Why shant we?

The Verbal Seduction couldn't have been more wonderful.

I am giddy. Giddy.

Grad students were so supportive of what we do and how the new issue looks.

Once a month next semester we will have a reading.

With Paola live via web cam.

8 people read, and we'll get even more next time.

Alexis at Second Story Books is also amazingly supportive of us.

She is going to SELL the issue. I told her no, she insisted, so go for it! $3 bucks for VS in it's glory!

We are going to get ETS and Grad Student funding next semester and be glorious.

I don't want to go to bed. I don't want this feeling to end.

Come on, world. Try me.

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This hit me at 3am as I found myself unable to fall back asleep and wandering a chilly house in search for cranberry juice. If nothing else, if not the people I've met, friends made and lost, papers written, knowledge gained, job I could potentially get after this, how I've changed, if nothing else, I've left behind Verbal Seduction. This issue made me see how far the magazine has come which is going to make it hard to let go of. We've become an actual magazine. It look professional. It has undergrads, grads and faculty between its covers. Yes, we lost a lot of money from SA for the spring, but because of how we've grown and the dedication of some members, the ETS department is willing to get involved in funding. Even if it is on a semesterly basis and not permanent, it is something. We can even go to the graduate association and request money. Glorious. Everything is wonderful.