There is a purpose to each chapter within a story. The Clipper and EvCC as a whole has been an entire chapter or maybe even a couple chapters for me. My EvCC story began a long time ago.

My grandfather looked at his children as they progressed through middle school and high school and yearned for that same knowledge. He decided right then and there to go back to school to further his learning at EvCC. Almost 50 years later, here I am, wrapping up my final issue at The Clipper, and preparing to leave the community that has guided my grandfather’s life, my father’s and now my own.

Exactly a year ago, I sat in The Clipper office beaming at my soon-to-be staff and planning how I wanted to impact this community. We made plans of further embedding ourselves within the school, listening to the concerns and questions of the students and recognizing and defining what creates the community in Everett Community College.

With three quarters of setting up structures, perfecting layouts and editing stories to reflect the community, we have created a newspaper that tells the story of EvCC.

It is my pleasure to announce that these themes and efforts will continue into next year’s Clipper as Samantha Chapman leads as Editor-in-Chief. Samantha, along with the rest of the senior staff, Monica Aguilera and Cassylee Mead, have big hopes and dreams to expand the voice of The Clipper and will take great strides in writing their own stories and weaving them through the pages of next year’s Clipper.

I am grateful for this opportunity to reflect EvCC, my appreciation for those who walk the halls of EvCC has increased so much. The Clipper’s editing team for the past year has been a group of the most capable, compassionate, and creative people I know and I hope you have been able to see the EvCC story we have been able to create.

Thank you for a great year,

Savannah Perkins
Editor-in-Chief , 2014-15