OUR VIEW: And that’s a wrap

Well, this is it. For many of you this is the last issue of The Statesman you will read as a student.

And that’s a wrap

To the 2005-06 Utah State University graduates: A hearty and well-deserved congratulations!

Whether you are heading off for work, an internship or graduate school, remember you’ll always be Aggies. Represent your alma mater well. Make us and Big Blue proud and we’ll always save you a seat in the Spectrum for the home games.

Some day in your future you’ll probably get some materials from the school asking for money. Sure it may be slightly presumptuous and annoying, but don’t just throw it away. Remember that a lot of what you enjoyed during your time here was because of the donations of other alumni. Pay it forward.

This year, in many ways has been unique. We’ve celebrated the opening of two new and incredibly high tech, state-of-the-art buildings. We watched another building, not as fancy, but certainly well loved, come crashing down. The Uintah Basin campus saw one of the biggest donations in history. We’ve seen the creation of the School of the Arts. We came together in tragedy as the college our university is best known for said goodbye to the eight students and one faculty killed in September’s accident. ASUSU survived their first year has two separate entities, changes were made to Homecoming and plans to expand services in the TSC were announced.

But many traditions stayed the same, and in many ways, this year was just like any other. Students sledded down Old Main Hill, became True Aggies and cheered at basketball games.

To those coming back in the fall, have a good summer. Be careful – knowing we risk sounding like our mothers, we really do want everyone to come back in one piece. Recharge those batteries so that we can give next semester our all and make it another great year in Logan.

Thank you for reading. It has been our pleasure to serve as writers and editors of the The Utah Statesman. We hope you’re looking forward to another great year of student journalism as much as we are.