To our Exemplary Peers, Exceptional Staff, and Exquisite Community,

Allow these words to stir the thoughts in your mind, to create emotions that are as of yet undescribed, and to battle the winds of life. Look! Read! Something is right in front of your eyes and yet you are missing it! Think of the stars not as mere flashes of light in the night sky, but as the view of an unperceivable and yet extraordinary universe waiting to be explored. Think of a pencil not merely as a piece of wood and graphite, but rather as the tool with which you can write a beautiful world into existence. A world that may only exist on paper, but catalogs a unique perspective of what could be. 

We think not of you as solely the readers, but as the minds we impact with something as small as 9 pt font. For us, we will be eternally grateful that our rollercoaster has given us the ride of a lifetime and we are once again inviting you to join us just before… the beginning, because we have so much longer before we can even grasp the existence of the end. Yet we ask you, do words end? Will they forever be lost to the parts of a recycled tree, or will they ignite a spark? No, not a spark… a flame! 

Please allow us this moment to reminisce on all that we have accomplished because of you. Our infinite thanks go to our newest and fantastic partners around the Gallatin Valley, our unbelievably amazing readers, and the family we’ve created amongst our staff.

With a dramatic reveal, an April issue in which we take tabloids and satire to a whole new level, here’s to these next few pages. Enjoy!

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The Editorial Staff