This is my last issue as an employee of The Journal. I, like many other students, am weeks away from graduation and beginning to feel a mix of nostalgia and excitement. On one hand I am sad to leave Saint Mary's as it has become my home over the past four years. But at the same time I am excited to take what I have learned during my time as a SMUdent and see how I can apply it in the “real” world.
For those of you who will be graduating this spring, congratulations, all your hard work has paid off! I wish you nothing but the best in the future and hope you will always look back on your experiences at Saint Mary's with a smile.

If this is not your final year at Saint Mary's I hope that as you continue with your studies you find the place where you belong on campus. Join a society, or start your own if there are none that appeal to you. Most academic departments have student societies and they can be a great way to network with professors and create relationships with students interested in similar subjects. The Journal is hiring staff for next year and speaking from experience it's a pretty sweet job!

Hopefully those of you who read The Journal this year learned a little something about events happening on campus or at least had a laugh at The Urinal. My goal was to keep News as relevant and interesting as possible this year and I think I was largely successful in this. Events like "Mr.SMU" and Charter Day along with stories like that of the Habitat for Humanity Society's trip to Mississippi and the fundraising efforts on campus after the earthquake in Haiti have made this job very rewarding. I have learned so much about Saint Mary's, its students and the amazing things going on around campus that sometimes go urn-noticed(??). Thank you for sharing your stories with me.