Dear Readers,

Hello, and welcome to the Alumni Issue! We’re so happy you’re here. As I mentioned last week, we had a little surprise for you all, and this is it! Not only is this a very special special issue (excuse the pun) because we got to speak to so many of the people who have left legacies at Manhattan College, The Quadrangle and beyond, but it also marks the first time in the spring semester that we’re in print! Thanks to your generous donations, we were able to make sure our seniors and the rest of our staff got one last issue in hand to commemorate their time here, and the many accomplishments we’ve made. I thank you, and I know they do too, for helping us make this happen. 

This issue absolutely would not have come together without the support of so many. While we’re used to tracking down students and faculty who are on campus for interviews, it is a completely different beast to manage that with sources who live all over the world. I appreciate every single one of you who we reached out to for your quick and willing responses, and for  taking the time out of your hectic schedules to be a part of our last issue. We are so grateful you did.

This special issue has to be one of our most fascinating yet. Not only does it mark our lovely senior’s transition into becoming alumni of The Quadrangle and of MC themselves, but we were able to connect with so many people who left such a major footprint on this campus. In news, we talk about an alumnus working for NASA trying to make it to places literally out of this world. In features, we talked with alumni of The Quad about some of their coolest experiences since graduating (and they are all VERY cool). In A&E, we put together a JasperJams using alumni responses from an Instagram poll that we took earlier in the week. Lastly, we caught up with alumni who both work in the sports industry as staff and who exist in the industry as professional athletes. Be sure to check it all out, and make sure to read the rest of our content from our regular issue 12 this week.

Until next time,