A Buddhist Monk once told me...

Stephen and I have been through journalism and life together. Hell, he even took a semester off and I took a summer class just so we could be on the same class schedule from 301 on, so it's only right that we write this post together.

College: We never used to get why they called it higher education. Of course we learned how to frame an interview and what a cut away is but like with all lessons the most important are learned outside the classroom.

We just never thought that the lesson that was the defining experience of our college careers would happen in a Jimmy John's waiting for a sober rise home from the sandwich delivery guy: sitting with heads in hands trying to comprehend the ridiculousness of the original KUJH-TV night out we heard what is and probably continue to be the greatest speech of our lives from the infamous Samuel C Knowlton.

"Once during my journeys I came across a Buddhist monk for Tibet. He granted me that I could ask him one question. I asked the question that anyone would ask: what is the most important thing in life? The monk nodded his head and took a few seconds before he responded. He calmly cleared his throat and answered the people you meet in life. To this point in my life I have found that this advice is the most truthful statement I have ever heard."

Like we've always said about just any assignment in journalism if Knowlton says or does it, it's probably right. Honestly though, the people we've met along the way have made the difference in our college careers.

What would a day in the newsroom be without Wiebs having to walk down to the editing bays a million times to help us with Final Cut? How would we ever pass the time in class if Knowlton didn't randomly break into monologues and ridiculously complicated questions? These are all questions we don't know the answer to and are glad we never had to ponder.

We know there isn't a way to thank all of you but you made our time in the newsroom unforgettable. We both wanted to do something special to show our appreciation but in true Brad and Stephen fashion we waited until last minute and ended up half-assing it. Here's a short slide show instead.