For as long as Elaine Gu can remember, she put an extra effort into everything she did. But no more. "Somehow, after years of attending Uni, I have lost my will to overachieve," she writes. "I no longer get papers done a week before they’re due. I no longer go the extra step to perfect my daily assignments." The one consolation? Only one more year left before college.

Senior Micah Berman received three major awards at Tuesday's year-end assembly, including Student of the Year. Read on to find out some of the many students who were honored for their outstanding achievements this year. A complete list of everyone who was recognized at the assembly will be mailed in June along with the graduation issue of the U'n'I newsletter.

Almost all of next year's class officers were announced at today's Student Council meeting. The president and vice president of the rising freshmen remain to be determined due to ballot error. Next year's subfreshman class officers will be elected in the fall. Check inside for the (nearly complete) results of this week's elections.

We had so many photos of this year's prom, "The Royal Masquerade," that we're running them in installments. Here's our second audio slideshow — enjoy! Prom '08 was held at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center in Urbana on Saturday, May 17, and 119 students attended. Relive the fun, or see what you missed!

[UPDATED with photos] Last year's seniors filled the lounge with balloons and covered the west-entrance sidewalk with elaborate graffiti as their class prank. How would the Class of 2008 top that? This morning the rest of Uni found out. Senior Anna Cangellaris takes us behind the scenes of the latest senior prank.

Track and girls soccer athletes were honored at Tuesday's sports awards ceremony at Uni Gym along with senior athletes, scholar athletes, and athletes of the year Michelle Mehnert, Ruth Welch, and Austin Rundus. Check inside for more of the honors that Uni athletes received.

This is it. As all good things must come to an end, so must "Poetry from the Gargoyle's mouth." This is our very last entry but definitely not our very least. In fact, we have chosen a classic story about endings by T.S. Eliot. "The Hollow Men" is worth its weight in gold and a definite must-read. We hope you enjoyed our public poetry project and that you will all continue reading great poetry.