Our idea is that campus journalism should be like journalism in the real world. So we started to adopt practices that professional journalists do, like publishing stories as soon as they occur, and planning them out in advance in the form of a ‘content calendar’.

We looked back at the year that was and made this shortlist of Amaranth stories that we believe made an impact in 2017.

A publication without its struggles is impossible. There is no such thing as smooth sailing for people like us.

True love is felt when we are in our diapers. When we're a baby, we subsist through the love of our parents. And when we're old and sick, we exit life with the comfort of those who love us. The circle of life spins on the axis of unconditional love.

Looking back, it all seemed so simple now. What rightful anger I had at the unfairness of the world, I embraced it wholeheartedly, letting it consume me. I almost lost the person I loved dearly, and I lost myself.

At some point in our lives, we are presented with choices, two roads to travel, and some have three or more. Just like how we had the chance to chose a college program. We may have different stories about it, but 5 out of 10 stories are about choosing the “wrong” program and only to realize it later.

I'll realize that in the end, the reason why I ended up hurting was because this was meant to happen in the first place. Life wanted it to happen, and I could argue that forgiving you was the best takeaway this could give me, but no; it's knowing that my strength allowed me to settle and let things be, and see you happy. Did you ever feel the same way? I guess we’d never know.

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