vertigo issue one - firsts
REMEMBERING JAMES MORGAN 10 MARCH 1989 - 7 JANUARY 2014 VERTIGO EDITOR: 1 JANUARY 2008 - 31 DECEMBER 2008
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James Morgan was a student of UTS, and an editor of Vertigo in 2008. On December 22, 2013, he was involved in a car accident. Two weeks later, he was taken off life support. He was 24-years old. When a former lecturer of mine recently asked me to write something about James for Vertigo, I was hesitant. James and I graduated from UTS some time ago. We hadn’t been near the publication – or any student publication for that matter – in years. Would anyone remember us? Would anyone care? Current Vertigo readers were unlikely to be familiar with the magazine we ran in 2008. I wasn’t sure if the current editors would want to kick off the new year by publishing an obituary of someone they never knew. In the days following James’ death, I found myself desperately trying to cling to every memory of him. I was afraid I would forget. I was afraid that if I forgot about him, then maybe the world would, too. I didn’t want that. So I decided to write this, because even if UTS doesn’t remember him, I remember, and I care. James was the first friend I made at University. We were introduced at an art show a few weeks before semester started.