Thankfulness // The Observer

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Feeling homesick for people

Ashton Weber | Monday, April 20, 2020

I may not be the “Observer Columnist of the Century”or anything, but I hope I’ve done a decent enough job this past year to keep you reading. If not, congrats! This is the last time in a while you’ll be hearing from me. What sorts of things does one share in their final column? I

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The good old days

Benjamin Padanilam | Friday, March 2, 2018

“I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.” When I took over as Editor-in-Chief a year ago, I had no idea what exactly I was getting myself into. Sure, I had some expectation of the level of responsibility that would be required of me.

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The people who built me

Margaret Hynds | Friday, March 3, 2017

For one more day, I have an office in the basement of South Dining Hall with a breathtaking view of an interior hallway and a rather beat-up couch slumped against the wall. There are yellowing newspapers taped up on display, press credentials tacked to the corkboard and a gently used “Play like a champion” poster