2016 was awful. No matter who you are, you probably have a reason to hate 2016.
This board has not been quiet about what we found to be the most troubling in 2016. Rest assured, dear reader — we will continue boldly into the coming year.
There was some good, and we would be remiss to not reflect on all we observed this year.
For every story of hate, we saw stories of people helping each other out. We need to remember going forward that common decency only leaves the public sphere if we allow it to.
2016 was a hard year to be in opinion writing. This board had its faults, but in every instance we tried to be a voice of reason — even if it didn’t make us any friends in the process.
We hope you didn’t always agree with us, but we also hope you got something out of it.
Going into 2017, remember to not let 2016 stop you from being engaged and advocating for the causes you hold dear. We cannot express this enough.
Well, that is it for this semester. It was fun.
We will be back next year with more thoughts, hot takes and poorly thought-out jokes due to days of sleep deprivation.
