Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief

Thank you for picking up this month’s edition of the Encounter, “Flipping Through Time.” This issue is dedicated to every Encounter publication that has come before it, including the Interlude. The Interlude ran from 1925 to 1969 as the College of St. Francis' student newspaper. On the front and back of this issue, you will find a collage of every Interlude cover. On the inside of the back cover, a page consists of Encounter logos from present and past.

We wanted to take the time to honor all the pieces that have come before ours. A lot of work goes into writing, designing and producing the Encounter each month. It feels wrong to simply store leftover copies away without a second thought. For this reason, my Assistant Editor, Jessica Scroppo, and I spent weeks picking through old editions of both the Encounter and the Interlude to find pieces that are still relevant today.

This entire process has been incredibly informative and insightful for the Encounter staff. Being able to reflect on the work that we have published in the past has helped us decide what work we would like to publish in the future. Within this issue, you will find past pieces that were published in the Encounter or the Interlude. Beside them, our staff has written accompanying articles that comment on the topic or provide a current insight on an issue. In addition, we have added art and graphics from previous issues to each page.

I’m incredibly grateful that I had the opportunity to see what the Editors-in-Chief that came before me created and published. Hopefully, one day, another editor will be just as lucky as I was to flip through time and appreciate all the hard work and passion that goes into each issue.

To learn more about this experience, make sure to read the article “A Reflection” on page 34 and 35.

Again, thank you for picking up the “Flipping Through Time” edition of the Encounter! I hope you love and appreciate it as much as we do.

With love, Sarah Vandermolen

Photo courtesy of Jessica Scroppo