8 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 27, 2006 THANK YOU FOR READING. WE KNOW WE PISSED A LOT OF YOU OFF THIS YEAR, BUT WE ONLY MEANT TO IF YOU DESERVED IT. KEEP READ- ING FOR THE NEXT 115 YEARS! - THE SENIORS Jason Pesick Editor in Chief It's frightening. But so is every worthwhile endeavor. Our job is to shed light on the campus, even though sometimes that's not so easy to do. Sometimes it's quite a climb. Sometimes it takes a lot of work that only a few people appreciate. There's no class that can teach you as much as this place will. It's real and it's fast, and there's no one you can go to who has the right answer. Some combination of the challenges, the importance of the work and the fun attract the most talented and the most decent people I have ever been able to call my friends. It's no surprise that our predecessors who worked here 70 years ago continue to keep in touch with each other. Seventy years from now, I hope I'm still in touch with the people sitting at the computers around me. In a few weeks, we'll all go our own ways, but we'll have this shared experience - an experience our parents, friends and roommates can't understand. Good luck, Donn. You'll never forget the next year of your life. Alison Go Managing Editor Working at the Daily is like having a really shitty boyfriend: I don't have any time to hang out with my friends, I hate my in-laws, there is a good amount of emotional abuse and a small amount of physical hurt. But like any un-self-respecting whore, the drugs, sex and alcohol kept me coming back for more. This is for my non-Daily friends, who are miraculously still my friends. This is for my Daily friends, who helped keep me slightly sane. This is for my Daily enemies, who have made me a little angrier, a loittle bitchier. This is for the Daily business staff, who work way fewer hours than me, get paid 10 times as much. This is for my Daily points, who contributed to the aforementioned sex. I love you and hate you all. The Argonauts Sam Singer Editorial Page Editor There are too many people to thank, too many to congratulate and certainly too many to badger in such limited space to make this farewell as thorough as it deserves to be. That said, thank you Suhael. Not only did you make this experience instructive and fun - you made it tolerable. As for Chris and Emily, my devoted (and dating) predecessors: the best of luck - both of you are more than qualified to take the wheel. I'll stop before my next cliche. Thanks for everything. Suhael Mormin Editorial Page Editor It's been a humbling three years. Like so many writers who come to this paper, I arrived freshman year entirely convinced that I knew what I was doing. I was wrong. After two years of editing, and as I prepare to put 420 Maynard behind me, I'm deeply aware of how much I owe to the people around whom I work. The individuals who make this paper happen - an amazing cast of characters who sell their souls for little recognition and pitiful pay - have been incred- ible. There's not enough room to thank everyone here, and a few words buried on this page won't do justice to anyone. But here's a shot: Jason: Thanks for drawing me in. I wouldn't be here otherwise. Sam: Thanks for going on this ridic-1 ulous adventure with me. Chris and Emily: It's going to be the best year of your life, but you'll hate every moment of it.a Dave, Imran and Theresa: Welcomei to the club. Jenny: Thanks for the cookies. You've kept us all sane - and fed. Adam, Melissa, Doug, Stephanie,1 Ryan, Farayha, Ali and so many oth- ers: It's the support of friends thati make our jobs tolerable. Thanks. Adam Rotten berg Managing ts Editor It's hard to put my feelings toward the Daily into words. Some days, I'd walk in here and there would be no place I'd rather be. Other times, I dreaded the fluo- rescent lights in the Arts room at 420 Maynard. Even so, I wouldn't trade it for anything. From that first mass meet- ing and my scared weekly visits with Doug and Melissa, my time at the Daily is what I'll remember most about my college years. From all the free DVDs to being chastised for my music taste, the Arts room provided the perfect place to hang out every afternoon. Please ignore it if this sounds like an Oscar speech, but I'd like to thank everyone here. Thanks to my subeditors (Evan, Punit, Bloomer, Bernie and Victoria), my associ- ates (Melissa and Alex) and even my Weekend, err Statement editor (Doug) for all your hard work and help. Thanks to my editors and friends who came before me for teaching me what to do (and what not to do). Thanks to Ali and Weiner for putting up with my incessant whining. Thanks to all my non-Daily friends for put- ting up with the constant Daily chatter and absences. And thanks to Jason for pushing this paper further than anyone before him. Working at the Michigan Daily was the best thing I could have done these past four years. Where else could I have made so little money for so many hours of work? Ian Herbert Managing Sports Editor Man, there are a lot of people to thank. I know I'm going to forget someone else. And to those people, I'm sorry. Jess brought me into the Daily, J. Brady welcomed me and Weber made be feel com- fortable. Gennaro trained me, the rest of last year's seniors made me that much better, and Krista delt with me for a whole year. The first real beat I was on was with Anne, Jamie and Dowd, and we befriend- ed Carole Hutchins like pros. Jake, Gabe and Sosin treated me to a great hockey season (Jake, wish you were still here man). And Gabe, Groni and Stephanie worked with me for football - 7-5 for- ever. I never worked with Sharad or Meg, but I wishI had. Farayha, Donn, Michael, Jason