Letter From the Editors

It’s been a whirlwind of a semester, and so has this last Mystician. Coming in at (36) pages, this hefty, sexy beast contains our blood, sweat, and tears from this semester—literally. We want to send y’all off into the summer with stress, excitement, and nostalgia. 

Not only did we talk about the growth of BSC since we have been here for two years at the Mystician, but we also did stories covering the new BSC president, Phi Theta Kappa and different clubs, as well as some exciting interactive pages that you will enjoy.

Then comes the realization—this is it. It’s all over. We’ll tell you we were crying writing this, but we were laughing. Two years of work. 35 Mysticians published. Billions of out of context quotes on our office bulletin. So much time for our office to get to know each other; we’ve grown so close. As Dominic Toretto says, “FAMILY.” Jokes aside, the Mystician is not just a paper—it is the voice of the students, in print, to record the history of our college. Not only is it your voice, but it captures campus culture, listening to the questions, and telling the stories.

The staff has grown from an OG group of five people. They started off like Forrest Gump, saying “I dunno what I’m doing!” and grew to around 15 students, made up of writers, editors, photographers, and graphic designers who finally (kind of) know what they are doing. Go team, slaaay!

Here is some wisdom from the office during layout week (layout weeks are scary guys. Trust. Watch out for red pens, diabolical quotes, and Kayden).

Sophia: “No more child abuse for you Kayden.”

Liberty (cont.): “It’s time for domestic violence. Welcome to the big leagues.”

Sophia when Kayden’s friend mode was off, boss mode on: “The tone of this woman!”

Throws ball at Sophia

Sophia: “Ow that hurt”

Mygel: “That was only 2% of my throwing power.”

Mygel: “We hate you Sophia.”

Sophia: “That’s fine, I’m hated by many.”

Liberty: “Love is not supposed to be conditional.”

Kayden (cont.): “How would you know?”

Kayden: “Grow up! Be a man you woman!”

We will miss you. Yes. You. Our readers (DUN DUN DUUUUN!!!!!) We are sad to go, but we know we are leaving the Mystician in good hands. Maybe. As long as there is our Mystician adviser karen Bauer, we know the Mystician will be just fine. 

We all learned so much from our two years here. Kayden learned that with great power, comes great responsibility. Starting her role as Editor-In-Chief at 16 years old, she has grown into a real adult, and sadly, the staff can no longer make minor jokes about her.

Sophia learned that people don’t like Canada because of the fires. Especially Mygel, who consistently was a meanie despite not knowing what Saskatchewan was. Sophia is not sure he even knows what Canada is yet. Sophia also learned patience. Or unlearned it. As she likes to say (especially this second year of college), “Gosh, idiots!”

Now, our final recount of the year. Enjoy!

Est. 998 coffees and energy drinks consumed, yet no sanity was saved.

52 crashouts

156 red pens thrown (and 67 innocent bystanders affected)

141 out of context quotes

Being a part of the Mystician has been so much fun. We have learned so much about communism from Kayden, the dutch from Libby, sushi from Mygel, Lord of the Rings from Isaiah, Canada from Sophia, movies from Tinashe, music from Jaxon, running from Paysha, listening to Michael, the twin dynamic from Kayla and Kerstin, super smash bros from Braxton, blonde hatred from Maddie, art from Katie, and love from karen. We suffer together, we cry together. We bleed INK, not BLOOD. So, farewell BSC, AND THANK YOU (dramatic voice).