Eyeing Spectator’s famous quote board with bits of wisdom infused with stress, wit and insomnia as a wide-eyed first-year, I had one thought: “Will this be my new hang-out place? Will these be my new friends?” Everything from the grunge-glam swag-filled Arts & Entertainment office with its questionable-hygiene red couch to grease-covered pizza boxes from V&T screamed real journalist, real sleep-deprived college student, and lifetime memories and connections formed in this office. I knew that it was a special place beyond the daily newspaper it put out.
