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Dear Readers,

Hello, and welcome to Issue 13 – the last one of the year. 

Our last spring issue always puts me in a deeply reflective state, as I look back on not only the semester, but the academic year. We bid farewell to our seniors and prepare to welcome a new class in the fall, and look back on everything that’s happened on our campus, the good and the bad, that we’ve had the privilege of covering these past nine months.

This issue also gives me an opportunity to say my thank yous to the graduating class. Angelina Persaud – I’m not quite sure where to begin. You have been my confidant since the beginning. You are the reason I know everything I do about AP Style, working with writers and how to pull together a decent news story. You were the most wonderful mentor and right hand woman I could ever ask for, and I know I will feel your missing presence each week in Kelly 4.12. Karen Flores – my mentor, and one of my first introductions to The Quad. Thank you for seeing the potential in me before I saw it myself, and for always being an ear to listen even three years later. To our other graduating seniors: Angelina Perez, Isaiah Rosario, Mack Olmsted, Elizabeth Kalaj, Victoria Schiller and Jill Tuthill – you each have left a unique impact on this 100 years (and counting) tradition. Your mentorship and service as writers, editors and everything in between has forever left an impact on this publication. Your presence will be missed, and I promise to uphold your memory in each meeting as we do of every alumni that’s come before you. I am grateful to have worked with you, proud to have served as your Editor-in-Chief and cannot wait to see where you all end up. 

You’ll notice in this issue, in addition to our staff’s farewells, we feature the graduating seniors who make up our 2025 Quad 10. This is an ongoing tradition The Quadrangle has to recognize the best and the brightest in each graduating class. This year’s group is especially impressive, and I hope you’ll take a moment to read through their profiles that our staff compiled. 

As I bid you farewell for the summer, I cannot thank each of you enough for taking the time to read and support student journalism each week. The fight to be in print continues, but your support of our online presence and staff as a whole means the world. 

While we may not be publishing for the coming months, I will still be online regularly. Please feel free to reach out to us via social media or at thequad@manhattan.edu. 

It has been an honor to complete my third semester as Editor-in-Chief, and I can’t wait to come back in the fall for my fourth and final, better than ever before. 

Until next time,