To The Heckler readership and the Georgetown community,

There have been whispers around campus regarding the direction that The Heckler has taken since the recent GUSA election. Some have called into question the legitimacy of our content regarding certain members of the university administration.

Though the vast silent majority of our readership has enjoyed the truthful and frankly overdue articles published lately involving one of Georgetown’s most underappreciated and athletically-toned administrators, the editorials this week in The Hoya’s 4E and The Georgetown Voice have forced The Heckler to henceforth give up its most treasured attribute: anonymity.

Let it now be known to all that I, Dr. Todd Olson, Vice President of Student Affairs, am the sole writer and publisher of The Heckler.

In the midst of negotiations for the 2017 Campus Plan and the university’s free speech policy, my office has been berated with emails from concerned students and calls from angry parents. I needed a way to express myself outside of the comedic no-mans land that is higher education bureaucracy, and The Heckler was my godsend.

Joe Luther first approached me about taking over for him at The Heckler just a few days after his election as student body president. We had just finished a strenuous workout at Yates, wherein he spotted me as I benched a personal best. Joe was well aware of my ability for humor ever since we started jogging together last summer. One of my fondest memories was one sunday morning as we were coming up on mile seven of our usual fifteen mile circuit, when we stopped next to the Washington monument and I suggested he take a picture of me as if I was holding the obelisk with two fingers. He was laughing so hard at the thought of intentionally skewing the viewer’s depth perception that I bet he nearly signed The Heckler over to me right then and there.

Just a few months later, I stand before you in that position that I always wanted and deserved. Sure, I may have posted a couple articles about myself, but in the end let’s face it: it’s what everyone was thinking anyways. Together we have laughed, and together we have endured Jack DeGioia picking Father O’Brien year after year as his favorite Vice President. Though without anonymity I will now have to bear the insatiable attention of a devoted fanbase, at least now the Georgetown community is fully aware of how hip I really am.

With this announcement, The Heckler enters a new era of transparency. Do not be afraid to give me a high-five when you see me around campus, or shoot a friend request my way online. Thank you for reading, and lemme know what’s good on Georgetown Day.