CM Life made 5-year college experience worthwhile
It was pretty fitting that the title to this year’s Central Michigan Life video was, “This is your life.”
For five years, CM Life has been my life.
This is my final hurrah and the hardest thing I have ever written.
The fact is I didn’t do a whole lot with last week’s papers, next year’s staff was been behind them; this one, however, is my last.
I have been a part of more than 400 editions of CM Life, whether it was as a lousy sports writer or the editor.
The memories are priceless. The fun with the staff was as endless as the criticism.
I have made friends and lost friends because of this newspaper and, well, those who know me, know I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I have met more people through this paper than I could write about, upset more people than I can fill the pages with, written things I wish I could take back and didn’t write things I wish I would have.
Without this paper, there really is no Adam Trumble, so leaving this to begin my full-time job at The Alpena News leaves a small gap in my life.
For five years, this newspaper has been the biggest part of the most memorable five years of my life.
In my five years, I have witnessed more than 25 Mid-American Conference Championships, more than any other school.
I saw a perfect game by Amber Puchalski, an NCAA Tournament run by the men’s basketball team, the softball team’s defeat of the No.1 team in the nation, the building of three new residence halls and the beginning of more and the opening of the library and health professions buildings.
I remember taking tests in the testing center, checking books out of Finch Fieldhouse and watching baseball at the old Theunissen Stadium.
I walked into the CM Life office in Anspach Hall before my freshman year began and was handed the field hockey beat.
Today I will empty my desk out and become Adam Trumble — no longer Mr. CM Life, a title I love but am ready to shed.
Having seen the paper improve each and every year, I leave knowing I have done everything I can in my time here.
So as my space is running out, I will retire this four-year old mug shot and leave this paper — the best college newspaper in the state — with simply the following.
Thank you. It’s been fun and I would do it all over again in a heart beat.
Life Editor Adam Trumble can be reached for comment at amtrumble@yahoo.com.
