Loyola Phoenix · Mar 13, 2020
Column: I Understand Why Senior Year is Ending This Way. That Doesn’t Make It Any Easier, Though.
Loyola men's volleyball head coach Mark Hulse looks on as his team takes on McKendree at Gentile Arena Feb. 27.It wasn’t supposed to end like this.
My last game as a student journalist shouldn’t have been at Arch Madness, but at a softball game at Loyola Softball Park. I should be enjoying my final two months on Loyola’s campus, taking my final strolls to class as I prepare for the “real world.” Most of all, I should be putting together five more issues of The Phoenix with the entire staff.
Instead, I’m on an Amtrak train home — a Friday morning in the middle of March. No, it’s not for spring break. No, it’s not for a weekend trip to get some family time.