Have you ever had to give up something you really, truly love? I have had to professionally, and it still causes me brief moments of grief when I’m feeling reflective about it. I loved being a sports journalist, and then a more general editor. Or, more specifically, I loved being in a newsroom. It is, for me, one of the most interesting types of rooms you can be in. Back in the “glory” days—and I came into the game well past its expiration date—I remember that distinct feeling when I got off the corner elevator in the Clocktower Building and walked into the Eagle newsroom. It’s that slight hum of noise that reverberates throughout the building, chitter chatter from the advertising team, news meetings on the fly with editors, and that boisterous sports section just shooting the shit, talking sports. Those truly were the days.