{"id":5344,"date":"2020-05-01T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T23:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=5344"},"modified":"2020-05-01T18:00:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T23:00:44","slug":"a-tribute-to-our-section-editor-caisi-calandra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=5344","title":{"rendered":"A Tribute to Our Section Editor, Caisi Calandra"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Jasey Roberts<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I met Caisi Calandra about a semester ago; she is a good friend of my good friends, and it would\u2019ve been impossible for us not to meet at some point. This makes sense. But I didn\u2019t, I think, make a very good impression the first time I met her. I was in the middle of a quarrel with my girlfriend and didn\u2019t know what I\u2019d done wrong. Somehow the only people left at our table in Commons were me, my girlfriend, and Caisi, who made small talk and tried introducing herself, but we completely stonewalled her. I remember a long, strategic silence on my part and, Caisi, ever the diplomat, (and not knowing either of us) offered gently: \u201cI can move if you guys want me to.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Time passed. I found out what I\u2019d done wrong (said something thoughtless and dumb – figures), and Caisi and I started sitting together and sharing lots of meals. When the others weren\u2019t there, Caisi usually was watching a YouTube video or working on some kind of project for seminar. The friend I found in Caisi Calandra was one who was more quiet and pensive than my other friends at college, but at the same time sort of devilish and free-spirited as well. When you\u2019re asked to write a tribute article about someone, you\u2019re sort of forced to stop and ask yourself, \u201cwell, dang, what are some cool things about this person?\u201d With Caisi, however, I don\u2019t really need to ask myself that. She\u2019s a wonderful writer, one of the most skilled people I\u2019ve ever seen at the make-your-own-omelet station, a first-class section editor, an excellent conversationalist, and a faithful, caring friend. During the meal times spent with her, I talked about my future after college, and asked what she had planned for hers. I marveled at one of these adults who \u201chad it all figured out.\u201d While I think I speak for everyone on the Brackety-Ack staff in saying that I\u2019m excited to see where she goes and what she does next, I\u2019m also sad as a friend to see her go.<\/span><\/p>\n

Best of luck with your future endeavors, Caisi!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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