The Daily Californian, one of the oldest student newspapers in the country, is celebrating its 150th year of publication. It celebrates this milestone under strange circumstances: Our office stands empty, gathering dust and awaiting many current staffers to enter it for the first time; the editing team writing this note is spread out across the country, with its four members pitching in across different time zones from Minneapolis, Minnesota; Los Angeles and Lincoln, California; and Washington, D.C.

In some ways, the task of reflecting on our history has been placed on our shoulders quite haphazardly. Our terms at the Daily Cal have a four-year expiration date, and it seems random that this anniversary falls in our particular laps. But in a way, it is fitting that in such a historic moment, we lift our heads from the daily grind to think back on where we came from and how we became what we are today. We reflect on the role of the Daily Cal throughout Berkeley’s colorful history of activism, and we consider how the steady progression of technology has changed the ways the news is read and written. We remember our predecessors and hope to leave our replacements a paper they, too, can celebrate.