Wednesday was my last production night as the Life section editor. Unfortunately, I have other plans. 

My spring semester could go one of two ways.

I have been trying to get a reporting internship in Olympia for the Spring semester, so if I get accepted, I will not be coming back to the Evergreen next semester and I am unsure if I’ll be coming back for my final year at WSU.

But, even if I don’t get that internship, I will still be stepping down from my position as the Life editor. 

When I first joined the Evergreen as a freshman, I found a passion for writing, a passion even bigger than I had before. As the Life editor, I did not write as much as I would have liked to.

Stepping down from this position will give me the opportunity to write and report again, whether that be for the Evergreen or for the internship. 

I wanted to thank everyone I met here in my five semesters working for the Evergreen. All of my editors as a reporter and an editor have taught me so many lessons and helped me become a better journalist and editor. 

When I first joined the Evergreen as a reporter in the fall 2020 semester, I was a psychology major with absolutely no experience as a journalist. I sucked. Trust me. 

But, with amazing guidance and advice from my editor at the time and other editors in semesters moving forward, I found out that journalism had my heart. 

The next academic year, I had switched my major and was entering my second semester juggling both a reporter and a copy editor.

As the Life editor, I was able to be in the newsroom a lot more than I used to be, and I built some relationships with some amazing people. 

No matter what next semester holds for me, the Evergreen will still stick with me forever. It was the place where I found out what I wanted to do with my life and it was the place where I made many friends throughout my college career, and I don’t think I could ever forget that.