“Through all the late Tuesday nights, the basketball games in Hinkle Fieldhouse, the fun interviews and the 115 stories I’ve written I’ve found some of the smartest and best friends I could have.”
Senior Sendoff: The Butler Collegian will NOT continue to investigate and report on this story
“I discovered the existence of The Butler Collegian’s Senior Sendoff three years ago, reading my brilliant opinion editor’s goodbye, ‘Katie Freeman cannot be stopped.’ Right then, I knew that I would be here, three years later, writing mine.”
Senior Sendoff: Closing a chapter
“Without this newspaper and the people who make it, I wouldn’t be the smallest fraction of the writer, editor, leader or woman I am today.”
Senior Sendoff: One and done
“The Collegian is a really special place. While I wish I followed through on the application freshman year, I am so grateful to have gotten to experience the Collegian for even just one year.”
Senior Sendoff: Smiling because it happened
“So in the spirit of graduation, times of change, and leaving the place I have loved for the past four years, I won’t cry because it is over — I’ll smile because it happened.”
Senior Sendoff: Roll the credits
“To best pay homage to the column that built my future, I want to shout out movies I’ve seen that have made me me.”
Senior Sendoff: Editing with care
“The power of editing is knowing that someone cared enough about your story to read it a dozen times, just to make it a little better.”
Senior Sendoff: One more story
“This paper has given me so much more than just a space to write. Collegian Nation, you believed in me when I couldn’t, just by reading my work. I am so grateful that you all have trusted me and the writers I work with to bring you your news and tell your stories.”
Senior-ish Sendoff-ish: Pharmacy student says goodbye
“As a student journalist, people are often surprised to hear I’m a pharmacy student. I myself often wonder if I’m the first editor in professional pharmacy school in the Collegian’s 138-year history. After all, what business does a healthcare major have in the student newspaper?”
Senior Sendoff: Journalism is powerful … in more ways than one
“There is no way I could have known that deciding to apply for the Collegian would be the most important decision I would make as a student.”