Farewell, dear Milou

At the end of March, the editors had to say their last farewell to Milou van der Horst (30), who started here as a student editor 10 years ago and had been with Resource as a freelance editor since she graduated.

Despite her ever-sunny smile, enthusiasm and interest in others, we knew that life wasn’t easy for Milou. Her first Resource story was about herself and her years of struggling with anorexia. Her last big story, about religion on campus, made the cover of Resource in February. It was obvious from readers’ responses that she had written an important story. If we wished anyone light in their life, it was Milou. But life became too hard for her after her mother’s death. The Resource team will miss Milou terribly. wa