From the desk of the Editor-in-Chief:

Look everybody! It's a meaningless fluff piece by the Editor-in-Chief.  My advisor will be so proud/ annoyed.

For all of you who have faithfully read our paper:

I barely believe you exist. I have been on staff at The Breeze for the last two years, and I still have a hard time reading it cover to cover. This may be caused by my short attention span. More likely, it is because I am so close to so many of our writers. I can actually hear their voices in my head. This is terrifying at times. God help me.

For all of you who have not faithfully read our paper:

You should start.

To the faculty and staff:

Thank you for all of the support you have given me over the last several semesters. Your guidance turned me around from being a smug, potty-mouthed, generally unkempt young adult into a smug, potty-mouthed, generally unkempt young adult with little bit of direction. Thank you for putting up with me.  Please keep putting up with me.

To the students of Chaffey:

Things suck. Yep. They do. Stay tough.  Try to remember that the employees of the Chaffey do not benefit from student unhappiness. There is no evidence that proves otherwise. I've checked. 

If you ever had a problem with my way of doing things, I'm sorry. But only a little.

If you ever read an opinion article and felt the need to shout at one of our writers, keep it coming. As a matter of fact, write a letter. I heard talk of emails, but never got them.

If you got upset with a single person's views, and tried to set us all straight, you should learn how newspapers work.

To my staff:

I love you guys. Working with people so amazing can and should inspire jealousy.  The past two semesters were full of me being spoiled by people of all ages doing an amazing job. I really feel that I have lucked out more than the editors before me.  Likely more than future editors will.

I have been surrounded by the best grouping of people ever assembled.  We have a classroom mom. We have a delightfully enthusiastic gay community.  We even have a girl who knows more about football than all of the guys.  All of the people I have met along the way deserve (but are not going to get) an entire article about them.

From a wonderful mom who can beat up anybody, to a beautiful annoying girl who thinks she is too fat, they are all great.

From a pair of giants, to a former photo editor who cannot stop being amazing, they are unstoppably cool.

To all of you, including Lemon, Brighteyes, Chuckles, Questions, Mo' Money, Wheels, Dr. Strange, Obey, and all of my close friends who I also see outside of the paper, I can only say thank you.

Special thanks to:

Andrea, Jimmy, Erica, Justin, Angie, Carlos, Daniel, Dr. Shannon, Dr. Guerrero, Kay Peek, the Alumni Association, the ASCC, the Global Career Center and everybody else who ever helped me find stories.You helped me be super lazy.

Eskew, you rock. Doug, you rock the most.

Let's all go grab a beer. If you can't make it, I'll see you around.