Hey y'all,

Goodness but we're old. And no, I'm not talking about the Law School itself, though the RG will be featuring news items from the Susquetennial events in our upcoming issue, 60.2. No, I'm not even talking about the age, wisdom, and questionable sagacity of the 3L class (holla!). Nope, folks, this time it's the Res Gestae itself, the august (and the rest of the year) publication I have the joy of heading during this, its Diamond Anniversary. Yep, you read that correctly - sixty years of all the news that beat the publication deadline.

Hey y'all-

Last time I said we're back - this time, we're live!

That's right, the Res Gestae has finally (finally!) made its way back online as of this issue - you can find us at our new website, www.theresgestae.com. (We claim no responsibility for what you will see if you accidently type ".org" instead.) Hooray!

Hey y'all-

We're back!

Sure, this is true in the "new year, new attitude" sense, but the RG is back in a more practical way as well. For instance, you may've noticed that you haven't seen a Res Gestae in awhile - this is because, in early December of 2008, the RG computer, Edith, decided to eat itself and subsequently self destruct rather than face the prospect of another day (don't worry, the whole affair was more whimper than bang). Since it was finals and all, we couldn't exactly blame her, but Edith's untimely demise did leave the RG staff in a bit of a bind.

It may seem at first blush that we of the Res Gestae aren't huge fans of democracy. After all, our board is selected through a strange combination of fiat and conscription and I'm pretty sure we haven't had a vote on anything in over a decade. In fact, other than being rather enamored of Tuesdays as a general rule, there's not a lot your most local paper has in common with the democratic process in the United States.