my TMS story<\/a>: I was homesick, terribly so. I took a journalism 101 class and felt inspired to join the newspaper, but only because I really needed more to do.<\/p>\nThen, I met some of my favorite people ever. First, former Editor-in-Chief Sean Scott, when he sent me the world\u2019s most expansive introductory email. Then, Olivia Patel, our fearless editor-in-chief (who would go on to become one of my best friends in the entire world). Later on, former Editor-in-Chief Kasey Turman, Campus and Community (C&C) Editor Taylor Stumbaugh, Culture Editor Stella Powers, Business Manager Austin Smith and former C&C Editor Chloe McKinney.<\/p>\n
In the latter half of my TMS experience, I found the people with whom I\u2019d spend my time as managing editor surrounded by: Sports Editor Kethan Babu, Assistant C&C Editor Shannon Mahoney, Digital Media Editor Sarah Frosch, Assistant Culture Editor Ayla Peden, Assistant C&C Editor Parker Green, Assistant Sports Editor Jeffrey Middleton, Design Editor Olivia Michelsen, Assistant Design Editor Madeline Buecker, GreenHawks Editor Sarah Kennel, Opinion Editor Taylor Powers and Photo Editor Elisa Rosenthal.<\/p>\n
I wish I had some magical insight to put my experience into words, but I don\u2019t, because it wasn\u2019t really me that made it so impactful. I just showed up. Which, admittedly, was harder some days than others.<\/p>\n
But when I showed up, I was met with the greatest and most driven people I could have possibly found on this campus. With that, I\u2019d like to be annoying and share a few specific thanks. (Just pretend I\u2019m giving a Grammy\u2019s acceptance speech.)<\/p>\n
To Stumbaugh: Thank you for anchoring the Girl-Boss Table. Your constant energy and presence make our news team chug, and frankly, it will be almost impossible to replace. Thank you for being a great and true friend.\u00a0<\/p>\n
To Kasey, former Opinion and GreenHawks Editor Sam Norton, former Humor Editor Teddy Johnson and former Business Manager Adam Smith: While I had been involved in the paper, I decided to truly join the \u201ccult\u201d during your tenure.<\/p>\n
I will only ever admit this once, so please savor it; when I committed to TMS, you guys were so cool. You looked like you were having so much fun, and because of you, I wanted to stick around and have fun too. You created a culture in the newsroom that was truly admirable.<\/p>\n
To Babu: You spend a lot of time thanking me for supporting you, but I feel like we need to flip that idea. You have been such a constant in my life, and your strength and resilience motivate me. You have this calming and steadying presence that I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever be able to replicate. So like, wanna move to D.C.? (Please note I did not mention your technical support abilities until\u2026 right now).<\/p>\n
To professors Joe Sampson, Jim Tobin and Sacha Bellman: You saw me at my worst this year (and last year \u2026 Sampson, I’m looking at you). Your support never wavered, even when my sanity did.<\/p>\n
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To Scott: Thank you for being the reason I joined TMS in the first place. Yes, you sent me a lengthy email, but you also made me feel welcome and wanted. And, you made me laugh. Deepest apologies for constantly posting you on my Snapchat story.<\/p>\n
And finally, to my ride or die, Patel: I\u2019m almost out of words and emotions, so maybe I shouldn\u2019t have saved you for last. All I can say is thank you for changing my life. I cannot wait to see what this next chapter holds for us.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Oh, and in typical Grammy fashion, I also need to thank my family and my best friend, Libby O\u2019Toole. Even when they didn\u2019t know what the hell I was talking about, they let me ramble. And ramble. And ramble some more.<\/p>\n
reieram@miamioh.edu<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\nAnna Reier is a senior double majoring in diplomacy and global politics and journalism with a minor in international business. She currently serves as the managing editor at The Student. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve sat down to write this five times now, and frankly, I\u2019m having little success. I\u2019m not sure…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-194897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}