With Thanksgiving approaching, the editorial board found it appropriate to take a moment to reflect on some of the things in our lives (big and small) that we’re thankful for:
Scott Bressler
Online Editor
1. My family and friends who are so supportive and always there for me.
2. My wonderful girlfriend who amazes me every day and encourages me to try new things.
3. My professors who work tirelessly to make my courses both fun and informative.
4. Oil that is less than $50 a barrel and cheap gas, even if it is indicative of the economic crisis.
5. Black Friday sales.
Indu Chandrasekhar
Associate Editor
1. I am thankful that my friends and family are healthy and happy, and that I get to be part of making their lives healthier and happier.
2. I am thankful that despite the hundreds of ways to chat with my friends online, they will still write letters to me if I send them snail mail.
3. The Danforth University Center food court’s delicious Indian food this month.
4. Earl Grey tea—thank you, dear Earl, for keeping me awake when I need you the most.
5. Finally, Gmail themes for keeping my eyes interested while I stare at my e-mail all day long!
Tess Croner
Forum Editor
1. I’m thankful to not be living on the South 40 this year.
2. Amy’s burritos.
3. Cheap bowling on Tuesday nights.
4. My roommates.
5. Leaves that change color.
Sam Guzik
Editor in Chief
1. A student body that proved this year that it is politically aware and engaged—campus was more charged this semester than I’ve ever seen it before, which was an amazing feeling and something to strive for every day.
2. A major (English) that lets me read for homework books that I’ve always craved to read for fun.
3. The University facilities and maintenance staff who work tirelessly on a day-to-day basis—even when I leave the Student Life office at 4 a.m., they are awake making campus look as perfect as it always is.
4. My family and my friends, new and old, who put up with my long hours in the Student Life office—I depend on their invaluable advice and support and am in their gratitude every day.
5. An amazing staff at Student Life that makes my job easy, rewarding and fun—without each staff member, this job wouldn’t be worth it.
Bill Hoffman
Forum Editor
1. I’m thankful that, in a world where so many people are undernourished, I have enough to eat.
2. The third season of “Dexter.”
3. My girlfriend.
4. Friends and family.
5. I get to go to Wash. U.
Brian Krigsher
Copy Chief
1. I am thankful for all of the student groups, their leaders and their members who devote so much time and passion to their organizations.
2. The groundskeepers and maintenance workers, who work so hard and go unnoticed too often.
3. All of the social events on campus.
4. Punctuation.
5. (Relatively) late hours of food service on campus.
Aditya Sarvesh
Forum Editor
1. Pop-Tarts.
2. The Metro System.
3. Best Buy.
4. My scanner.
5. “Tropic Thunder.”
David Song
Managing Editor
1. The maintenance staff in the Danforth University Center and on the rest of campus, whose long labor sometimes seems invisible.
2. Coursework that challenges and improves my faculties.
3. My family for supporting me through school.
4. The professors in the English department for helping me with graduate school.
5. Brilliant reporters and writers on staff, whose work makes up the material of Student Life.
Michelle Stein
Senior Scene Editor
1. I’m thankful for the chance to go home and see my family over break.
2. Random conversations I have with my roommates when I should be doing my homework.
3. Gchat and AIM, which let me talk to my brother, my cousin and my TA at the same time.
4. Mine and my family’s relative health.
5. For my ability to go abroad next spring.
Brian Stitt
Managing Editor
1. The Student Life staff for doing everything I used to.
2. The Hi pointe.
3. Scientific advancements in the field of energy production.
4. Gmail.
5. Another six months I have to look for a job in this wintery economic climate.
Jill Strominger
Senior Forum Editor
1. I’m thankful to be living in the United States, a country that gives its citizens the respect and freedom to participate in electing the government that will determine the laws they will live by.
2. The many Americans who are so dedicated to the cause of freedom that they are fighting abroad in the military or at home fighting for the cause of justice.
3. The chance to spend four years with a genuinely talented and caring group of peers, considering thoughts and issues at a University that truly challenges its students.
4. The professors in the Philosophy department. They have always been available and encouraging while helping me work through challenging material throughout my four years at Wash. U.
5. The researchers at the medical school who give me hope that my chronic illness might be cured one day.
Dennis Sweeney
Forum Editor
1. That you can break rules with impunity, if you are good at it.
2. That there are enough things in the world to discover something new every day, like a nook in the library or weird bugs.
3. Calvin and Hobbes.
4. The opportunity to appreciate and embrace the struggle.
5. Weather.
Tricia Wittig
Forum Editor
1. I am thankful for the Verizon cell phone tower in Mudd. Only three years too late!
2. The diligent and respectful studiers of Olin Level B, the only place in the library that is truly quiet.
3. My landlord, who has replaced or fixed four electrical appliances and resolved three maintenance issues in the last three months.
4. Podcasts. My only inspiration for walking to campus in 30-degree weather.
5. My wonderful boyfriend, who drove 9 hours to the colder weather of Michigan just so that I could spend Thanksgiving at home with my family!
Trisha Wolf
Managing Editor
1. My friends and family.
2. Student Life’s incredible new office.
3. The great speakers brought to campus this semester.
4. Election/debate fun on campus.
5. The fact that I live far from construction.
Giving thanks
Published: Monday, November 24, 2008
Updated: Monday, November 24, 2008
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