Dear Reader,
You’ve picked up a copy of The Chronicle, the Saint Rose weekly newspaper—from every cockle of my heart, thank you. What you are holding in your hands is the product of many, many hours of hard work by students like yourself. They find time amidst their classwork to put pen to paper, or eye to camera lens, or paint to canvas and create the publication before you. And have a good time doing it.
The basic purpose of a newspaper is to communicate important factual information. This we try to do with gusto and gumption. However, as a student newspaper, we have an additional special and related duty–to be the voice of the student body, to be your voice. Unfortunately there is no way for such a small portion of the student body as The Chronicle staff to accurately portray the diversity of student perception. As such, we need your input, whether it be through participation in a club column—such as The View from Venus—an opinion piece, or a movie review. Whether or not you are able to attend a meeting, your input is what we want; indeed, it is what we need. If it were not for student input we would not be at all.
If you are more interested in contributing to The Chronicle than an opinion piece would serve to suffice, than be aware that we are always looking for new writers, journalists, bloggers, photographers, artists and graphic designers. Simply put, if you have a skill—or if you don’t—we would love to have you! Stop in to a meeting sometime and find out first-hand what we are all about. Our first meeting is this Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in CCIM 119, The Viewing Room.
I’d now like to inform you of some changes which have taken place and will be taking place this year. The layout of this print paper has been altered slightly with changes to the front-page logo as well as the header. The Chronicle website is in the process of being over-hauled. It will soon have a modern, slick and spiffy look. We hope you find it pleasing and easy to use. You may notice that our editorial staff listing has grown: With our recent growth we have created or re-instated several positions, including those of Copy Editor and Features Editor. We are currently seeking a Layout Editor and Advertising Manager, among other positions.
In closing, I would like to say that in taking on the responsibility for the publication of this newspaper from the adept hands of my predecessor, Rich Aviles. I hope to continue in his footsteps by growing The Chronicle in size and quality, thus emulating for this newspaper what the students, faculty, administration and trustees have done for The College in recent years.
Good luck and good times this semester!
Sincerely,
Ian Benjamin
Executive Editor 2011-2012
