And Now We Take Our Final Curtain.

Old blue eyes himself was chairman of the board, which if your part of the Rat Pack is the coolest position to old, well I may not be Chairman of the board but I am the new editor-in-chief of The "Union," yes that is right, your friendly neighborhood Miles Villalon has been named editor-in-chief. I will give you a second to let the thought process in your head (1,2,3,4,5....) all right enough thinking about it all ready just know that as the semester comes to a close I all ready am anticipating next fall semester and how we can improve. It sounds like such a daunting task to be the main guy of such a prestigious publication, but I take everything in strides.

At more pressing issue is that after 11:45 p.m. many of my colleagues run on the "Union" will end and my new era as EIC with a new ed board and new staff will begin. Plain and simple. It may be the last time I see Suzy, Miyu, jen, and Megan for a while at least. Tomorrow like end of "Saturday Night Live" where everyone gathers on the stage everyone of them will say goodbye to the "Union" and yet 15 minutes later I begin my job as EIC (though Miyu won't officially give me the title until the 12th) and joining me are some brave new souls:

News Editors: Alex Curran and Maria Gonzalez
Sports Editors: John Bradley and Jorge Camarilllo
Arts Editor: Yvonne Lopez
Features editor: Danielle Hutton
Opinion Editor: Roxanna "Roxy" Martinez

All these people seem like dedicated members and I can't wait to see what I have to offer. It is almost befitting to be taking over the staff and following in such gifted precendents: Anna Mavromati, Matt Lopez, Pearl Sheets and Miyu Kataoka. Now I can add my name to that distinguished list. While not as cool it is like watching Conan O'Brien take over for Jay Leno on the "Tonight Show" except where it was the "Union" with Miyu Kataoka, it is now "the Union with Miles Villalon." An order of sucession I am so very proud to follow in the footsteps of.

Also as the semester nears I want to say Thank You to many people who helped make not only my page possible but many other pages possible this semester, so here it goes my thank you list:

Thank You NH(new hire) Kate McLaughlin for being there when we needed help and always being willing to stick it out with us.

Thank You all the lovely people in ICC for putting up with me and my questions and helping me when i needed it: Thank you Walter, Michelle, Ana, Chris and Jennifer because without you guys half my stories would not even be published.

Thank You the lovely ladies and gentlemen of ASO (Associated Student Organization) for also giving me the time of day so I can actually write some good stories about you. Thank You Megan McLean, Ivana Poste, Angelina Nader, Josh Casper, John Fornes, Deyja and even Liz for putting up with my constant nagging and hunting for ASO people. I know you are all busy people and when you make it to the top of the political sphere: Make sure you remember me in the White House.

Thank You the many students and faculty of EC who helped participate in any stories I may have written or stories that were on my page especially of a couple of people in one of my other classes who were not afraid to shed light on a dark subject by being sources in my domestic abuse page.

Thank You Harold Tyler for giving me any information I may suddenly need and always taking the time out of your schedule to talk to me.

and Thank you's all around to the Union writers because without them there is no Union, the editors put it together but the writers bring it life and we are appreciative of that. I wish my current editorial board could take a bow for me before heading off into the mystic but instead I will end wit this: Nick, Suzy, Jen, Jeanette, Filip, Tony, Megan and Miyu I think we've Lost that loving feeling:



And on that note another round of applause for a semester well done!