Supernovas: Past Editors-In-Chief Reflect On The Star and Beyond
I was a wet-behind-the-ears, wide-eyed freshman wandering around the campus activities fair when a boisterous voice yelled out, “Well, hello there!–join the Star!” The voice belonged to Monica Sandreczki, then editor-in-chief of the Star. Her influence prompted me to sign up and so began a four-year stint at Houghton’s weekly.
There were many things that impacted me from working at the Star, but what I will always remember is this: locking up the Star office at 2 AM (and sometimes later) on Thursday mornings after sending the paper to print. The chilly, lonely campus at that hour might as well have been paradise with the elated, full feeling rising from somewhere in my chest. Our paper, a team effort, was going to be published. We had spent a week keeping our ear pricked for stories, pestering writers (“are you going to send that article in? ARE YOU??”), chasing down sources (sometimes literally), drinking umpteen cups of Sodexo Starbucks coffee, and it was all for producing this essential piece of campus dialogue. Work at the Star was lots of fun and deeply satisfying.
Now, after graduating last year with a degree in political science, I work for a health organization that serves refugee communities in Buffalo, NY. While my work is rewarding in a different way, I admit that sometimes I start to get wistful for the work at Houghton’s little paper. So thanks Monica, Kristen, all other section editors that I’ve worked with, and most especially last year’s be-sweatered staff. It was a blast.
Sarah Hutchinson ’14
Editor 2013-2014
