# @smeharbinger on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CsCX2KRJyUb
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/7139549-smeharbinger-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-05-09T21:13:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Harbinger (@SMEHarbinger) — https://gondola.cc/SMEHarbinger

## Caption

Head down, slipping through the doors of room 413B for the meet-the-staff pizza party, I’d never felt less prepared in my life. The editors accidentally made me a staff artist, not a writer. I only saw five familiar faces. Before I could catch a breath, along came the icebreaker question: “If you went to jail for a crime, what would it be?” 

Introverted, freshman-me clung to each answer from the circle of 60 staffers and intimidating upperclassmen, racking my brain for what to say. 
I was not prepared for this. 

I mumbled my crime — something about being framed for committing tax evasion with a nervous laugh — and hurried out. At least I had winter break to mentally prepare for this new role, right? How naive of me.
 
Little did I know the school newspaper would soon suck away every ounce of my free time, winding me up in a fair share of “how-did-I-get-here?” situations.

Read the rest of Lyda Cosgrove’s senior column about her highlight reel of the most unexpected Harbinger moments by clicking the link in bio. 

#storybylydacosgrove 
#socialmediabymaggiekissick

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