During my last 48 hours in Evanston, I found myself penning my senior column. Lying on the sun deck at The Link, basking in the warmth of a sun-drenched day with temperatures in the 80s, I reminisced about the journey of the past four years. Let’s rewind to where it all began. Back in high school, I applied early decision to Northwestern for its journalism program, and I even expressed my desire to write for The Daily in my Why NU essay.