All good things must come to an end. This is the reality I face as my time at the Royal Purple has come to a close. It’s tough to put this chapter of my life behind me, because working at this publication has meant so much to me. After all, when you’ve been at one place for so long, saying goodbye is the hardest thing to do.

These past four years, so many friends, employers and professors have touched my life in ways I never could have imagined. Of course there is my family too, who for better or worse have always been there for me.

The past 3 ½ years at UW-Whitewater have been a blast. I would like to take a few moments to thank those people who have especially helped me to be where I am at today.

Wow. That is all I can say after four seemingly fast years of college. It still seems so surreal to say that I graduated college in four years. When I stepped onto campus for the first time, the thought of being a college grad never entered my mind.