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Show CELEBRATING THE MAGIC OFTHE NEWSROOM SAYING GOODBYETO MY SECOND HOME ASST. SPORTS EDITOR o here we are: the end of the road. It's been a short two years at The Chrony for me, and they will be years remembered for — you know, I'm still not exactly sure. There were moments of laughter, frustration, anxiety and plenty of whining, but above all, I just feel lucky. As I sit here, not really knowing what the future holds, it's kind of hard to reflect on the past. It may not have always been obvious because of my attitude, my constant complaining or my lack of motivation on some (if not most) days, but man, I love this newspaper. I love the — excuse my Dom Toren hyperbole here — family that The Chrony creates, and not just on the current staff, but from every person that has ever had a byline inside. Being a part of that has already opened up so many doors for me because people who haven't set foot in The Chrony newsroom for 30 years still feel a responsibility to a younger brother. There are massive changes coming to the paper I love — two days of print, full online presence, etc. — but what makes The Chrony special will remain the same. Because no matter how many days the print product is published or how many different versions of the website are made, it will still be filled with a bunch of student journalists who don't really know what the hell they're doing but still manage to produce stories that, most of the time, they are pretty proud of. That's the magic of it. We come in as students and leave as journalists. When I think back on all the teams I covered, the people I shared countless hours with and the places I got to go as a member of The Chrony staff, I just have to smile. It sometimes feels surreal. S From celebrating with my boy Griffin and the Utah football team on the field of the Rose Bowl following the Utes' upset over No. 8 UCLA (yeah, journalism integrity be damned, we were students first) to spending a grand total of 12 hours in Houston to cover the Sweet 16 (Brent, this will always affect our relationship — always) to skiing for the first time to having the privilege of writing about Greg Marsden's final season as the Red Rocks' coach, it's been one awesome moment after another. And yet, even with all those great times, the best ones might have been in the newsroom, spending hours upon hours talking with and learning from my peers. The arguments, the inside jokes, the conversations and the never-ending throwing of a football — these are the memories that will probably linger the longest (well, except for the Rose Bowl thing — that was pretty badass). Following Marsden's retirement press conference, one of the Utah gymnasts came up to me and asked if I would be covering the Red Rocks next season. With that question, things started sinking in. I'd been running from this moment for the better part of two months, and I'd like to thank the Utah sports teams for making it hard to be sentimental. The Runnin' Utes last home game was the dual with Arizona, the Red Rocks final meet in the Huntsman was the Pac-12 Championships, and the final Utah basketball game was the Sweet 16 against Duke. With the intensity of those events, it was hard to find the time to get over-emotional about, well, me. I looked up at the gymnast and said, "Maybe, but not for The Chrony." A year from now, I'm sure I'll be writing somewhere, and though it won't be for The Daily Utah Chronicle, it will be because of the time I spent here. It's been a fun ride, and because of what I learned at this silly paper, I'm going to be able to continue it. r miller@chronicle.utah.edu @millerjryan IN DEFENSE OFTYPOS would like to take a moment to address every typo in The Chronicle that I didn't catch EDITOR IN CHIEF in the proofing pages this year: Ahem. Y'all listening? I'm grateful for every last one of them. Every typo is embarrassing. And cringe-worthy. But all the typos taught me something this year — the same something, over and over again. Often in this life, you can't see something, even if it's right in front of your nose. - - ANDREW JOSE OPINION EDITOR ll I can say is I'm glad no one caught me living in The Chronicle office when I got kicked out of my apartment. Just kidding. While there were days when it felt like I lived at The Chrony, I'm fairly certain I never actually took up residence in or around the everhomey office. Like 73 percent sure. While I may never have actually lived here, The Chronicle truly has been a second home during my time at the U. During my first semester here, I had an awesome professor — shout out to Kimberly Aguilar — who recommended that I enter one of my class essays for a regional writing competition. The deadline for that year's submissions had, unfortunately, passed, and while I never entered the competition, I decided that I wanted to do something more with my writing. Enter Nate Turner, a fellow East Coast friend also studying here at the U. Nate said he worked at this awesome place called The Chronicle, and pretty soon I was burning the midnight oil in an effort to become the best journalist since Brian Williams. Well, OK, bad example, but you get the point. I've grown a lot in my time here at The Chronicle. More specifically, I grew a full beard and the beginnings of a mullet — and if that doesn't impress potential employers, I'm not sure what will. A In The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery said you can only see rightly with your heart, because "the essential is invisible to the eye." Like anyone ever caught typos with their heart. But aside from that, I think we might be muddying up the power our hearts once had. Our hearts, bless them, have been brainwashed into thinking they are solely responsible for getting our lives together. We've been groomed to stress our hearts out, until the poor things can't work at all. Even Grandmother Willow was in on the conspiracy. "Listen to your heart, you will understand:' But what if my heart is telling me to run away to Oxford Law? Or study art history? And simultaneously open a bakery in Salt Lake? (Uh, where did that come from?) And never study anything again ever because I'm finally graduating? And