and Ali, you guys taught me so much. I'll always be grateful. To next year's editors - Jack, Scott, Kevin, Singer and Steph - good luck. Jose, Lever, Sara, Ian, Katie, Colt and Lindsey - kick ass too. Bluechippers - Nate, Chris, Eileen, Katie, Dave, Dave, Bryan, Dan and company - I wish I got to know you guys better. Nate, keep it up with sports news. Brom, Mark, Waldo and Weber, we'll always have the Skins. I put my heart into this place, and I think the best proof of it I have - since the job has left me broke and unem- ployed - is all of you. Ryan Weiner Managing Photo Editor In three and a half years at the Daily, I've called hundreds of people for Random Stu- dent Interviews, had my picture run next to an ad for unplanned pregnancies, got hit on at a gay bar (for a story I was doing, of course) and plastered a ridiculous picture of me in The Statement each week. And I don't regret one minute of any of it. Some thank yous are in order. Thank you Adam and Melissa for getting me started. Thank you Farayha, Ian, Donn, Suhael, John Lowe and all the editors for their advice and help. Thank you Ali Go for reading all those stupid Weekend stories. Thank you Ali Olsen for not complaining when I wanted to change everything at the last minute. Thank you Ashley for making the centers great and being a wonderful friend. Finally, thank you Jason for letting me run that magazine and not telling me I was doing a bad job even when I didn't know whatI was doing. This is a pretty cool place. I mean, I was a part of something that 18,000 people look at every day. That's good enough for me. Farayha Arrine Managing News Editor It is with a distinct sense of self-righ- teousness and self-aggrandizing passion that I pen my farewell to the Daily. I was the Managing News Editor, and, in Shake- spearian-like tragedy, my wisdom, passion, and beauty will live in perpetuity in the hearts of many. It's my humble opinion that my time at the Daily has been beneficial to everyone, except maybe myself. I've turned boys into men, encouraged "transparency," and spread the word of the Lord. In return for these services, I've become an anti-social, daily-obsessed freak of nature with rusty writing and skills who is looking at a future of selling chair covers to brides. But despite all the pain they've caused me, I still love these crazy people. I'll make the rest of this a shout out because in all honesty I'm not capable of much more and to be even more brutally honest whoever actually makes it this far is just hoping that I mentioned them in my goodbye. Joling - You've taken a knife to the stomach for the Daily so I can't thank you enough for your dedication to this place. Thanks for being brave enough to fill our news editor hole and staying on board this year. Jamaster - you are an acquired taste and I think I'm just beginning to appreciate you. Our love-hate relationship is bizarre but I think it's becoming more love than hate. You are an incredibly funny man, and I wish you all the best in all your romantic endeavors. Kan - you are my mentor and the real managing news editor. Thank you forbeing so dependable. Get me a job answering phones when you're working at the Times. You are the ultimate person. Ok so I had some nice things to say about Jason and Donnie but Jason is yelling at me and I don't have any time. You guys are the best, especially on the couch. Ha. Jason, please don't hate me if Robben Fleming dies. Donnie, we should talk. Maybe at Noo- dles? Doug Wernert Magazine Editor In three and a half years at the Daily, I've called hundreds of people for Random Student Interviews;had my picture run next to an ad for unplanned pregnancies, got hit on at a gay bar (for a story I was doing, of course) and plastered a ridiculous picture of me in The Statement each week. And Idon't regret one minute of any of it. Some thank yous are in order. Thank you Adam and Melissa for getting me started. Thank you Farayha, Ian, Donn, Suhael, John Lowe and all the editors for their advice and help. Thank you AliGo for reading all those stupid Weekend stories. Thank you Ali Olsen for not complaining when I wanted to change everything at the last minute. Thank you Ashley for making the centers great and being a wonderful friend. Finally, thank you Jason for letting me run that magazine and not telling me I was doing a bad job even when I didn't know what I was doing. This is a pretty cool place.Imean,I was a part of something that 18,000 people look at every day. That's good enough for me. 41 GOODBYES Continued from page 5 taught me the essentials of college - drinking, football, how to use long dashes in a way that would make Emily Dickinson proud and writing, I guess. The Daily produces many kinds of people. Some go on to be writers. Some go to law school. Some become Marky Mark's body double for that scene where he whips it out in Boo- gie Nights. But whatever we become, the Daily prepares us for it all the Anne Uible Sports Writer I walked into the Daily sort of on acci- dent - I had never written for a news- paper and had absolutely no experience been able to meet amazing people (shout out to Jjock, K.Wright, Ian, Meg, Gabe and Goni) witness awesome events, and tell the stories of some of the most talent- ed athletes in the nation. I hope all of the younger writer stick with the Daily and remember that what you do and write Michigan football from the sidelines, angering middle-aged men as a stu- pid college student, all priceless to my dumbass. My Minnesota friends (other than my parents) deserve the most thanks; they are the inspiration for most of my stories, columns and experiences. But Jason Cooper Associate Photo Editor I