Trying to write down everything I’ve learned this year from The College Voice would be pointless; it would take up the entire newspaper, and I know for a fact that there are lessons I’ve learned that I can’t quite articulate just yet. I probably won’t be able to until after I’ve had time to reflect on this past year over the summer, and by the time I get back, it’ll be too late: I’ll suddenly be one of the two Editors in Chief.
The fact that I will be co-Editor in Chief next year signifies the beginning of the end of my experience at Connecticut College. Both are hard to come to terms with, but time isn’t waiting for me to accept this fact. Everyone faces the end of chapters in their lives differently. For me, The Voice has become so tightly entwined with my experience at Conn; they are one in the same, and they define each other.
There are too many people that have made my experience working for The Voice possible thus far. Meredith Boyle, for believing in an over-enthuasiastic first-year student with no journalistic experience other than the occasional article for her high school newspaper. Dave Shanfield, Melanie Thibeault and Julia Cristofano, for their leadership, teamwork and always mandatory friendships. And Ayla Zuraw-Friedland, for showing me how to have a voice, and to use it when it’s most needed. You have been one of my closest friends throughout this year, and an incredible role model. I followed you around everywhere, from our brand new office to Philadelphia to Larrabee, and I wouldn’t have had it any other way.
This is a unique and important time to be a member of the Connecticut College community, and one of my (many) goals is to have The Voice be a true reflection and record of our time here, and we need everyone’s help to achieve that. Just like our time at Conn, The Voice is what we make of it. Please help me and Luca make it great.
— Dana Sorkin, Managing Editor