screaming, please — for the love of all that is holy — don't make me feel 10 { THECHRONY I NEWS I OPINION I ARTS I SPORTS I TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015 } In all honesty though, my time here at The Chronic (yeah, you read that right) has been greater than I could have imagined. As an editor, I've had the opportunity to work with both an amazing senior staff and an extremely talented group of writers. I'm extremely grateful for the help and support I've received from the people I've worked with here, and while I've been checked out of my classes for weeks, my family at The Chronicle will be one thing that is truly hard to leave. Thanks to all of you for making work fun, for bailing me out all the time (shout out, Ju!), and for teaching me never to use the Oxford comma. I hereby leave all DJ responsibilities to Courtney Tanner —please continue to play '90s hits and Fleetwood Mac. Ryan, the camping was good, man. Anna, please keep baking. Katherine, please keep getting fooled by satire pieces, and Griffin, never give up on those 76ers —someday they won't be the worst team in the league. Just wanna give one last shoutout to all of the opinion writers, satirists and cartoonists we've had this year — it has truly been a pleasure working with you all. I wish you all the best, and I hope that the years ahead are as awesome as a William Shatner/ Patrick Stewart Q&A session at a Star Trek: The Next Generation convention. Well, Chronicle members, faithful readers and U students, it's been real. Thanks for the laughs and the good times — I'll see ya around. a.jose@chronicle.utah.edu @DrDreJose anymore. I am done being your personal compass. Can you just stop bugging me about figuring out your life for you so I can breathe and maybe actually work? Please, thank you, that's all. A while ago, I read an article that said the biggest mistakes you can make in your 20s are thinking that you have to A) figure things out and B) have everything together. I herewith bequeath upon the world the two things I've learned from three years of typos and mistakes, both journalistic and not, while I've worked at The Chronicle. 1.You won't be able to see or understand everything at any given moment. 2. It's like that for a reason. The reason is probably that you're human. Healthy, happy humans just can't catch every typo and have everything planned CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 out at the drop of a hat. They just can't, and thinking you have to is paralyzing. On top of that, having your life 100 percent together is dangerous. It makes you sell yourself short and robs you of the most valuable treasure we have as a rising generation: The power to dream. If we have our whole lives together right now, who knows what things we'll miss out on simply because we haven't thought of them yet? If all we've got is what we are and what we're capable of now, we'll cheat the world, and ourselves, of our sheer awesomeness. If you leave the kids on the block and take your ball home, you'll miss the whole game. If everyone had their life planned out at 20, Harper Lee never would have written To Kill A Mockingbird. Most presidents would never have run for office. We would not even have chocolate chip cookies (Look it up. Ruth Wakefield was in her 30s when she figured those out). Over-planning, overdefending and over-perfectionalizing might just be the things holding us back from becoming the versions of ourselves that could change our corner of the world and let us live happier lives than we can imagine. So get over yourself, and let your heart do its real job — dream and live. To my fabulous team at The Chronicle, and my dear family and friends: Thank you for putting up with my typos, big and small. We'll get there. The sky's the limit. a.drysdale@chronicle.utah.edu @AnnaDrysdale ACHIEVING GREATNESS AT THE CHRONICLE The Chronicle newsroom. It's been a great three years working on the PHOTO EDITOR photo staff as a photographer, the assistant photo editor and finally as Photo Editor. The newsroom is dead from 9 to 5 p.m. but is popping after closing hours. I'm not really a sappy person, but bear with me as I look back on the time I've spent here. It makes me cringe, but it comes with good memories. The memories that will stick with me most are the long car rides with Ryan Miller and Griffin Adams — the Kings of Sports — camping out on Coach K's front lawn, getting weird looks from the neighbors, the late nights with Taylor jamming to the guitar while he's waiting for proofs to be ready, running down the field with Conor Barry with our ears bleeding from the MUSS's roar and talks about the past with long-time friend Anna Drysdale. It's weird to think about life outside of college. We spend about four years doing the whole training-for-adulthood thing, only to be terrified when we actually are ready to hit the ground running. If there is one thing I would tell anyone in school, freshman or senior, young or old, it would be to get involved. The friends you make on campus turn into your family, and you'll love coming to school everyday. I couldn't have asked for a better college experience. Working in a student newsroom actually gives you a lot of real-world experience. It gives you face-time with professionals and lets you chase after news that is interesting to you. Take that leap into the unknown, experience things you have never done and never be afraid to chase your dreams. Look to others for lessons on life and examples of what to and what not to do.The people who surround us make up who we are and who we are going to become.To quote one of my favorite authors, William Shakespeare, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them:' Which one are you? It's been a pleasure, Daily Utah Chronicle. I look forward to seeing where the future will lead you and who will step up to take leadership of this fantastic group with a great goal. Thanks for the memories, lessons and great times. Read, shoot and create the story that should be shared with the world. Later. b.uberly@chronicle.utah.edu @brentuberty y one reason? To help pay for books and tuition You only need one reason to donate plasma. 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