Spotlight on Alex Strand (I)
Alex, our resident Argo photographer, cruciverbalist and Matcha Lemonade fanatic with the beautiful golden locks: we love you so much and will miss you forever like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky. Thank you for unconditionally supporting us all in our delusions.
From Joanna:
MOMMY ALEX!!! I only discovered Alex Strand at the end of last year. While our time together was short, everything about her is everlasting. Her hugs, her BMW with the Discord gamer seats, the camera at her side. Thank you for driving me around suburbia (West Roxbury), for your jokes, for almost being a News Editor (in another world) and for your endless Google Photos albums.
Let’s not forget that Alex is a powerhouse of her own. Who else could get Ms. Judi Freeman to feature her Eastern Europe photos to every section of Facing History? Who else could get the entirety of the Argo board hooked on Matcha Lemonades and as a result, sell out the Longwood Starbucks of those doggone-addicting drinks? No one but Alex J. Strand.
Alex, life at the Argo will be different without you (and already is, saying this as we are deep in the weeds of Second Edits and dummies). Clearly, the running Argo gossip machine will suffer a great loss when you leave, but you know that we will pick up where you left off.
You are fabulous and I won’t ever forget you. Not sure how I’m going to survive Production Weeks without seeing your face. Please come visit us bearing Matcha Lemonades and hugs in 016 whenever you are back from UVM.
From Andrew:
I ALREADY MISS YOU. My partner in crime and fellow Assistant Photo Editor (with better attendance than our Head Editors <3). You supported me when everyone else on the board was being stinky and super boring, and our Starbucks runs together were the highlight of all production weeks. We may not have been the most productive Editors (sorry, Selizabina), but we were the most fun, which is all that matters! Love you to the moon and to Saturn, my dear co-Entertainer-in-Chief.
From Mari:
Alex!!! Even in the most hectic times, you have been there to console me, whether it be with your humor, hugs or Starbucks runs. Your generosity, (whether it’s dedications of time, storage or money), is to thank for my happiness during Production Weeks!
Thank you for enabling me in my retail therapy excursions, and for helping me recognize that I’m not the problem, everybody else is. There is nobody I will miss more when walking through the barren senior hallway, and there is no hug more comforting for when I am losing my mind. There is a kind aura around you that can make even strangers feel safe in your presence, and since the first day I met you, I knew I would be able to rely on you. I don’t even remember how we got so close so quickly, only that with the blink of an eye, you became one of the most important people in my life.
Thank you for paddling us all through the most difficult production weeks! Argo won’t be the same without you.
— Your favorite juniors
P.S.: Alex J. Strand is the most visually aesthetic name ever. Love you!
