Ultimately, though, I now know that success in a role is possible if deep-seated passion is the main source of motivation.
If you ever find yourself stuck in the Doldrums, know that you are not alone. Look to your surroundings for escape. You will know the way out.
I believe that while the University can never erase its past, it can create a brighter future for the descendants of the groups it has harmed.
But if I could do it all again, I would spend less time dwelling on my failures and more time recognizing the learning opportunities that they were.
Your voice is important. Do not let anyone else tell you otherwise, even if it is a fellow student abusing their position of power.
The experience of uncertainty, though, has taught me to relinquish some of the control which I have held onto, white-knuckled, for so much of my life.
The world becomes increasingly competitive, judgemental and dismal as one gets older, and I cannot express the importance of creativity during this time.
At the end of the day, it is not readership that will make me feel proud or fulfilled when I graduate in a few weeks. It’s that I can say I’ve connected other students in some way, brought some source of joy, even if just for one couple.
Thank you to everyone who has supported me and my little camera, making me feel like more than just ‘the camera girl’.
I would not change a single thing that I have done or said. My only regret is not having said more.
Fascination with life isn’t interested in what should be.
I am so much more than one job, one story, one mistake or one accomplishment.
This is a school and a town that has found itself in the national spotlight time and time and time and time and time and time again, and The Cavalier Daily’s news section has remained an independent overseer of all of these difficult and polarizing issues.
Covering Virginia sports could not have led me into a more circuitous and unexpected three years filled with memories I will carry with me beyond these Grounds.
I am forever thankful that this student paper and the people within it reignited my love for journalism.
It was a long and arduous journey, but the positive change we created in our community made it all worth it.
Looking back now as a fourth-year student, I realize that The Cavalier Daily had a formative impact on my undergraduate career.
As my time in The Cavalier Daily draws to a bittersweet close, I understand now that sportswriters don’t have to just focus on sports.
I loved my experience at the University, and because I loved it, I was a journalist who wrote about its achievements and its failures.
