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...When you have an important meeting scheduled with your business manager, and he postpones the meeting a couple of hours, don’t fret about your wasted time. This is a perfect opportunity for you to drink whiskey. Seriously. This is how FM works...
...Introduce the entire building to Brian Byrne, The Crimson’s press operator, and his assistant George. As it is, with George coming in to the building to start burning plates at about 4 a.m., and Brian firing up the presses at 6, few people besides FM (where closing out at dawn is the actually the goal) get to interact with these very nice men and skilled professionals. All Crimson editors should have the chance to marvel at the sight of a human being smoking an entire pack of Basic cigarettes at 5 a.m. while simultaneously handling corrosive chemicals...
...Always check your facts, especially when dealing with Harvard’s illustrious faculty. This is something FM is very good at. If you don’t remember whether or not you’ve had sex with Marc Hauser’s wife, make sure our editorial staff position on grade inflation only refers to fornication with the wives of various unnamed members of the psychology department...
Moonlighting for FM (I’ve written a scrutiny, an ITM, two FTMs, and now three endpapers) and proofing the magazine for a year have been my way to keep my love for news burning despite the daily grind. Time and again I’ve entered the FM office for a breath of relatively fresh air, and I’ve been welcomed—despite my “news mentality” and other more substantial faults. For that I am eternally grateful to you, Angie, Rachel, Liz, Ben, Ben, Kenyon, Vicky, Frances and James...
...bring some of the FM spirit to the rest of the building, especially to the folks who come in nearly every day. Work to make the president’s office more like the FM office, but to more people—with a smile and some gossip and maybe some whiskey and Saltines. And dammit, Amit, keep pushing for those big stories...