The Toban thanks you
As our 2005-06 publishing year draws to a close, the Manitoban wishes to express tremendous gratitude to those who gave of their time to the paper. To anyone who contributed to the Manitoban this year in the way of writing, photography, artwork, comics, diversions, news tips, letters to the editor, or even sending in complaints, we thank you for making the effort to get involved, even if only in a seemingly small way.
We would also like to acknowledge those volunteers who dedicated larger portions of their time to the paper, and we extend our congratulations to our Volunteer of the Year, Andrew Lodge.
In spite of the fact that he is an undoubtedly busy medical student, Andrew managed to contribute in a big way to the paper, writing several features and interviewing such prominent figures as Noam Chomsky.
We would also like to acknowledge our three runners-up for Volunteer of the Year: Chris Simonite, Shawna Sweeney and Derek Law, whose efforts we valued immensely.
Beyond that, we’d like to acknowledge and thank each and every volunteer that made a contribution this year, and the following is a list of those individuals, in no particular order:
Jason Gulay, Brendan Boyd, Laura Blakely, Chris Simonite, Marc LaCasse, Andrew Lodge, Will “Octagon” Gibson, Ryan Polinsky, Signe Knuston, Bryan Peeler, Shawna Sweeney, Darryl Nanka, Dan Bockstael, Timothy Schwinghamer, Bram Adey, Ryan Hladun, Saisaku Ikeda, Scott Stephens, Davidson Falade, David Orchard, Vito Sutanto, Warren Britton, Joel Trenaman, Christen Roos, Troy Stozek, Linda West, Dylan Ferguson, Michael Elves, Alex A. McCowan, James Howard, Cory Anderson, Kelsey Nicholls, Pete Hettinga, Tyler Clarke, Ajitpaul Mangat, Ari Handon, Dean Dornbush, Melanie Nott, Terry Wuerz, Mike Laverty, Amanda Azia, Charlotte Leferink, Candace Caligiuri, Alexis Dirks, Ryan Simmons, Chelse McKee, Sarah Jauch, Ian Jolowka, Brook Jones, Erin Stewart, Vince Teetaert, Andrea Dubois, Ryan J. Weiss, Sanya Anwar, Malcolm Shute, Jarrett Myskiw, Lindsay Poggemiller, Jarjit Gill, David G. Williamson, Carla Marie Loewen, Chris Carter, Maya Oppenheimer, Paul Abramson, Clark Sheldon, Leanne DeJaegher, Majed Hargaaya, Tanya Procyshyn, Stephanie Fulford, Clark Sheldon, Derek Law, Matthew Havens, Damien Gagne, Scott McLaren, Todd Wiebe, Lani Bender, jana Samolesky, Daniel Camaclang, Sigourney Burrell, Jill Peters, Lisa Waldner, Kyle Harden, Sarah Jones, Andrew Smith, Stacy Billingsley, Michael Schwandt, Derek Sawatzky, Peter Hughes, Justin Lee, Doug Engstrom, Karli Colpitts, Jim Johansson, Rahul Jaswal, Dave Yanisiw, Daniel Thau-Eleff, Chris Lam, Ivana Sobat, Mark cohoe, Mike Beedell, Pat Macklem, Markus T. Ziesmann, Karl Hildebrandt, Rebecca Coish, Patrick Botts, Kouki Murakami, Richard Glade, Rachel Walton, Michael Kirkpatrick, Adri Naylor, Andy Gillvray, Aviva ciplinski, Meredith Mitchell, Marin Bonk, Catherine Toews, Robyn Loewen, Cam Bush, Liz Garlicki, Ross Prusakowski, Sarah Bezan, Anthony Torres, Cindy Tam, Kelly Morton, Kathryn McBurney, Sean McGillivray, Susan Blight, Jared McKetiak, Lindsay Moore, Norah Bowman, Darryn Nymchuk, Jennifer Christie Ilkew, Tracy Hunt, Lynne Fernandez, Elliott Brown, Jason Boissonneault, PatchesWpg, Daniel Molinski, Aaron Blouw, Susan Collins, Ryan Simmons, Jeff Chief, David Fort, Steven Silva, Davis Macklin, Melissa Turner, Dale Nesbitt, Patrick Smith, Garry Sran, Meredith Mitchell, Ian Stoez, Erin Stewart, Sabrina Carnevale, David Streit, David Cavett-Goodwin, Michael Banias, Peter Ives, Jenny Yee, Carley Friesen, Andres Barker, Meghan Gallant, Tope Oriola, Matt Soprovich, Chris Solic, David West, Jasmin Pichlyk.
I would also like to extend a tremendous thank-you to every one of my colleagues here at the paper. There is not a lot of glamour involved with working for the Toban: our staff is generally underpaid and overworked, but they do what they do because it’s a labour of love, so thanks to each of you for your admirable dedication and hard work.
I said it at the beginning of the year, and I’ll say it again: the Manitoban only has the potential to grow and improve as student involvement increases, so keep that in mind when you’re deciding what to do with your “extra-curricular” time and energy in the fall.
Thanks for reading the Toban, and have a great summer!
