It has been another stressful week up here at TDG. On Monday we lost one of our design directors, so expect to see some changes. After working here for over a year and with only a month left before he graduates, our designer decided he needed to relieve some stress and get his work done. That meant cutting out TDG. And for me, that meant reorganize our staff. We moved our assistant viewpoints editor to design and a copy editor to viewpoints. Now I think I can breathe again, but this next month will be a bumpy ride. I could tell it was a tough decision that he didn’t enjoy making.
It’s at the point in the semester where the schoolwork load is piling on for so many of our writers and editors that it seems like people don’t have time for this paper. Yet, here I sit, day in and day out willing to sacrifice my sleep and sanity to do the best I can. I’m sure everyone has noticed the ads in the paper for my position. Staffers keep asking me why I don’t plan on coming back. But that’s not the case. Every semester the editor has to re-apply for the position. Now, I’m stressing even more because I don’t know what I would do with my time if I didn’t have TDG. I already dread my Spring 2008 semester because my nights won’t be filled with this craziness anymore. So I just want to say, to all of our readers, that it might seem that at times we don’t really enjoy our jobs, just know that leaving this place can be the toughest thing we have to do. A graduate and TDG alum comments to me every time he sees the paper: “Man, I wish I was still there.” It’s just that kind of place and we’re just that kind of people. We love what we do and we couldn’t imagine doing anything else with our time. Or at least, if we have to, life would be a lot less enjoyable.
So whether or not I’m editor after this semester, just know what I love every minute of this chaos, no matter what I might say.
-- Liz White
Editor in chief
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