Letter from the Editor:

This is my last letter! I'm overcome with nostalgia as I write this -we've had some great times. In the past few months, if I do say so, Versus has progressed by leaps and bounds (due entirely to the hard work and ass-kicking of those names to my left) and we have had a ton of fun. Don't cry just yet though; we'll be back just in time for the intolerable August heat.

So we talked to Colbie this week, and yes, it was everything I had hoped for and more. Check out the podcast of culture editor Courtney Roger's interview with the budding songstress; she is exactly as mellow and sincere as you might think. Her favorite color is seafoam green; she said if she could be any animal in the world she would be a bird. Well, Colbie, if you're a bird, I'm a bird.

Speaking of Rites of Spring, the festivities go down tomorrow at 4 p.m. The festival kicks off with a Battle of the Bands competition of student bands, which segues into a night of bona fide, excellent live music. Those of you incapable of making your own plans for Friday and Saturday nights, rejoice. The Music Group has you taken care of until 1 a.m. both nights.

I leave you with words from the 1990's hit film "Pretty Woman," in the timeless words of the wise Kit DeLuca.

"I gotta split, goodbyes make me crazy."

Darcy Newell