The issue comes to you in a time of many goodbyes. Of course, in a school setting, the end of every year means saying goodbye to something. It could be goodbye to your dorm. Goodbye to a friend who is graduating. Goodbye to a professor who will be taking sabbatical next year. This year, The Threefold staff has an unexpected and difficult goodbye.
While the end of the Spring 2022 semester marks the closure of the communication department who has supported us for decades, it also marks the closed doors of our beloved Triangle Room, The Threefold’s home for the past 10 years.
Just a decade ago, the once theatre-style classroom was transformed into a refreshing and accessible area for communication students to practice their skills and respond to rapidly changing technology and needs in their field. Student journalists that sat in the Triangle Room went on to learn multi-media skills such as video and social media, vital to success in journalism and with live news broadcasting and reporting.
The room allowed the students to interact more with campus, often hosting special events such as the 2020 Election Night Coverage. According to Anali Reyes, a communication major when the Triangle Room opened, this location let campus know “that we exist.”
Dozens of student reporters, broadcasters, editors, writers, photographers and graphic designers have enjoyed that space for the past decade. We loved the blue walls, bright lighting, large desks, arrays of communications technology and the stacks of wrapped newspapers. We often spent late nights in that office, so we made it our own with posters and picture frames. So, we have to be honest; we are devastated to leave our space behind.
Next semester, The Threefold will be located on the second floor of the cathedral. We are thankful that we were able to provide input and feedback on the new space, and we are excited for the memories that will be made in the new office. The late layout nights will continue. The deep discussions about current events will carry on. The collective group panic will still demand attention when someone asks if “governor” is spelled out or abbreviated in AP Style. The community that The Threefold and the Triangle Room brought together will not change as a result of us moving rooms, but the current members will never forget the feeling of being in a space that was built specifically for us and the needs of our program.
We do not know what our space will become, but we know that it will serve the next group well. Communication students would agree that it feels like home, and it is always hard to say goodbye to home. As we take a moment to lament the loss of our home, we also recognize the desire to make our new space our home too. It won’t be the same, but that doesn’t change us or our mission: to bring you truthful, interesting, ethical and important news, while practicing the highest standards of journalism. Thank you for all of your support over the years and we look forward to bringing you more content that you will love after we settle into our new space next year.