I'm Sylvia Adcock. I'm the editor of NC State Magazine, and in that capacity, I sit down with Randy Woodson before every issue for a Q&A session. It's designed to kind of give our readers a sense of what he's thinking about and what some of his priorities are. One thing that struck me from the very first time I sat down with the chancellor, which was when I came to NC State about 13 years ago, was I was ushered into his office and I would not have been surprised at all to find an assistant or a media relations person or someone there to sort of, you know, make sure I stuck to the questions. Right? That's the kind of thing I was expecting. But it has always just been the two of us sitting at the table, and I very much have appreciated that. I know from talking to some of my colleagues at other university magazines that that kind of unfettered access to a chancellor is actually pretty rare. And no, I have not always stuck to the questions and he did not always stick to the notes that his staff prepared. So that was fine because that gave me an opportunity to learn about his wicked sense of humor. So I would be sitting in the fancy chancellor's office and he would be going on a riff about what it's like to be raised in rural Arkansas. So there were all sorts of things that came up that weren't part of the plan, but I always appreciated the time that he was able to spend with us. It was always a real pleasure to see him, even if he was having a hard day, and occasionally he would be. He would let you know and you could kind of commiserate about that. But more often than not, he was very upbeat and would lift my spirits and had an attitude that someone with the demands of that job should not have, frankly. I mean to say just that yeah, he was under a lot of pressure, always been under a lot of pressure, and always ended up, walking out of there, I felt better than when I came in. And that is a gift that he has. And I guess I'd always also just add that he always remembered the little things. He remembered that my daughter was a food science major and was always excited to hear about her progress and her getting a job, and I always appreciated those little touches. Yes. And when we were looking at putting together a spread about the chancellor in the fall issue of the magazine, our art director had the idea to do something interesting with the chancellor's ties, because I asked him in an interview, ÒHow many do you have?Ó And he had no clue. He just said it was a lot. So the cool thing is we were able to round up a giant shopping bag full of all the chancellorÕs red ties. I had them for about three weeks in the back of my car and did a photo shoot with them. And, again, talk about access. I mean, I got his ties. Gave them all back though.