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 READING FOR THE NEXT 115 YEARS!

- THE SENIORS

Amanda Andrade
Film Editor

Come awards time, the simpering starlets who pile on sufficient poundage and pay enough in PR reps get to give their thanks to the Academy. Slowly. With tears.

Getting to be Film Editor at the Daily is a bit like that. When I first walked into the Arts room my junior year, this place looked like a black hole of music snobs and pop culture fiends - this odd amalgamation of unshaven movie geeks and Polo rap thugs.

And then I realized that the Daily was kind of awesome. Kind of amazing, and kind of the place that I really wanted to be.

So thanks to Adam, who recognized that we were in Great Books 192 together. Fuck yeah, Virgil. Thanks to Alex for being so caustic and funny, and Melissa for having fathomless reservoirs of strength under the veneer of your typical nice girl. Thanks to Victoria for being the easiest drunk. Thanks Emily for being unspeakably luminous, Punit for being a gossiping bitch, Bernie for being my cuddle buddy, MK for being my dear, dear friend and Sarah Segerlind, my Daily groupie. Thanks to the film staff for being the best writers at this place. Thanks to Jeff, for more than I can say. Thanks to all my friends who I don't have room to name. My time here has been short and rewarding. I. I just want to say thanks.

Michael Gurovitsch
News Reporter

In a torrent of blind, foolhardy passion, I left the Daily a year ago to pursue other opportunities. Jim and Barb Gurovitsch - or Barb and Jim if you are into that - always raised me to follow the fife and drum of my heart and relentlessly pursue my passions. They couldn't teach me, probably because it's innate and only detectable by oneself, the ability to recognize and cultivate those passions.

The joy of working at the Daily was something I didn't realize until it was too late, but at least I did realize it. It's still kind of sad.

Victoria Edwards
Fine Arts Editor

So I came in here as a freshman. This place has been my second home for four years and I don't really know how to say goodbye. I remember how you could go to any computer in the Daily and see me signed on, or all the times I lost my phone when my mom would call the Daily looking for me. I remember editors stalking me through classes and convincing me to skip classes to cover events. In the vastness of the University of Michigan I found my haven in these four walls, behind these ivy-covered bricks. I've researched crack, pot laws, met Mary Sue - done everything worth doing in this University and all though the Daily. So I want to give a shout out to those who have been with me for this amazing experience: my amazing ex-beat partner Michael Kan - I know I drove you crazy but I love you and you're a great reporter! Good luck in Kansas! My Sooj, who was my managing editor when I was an editor the summer of freshman year, the whole arts section who embraced me as I came in my last year, my whole arts staff, Jesus - everyone . L'chaim and drink a shot for me.

Sarah Peterson
Arts Writer

I walked into the Student Publications Building four years ago as an unawares freshman, and the rest, as they say, is history. I've watched friends graduate year after year, never believing that it would eventually be me. And now, I'm writing my senior goodbyes. So, without further ado: Melissa, Adam, Niamh, Jason, Bernie and Doug, it has been a pleasure working with and getting to know each of you. It's because of all of you that the Daily was the good experience that it was. Cadi, Brian, Mark, Kate, Ian, and Jason, thank you all for helping me maintain my sanity and being my family away from home. It has been an honor to count you all as friends. To my Irish girls, may the wind always be at your back and the road always rise to meet your feet. My years here would not have been the same without you. And finally, to my family, thank you for always supporting me and being there to listen and to laugh.

These last four years have honestly been the best of my life and I will miss Ann Arbor dearly. To everyone at the Daily, I have no wisdom to offer other than to keep writing. Enjoy your time because it will too soon be over. I wish you all the best of luck in the years to come.

Michael Kan
News Editor

I went through so many ridiculous nicknames here: Can Can, The Khan and Kan Sheh Jah. But I could never help but smile each time I heard them. I will miss hearing them so much.

I owe the Daily everything. I've found my calling here and I've accomplished things I would never had imagine when I first entered the University.