Godspeed, Todd Siebert

I've had the July/August issue of The Penn Stater sitting around my apartment for the last few weeks now, and on Saturday night, I finally picked it up to read. I just did a quick read-through, just glancing at some of the various articles and short columns in there . . . until something caught my eye.

Towads the end of the magazine is an In Memoriam section—and I realized that I recognized one of the faces there! The obit in question was for Todd Siebert, and his obituary column was headlined, "A True Military Man." I recognized him because he was someone I had several classes with when I was an undergrad at Penn State. He had already joined the Marines when I knew him, and according to the article, he died in a mortar attack in Iraq on February 16.

Truth be told, it's been years since I've thought about him, but the news of his death still fills me with great sadness. I guess because he was someone I knew and associated with, even though it was a long time ago, and it's sort of hard to believe that the classmate I knew from German 003, Philosophy 003, and Stat 100 has left this world.

Not sure what else to say, except that I salute you, Todd. Godspeed to you!