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Promises to keep?

      

Garth McLennan

Editor in Chief

ince becoming the managing

editor of The Other Press, I’ve

had a little difficulty coming up
with a compelling letter to the editor, or
‘Lettitor’ as we’ve grown accustomed
to calling the space you’re reading now,
each week. At first glance, it doesn’t seem
like that complex of a task; after all, I
wrote five or six articles per week back in
my sports editor days.

However, it feels different now.
Penning the lead article every week
comes with, to me at least, a certain
amount of responsibility. Logistically,
this should be the very first article you
see when you thumb through the pages
of your esteemed student newspaper, and
because of that, I try my best each week
to come up with a lettitor that hopefully
makes you think, maybe makes you laugh
a little bit and perhaps most importantly,
makes you want to keep on reading
through the rest of the paper.

So for the very first edition of The
Other Press in 2011, I had my plans for
this week’s lettitor all mapped out. My
theme was going to be about New Year’s
resolutions. It seemed to really fit the
time of year; just about everyone has
an opinion on them and I figured I had
something to say on the subject.

It was to my dismay however, when
I found out that several other writers
were planning on speaking at length
about New Year’s resolutions as well, and
sure enough, there are three or four very
strong articles on the topic to be found in
the following pages. Upon reflection, it’s
a good thing that we had those articles
(after all, they are good stories). They

 

made me give some good thought to
resolutions. I, like many people, made my
own list of resolutions this year and again
like many people, I fully intend to live up
to them (for now at least).

I’ve seen and heard a lot of negative
vibes surrounding New Year’s resolutions
though. So, which are they: good or bad?
Essential for every December 31" or a
waste of time?

I get both sides of the argument, and
I know that the vast majority of people
out there have a tendency to put their
resolutions on hold indefinitely or simply
abandon them altogether, but I’m still
going to say that on the whole, it’s good
to make resolutions. We all have baggage,
and I don’t think anyone realistically
believes that the passing into a new year
is going to wipe any slate completely
clean, but there’s nothing wrong with
trying to create a fresh start.

I think that what the whole notion of
a New Year’s resolution boils down to is
our ability to hope. We all want tomorrow
to look a little brighter, and even if we
don’t wind up adhering to our resolutions,
there’s nothing wrong with hoping for a
better tomorrow.

 

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