Editorial

Its 3 am again, another night spent working on Signum Vitalis (it’s been many, many long nights; and at least a thousand cups of coffee) - and yet this is the hardest part: trying to pen down what that experience has been like. It’s been a crazy, nerve wracking year, but incredibly rewarding and fulfilling. A year of ups and downs, but mostly ups. Though when the downs came, they hit hard. Especially around exam time, when we realised that failing had become a grimly realistic possibility (Am I right, Ant? Uz, I know you’ll do really well like you always do!)

Bringing out a college yearbook is NOT an easy job, (I knew that all along), but no one told me exactly how difficult it would be. I had no clue that I’d be spending SO many Saturday nights in my room cradling my laptop, that I’d have so many pen drives lying on my desk (I hope I returned them all!), that I’d watch so many sunrises because I stayed awake all night, that I’d have to send so many msgs to the 25 people in my board (oh my God, the phone bill!)…

All the hard work and anxiety paid off in the end: flipping through the pages of the almost-ready Mag, I'm realising it was completely worth it! How we got to this stage after starting with nothing, I’ll never completely understand. But we did it! We made a magazine! (yes, Congratulations EdBoard 2009!)

We tried to give SV a whole new look, to approach it from a new perspective. A yearbook is about memories of college life and friends, and this year we've tried to capture that essence of KMC. We're a close-knit student community (one of the best things about KMC) and I hope we work towards maintaining that in the years to come.



Many people made this magazine and my sanity possible:

My parents, for being supportive and for not cribbing about my grades. Mom, for constantly bombarding me with ideas: some crazy, some quite awesome.

Ant and Uz, for sharing my responsibilities! I felt more secure and in control with you around.

Being inspired all year round was something I wouldn't have been able to do without my EdBoard. You guys are the most talented bunch of people I know, and we worked incredibly well as a team! Thank you for being there, for keeping the ball rolling, for not letting us run out of steam.

For putting up with all my middle-of-the-night-panic-attack phone calls, thank you to Ash and Suki. Would have LOST MY MIND COMPLETELY without your constant, firm nudges to keep me on the right track.

A warm thank you to SV for helping out (for no reason at all) with candids and batch photographs (HOW did you manage to arrange all those people into such perfect rows??! Even the photographer was impressed). Thanks also for listening to me rant about how my life was spiraling out of control, and for not letting it spiral out of control. Thanks for planning my days when I was too tired to think, and for feeding me when I had no time to think about meals.

…and that’s it from me (Famous last words??)
Enjoy the Mag!

Miracle Drug
Editor-in-Chief