Thanks to all of you who wrote in since our last issue -- a record number of letters and emails for a regular issue! We appreciate your interest, comments, suggestions and corrections.
This will be the last time I write to you as editor of SJSU Washington Square. My retirement after 13 busy and remarkable years at San José State is close upon me.
Be assured that I am leaving you, dear readers, in the good hands of the WSQ team: Eunice Ockerman, designer; Mansi Bhatia, Jody Ulate and Kat Meads, writers; Sharon Hall, photographer; and our sportswriter Dave Newhouse. Working with these talented colleagues to bring you the stories of SJSU has been a delight and a privilege.
Another reason I have enjoyed editing WSQ is that the university and its family of alumni hold a near-inexhaustible supply of stories -- a mother lode if you will, waiting to be mined by the alert and curious.
We see ourselves as those explorers -- searching, sifting, intent on bringing you the treasures this campus holds. Not only is there abundance, but great variety. Our stories emerge from the fields of science and art, from high tech and urban planning, from engineering, finance, education and many more. They arise from the intriguing questions and everyday problems that SJSU faculty members and students tackle in their research. And from the news of the day, physical changes on campus and the achievements of our graduates.
We continue to see the thread of transformation in so much of what we write about. In this issue, you'll get a pulse-taking look at the ailing world of print journalism -- whither next the fourth estate? You'll meet a 62-year-old alumnus who transformed his life through the martial arts and regularly converts others to what he sees as his noble calling; and you'll hear from students whose life perspectives are permanently altered by travel and study abroad.
I invite you to stay tuned to SJSU Washington Square as the baton is passed to a new editor. I will be cheering from the sidelines and look forward to tracking WSQ in my new role -- as a dedicated reader.
Sylvia Light, Editor
Read Washington Square Summer 2009.
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