, for each section – News, Mosaic, Sports and Editorial – five headlines appear on the front page. There’s a link above the headlines, and also in the main navigation bar, that you can click to see all of the stories from that section.

One of the most exciting new features you’ll notice is the Web Updates section in the middle column at the top of the page. There is where we will post the latest news throughout the week. The most recent story will be at the top of the list, and each article will be stamped with the day and time it was published. We aim to update the site every day, so be sure to check back regularly for the latest news.

The other new feature is the Multimedia Center, where you can find the latest videos and photo galleries. We’ll continue to attach videos and galleries to the stories to which they correspond, but the Multimedia Center is where you can go to find all the multimedia content in one place.

On the right side of the Web site, you’ll see an electronic version of our print edition each week. You can flip through the pages, zoom in on certain content and even download the entire paper as a PDF. Further down on the site, we also have a feed of our latest tweets and posts from our new music, entertainment, environmental, fashion and global awareness blogs.

Finally, at the very bottom of the site is our Special Coverage section. We’ll use this area to bring together our articles and multimedia content for big stories, such as Spring Commencement and preparations for another H1N1 outbreak. These links will stay at the bottom of the page and are your one-stop-shop for information about that subject.

We’ve spent many hours planning and designing the new Web site, but we want to know what you think. What do you like? What don’t you like? What should we add next? Email us at editor@udreview.com

Faithfully yours,
Josh Shannon, Editor in Chief
Maddie Thomas, Executive Editor

Welcome to our new year at The Review

“We shall strive to make The Review a welcome guest to every household and a genial friend to every reader. To former students, we hope to revive the memories of by-gone days, and to those who may be unacquainted with college life, we shall aim, from time to time, to afford a glimpse of the fascinating scenes and incidents of that delightful period.”
-- The Review, September 1882

That’s how founding editor Horace Greeley Knowles described the mission of The Review in the first issue of the paper back in 1882.

Now, 127 years later, our mission remains much the same. Each week, we will strive to bring you the news that matters to you, find out the information you want to know and to chronicle your stories from “that delightful period” that is college life.

We use the word “you” for a reason, as The Review is as much your paper as it is ours. We encourage you to tell us your stories, let us know what you want to read about and, if the urge strikes you, join our staff and make your voice heard.

Our editors have worked hard this summer to develop several new features to allow The Review to serve you, not the least of which being our new Web site, which launched last week. In the coming weeks and months, we’ll use this column to explain more, but for now we simply ask, as
Knowles did a century ago, that you “receive this little missive in the same kindly spirit with which it was sent.”

We won’t always be perfect. We’ll make some mistakes. We might even miss an event that’s important to you. But this much we pledge: we’ll work as hard as we can to produce the most interesting and informative newspaper we can, and to keep you informed of the information you need to know and the stories you want to read. We’re counting on you to let us know where we fall short.

In the years since Horace Greeley Knowles first introduced this newspaper, these pages have chronicled two world wars, the fight to desegregate the university, the unrest of the ’60s, and all the way up to the election of one of our own to the vice presidency, not to mention countless other stories, critically important then, but forgotten by time.

What will this year bring? Your guess is as good as ours. But, whatever happens, know that we’ll be with you the whole way. Sit back and enjoy the ride.

Faithfully yours,
Josh Shannon, Editor in Chief
Maddie Thomas, Executive Editor

Sneak preview of The Review's new Web site

As I said in an earlier post, next semester will be an exciting time for The Review. We're transitioning into a new mindset, one that puts a greater emphasis on breaking news and multimedia.

It happens to coincide with an exciting time for College Publisher, the company that hosts our Web site and the sites of many college newspapers around the country. The company has released a new version of the site that allows for more customization and greater integration of multimedia, and we are using this summer to switch to the new platform.

We're in the early stages of redesigning our Web site, but we wanted to share our vision for it and get readers' reactions before we finalize the design. Above is a rough mock-up of what the new site will look like. (Click picture to enlarge.) The site has not been built yet, so at this time, we can only offer a picture of it. I should note that some areas are incomplete and the text and pictures are only placeholders. We will be making many changes in the coming weeks.

There will be plenty of time for us to explain the new site in detail, but let me point out two key features:

1. The top-middle column will be dedicated to mid-week news updates. No longer will new content blend in with content from the print edition. The newest content will be displayed at the top, with a time stamp, so you can quickly find the most recent news.
   


2. The Multimedia Center will showcase our videos and slide shows. For the first time, all multimedia will be located in one place, rather than only attached to an article.

We want to hear from you. What do you like about the site? What don't you like? Leave a comment or email us at theudreview@gmail.com.

~Josh Shannon, editor in chief

Summer Updates

Although The Review is not publishing until September, there are still several ways for you to stay in touch with what's happening on campus while you're relaxing by the pool this summer:

• For breaking stories, we will post updates on udreview.com. This summer. we have already covered Commencement exercises, the university's alumni weekend, and the suspension of Hens' assistant football coach Brian Ginn. Stay tuned for our coverage of the demolition of the Gilbert residence hall complex, which is set to begin July 6.
  
  
• Register to receive our breaking news alerts.
  
  
• Check our blogs regularly. The Review's five bloggers are posting regularly about a variety of topics, including Blue Hen sports, the environment, entertainment, music and fashion.
  
  
• Follow us on Twitter. Throughout the summer we will be tweeting breaking news, as well as pictures and observations from around campus.

• Become a fan of The Review on Facebook. We use our Facebook profile to post article links, add photo galleries and communicate with readers.

Have a great summer and be sure to pick up The Review's While You Were Gone special issue, available on campus, around Newark and online Sept. 4.

~Josh Shannon, editor in chief

Transitioning into a new year

Dear Readers,

For many college students, this time of year is all about transitions -- the transition from the independence of living at school to living with parents again, or perhaps the transition from college life to the real world. For us, it's the transition into our new positions as the executive staff of The Review.

But, our biggest transition is yet to come. This fall, The Review will expand into a seven-days-a-week, multimedia news organization. We've hired a multimedia editor who will focus on adding videos, audio and slideshows to our Web site, udreview.com. In addition, our editors and reporters will work to update the site with the latest campus news throughout the week.

Our focus will not shift away from the print edition, as it is our primary means of reaching our readers and will remain so for the foreseeable future. That said, expanding our Web offerings allows us to distribute information faster and explore subjects more deeply and with different mediums.

The other exciting change will be more opportunities for us to converse with you, our readers. As you may have noticed, The Review recently joined Facebook. Soon, we will be expanding to Twitter as well. In the fall, we plan to hold an open forum where you can come to learn more about how The Review works and tell us how we can serve you better. We will also use this blog and a page in the newspaper to talk with you each week.

From the excitement and passion that swept campus during the election season last fall to the genuine fear that many felt when the swine flu was found at the university, we've shared those moments with you in these pages throughout the year. We look forward to being there with you next year and hope you stick with us as we transition into an exciting new time for The Review.

Faithfully yours,

Josh Shannon, Editor in Chief
Maddie Thomas, Executive Editor

P.S. We would be remiss if we didn't thank our predecessors, Laura Dattaro and Brian Anderson, along with the 17 other staffers who are graduating next week. We've both learned so much from you, and for that we will be forever grateful. As your names take their place alongside those of editors past on the archives shelf at The Review, know that you will always be welcome in our home-away-from-home at 250 Perkins.