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Show N WEDNESDAY 820 rwDaiIv 9 Utah Chronicle 7 The Chronic! vants to hear from you has kr.g been noted for diversity of students and opinions. The concept of 2czdlc freedom Ls dependent on an atmosphere of free thought and expression. The Chronicle itself as an integral part of such an atmosphere here ote cam- - have a right to express their opinions and ideas about such a process. 13 The per-celv- Hopefully, The wherein debate may take place. Students should express their feelings open and honestly, and not feel that their ideas need conform to any particular agenda. Those who wish to have their opinions published should The Chronicle at letters Letters to the editor should be clear and respectfuL Additionally, one may also post opinions concerning whatever might be of importance to that person at The Chronicle's Web site at RED www.chronicIe.utah.edu. also forum a has where Magazine one may post statements of opinion, their Web site is located at red es There exist many perceptions regarding The Chronicle and its r .rp'se. The opinions concerning our campus newspaper's staff range fr'.m that cf sheer ambivalence to marked disgust, with an occasional word of praise. Regardless of what may or may not he true concerning the staff, the purpose of the r.ews-- p r itself is to sene as a rr.ed.urn of information for the students. The Chronicle should he a forum wherein students may voice their opinions and ideasv The exchange of ideas and opinions Ls vital to the academic growth of students at a university. The Chronicle provides one avenue which students may use to have ich an experience an avenue that for many has been kft underused or Frankly, The Chronicle ur.spk-rwants to hear more from the students. Simply put, The Chronicle is a by students for students. All who are engaged in the higher learning process here on campus Fi.rf-.ermore- , Jti'iit'Artct ttU ,rtf t i'tt .;t n J; i .t - it m f t s C limb Shtn Mcfarland College newspapers around the nation are generally viewed as learning experiences but few are as The so hands-o- n , , in i Sheena McFarland Chronicle-Reader- The U has often been criticized for its lack of student involvement. Many feel that the commuter-styl- e campus limits a student's ability to engage in a truly rewarding educational experience- - While this may be the case for some, it does not have to be the rule. By engaging in discussion and debates concerning issues facing the campus and community at targe, students can have a fulfilling and rewarding educational experience. s probably have noticed the size change from tabloid to broadsheet, but few real ize tl e learning curve involved in completely retool ing a newspaper. Designers spent countless hours creating the new look of The Chronicle which for the first time in many years focused on readability and consistency. Both aspects will help readers navigate the paper and easily glean information. But those aren't the only changes designed to help the reader and provide a better learning experience for the Chronicle staff. We now have a larger amount of space for news, which will allow us to increase and deepen the cover- age of campus. The Chronicle strives to incorporate as many diverse ideas and people into the paper as possible; our new size will aid us in this quest If The Chronicle has failed to cover student groups or activitie or. campus, please let us know. We strive to cover all of the campus community, but we reed input from our reader in order to catch as many campus events and trends as possible. We also can provide superior coverage of local, national and world events with more and longer b riefs on goinfrs-o- n that affect each ar.d e very one of us. tf T5 It i't t'ti cf t M tlf.t, at U tar-- tzt't. Ti fcftn crt- - i'i M atr. mis ti iu'4 ta- THE EDITOR The bookstore continues to rip off students Here we are at the start of another glorious year of higher education at the U. There are few things in this existence as wonderful as the prospects of greater know 'edge and hard study signified by the beginning of Fall Semester After all, we are privileged to attend such a fine institution as this. While enjoying what would normally be an uneventful day of preparation for the new semester, I quickly fell victim to sticker shock when I pulled up the text books that I would need on the U Web page. I could not believe the prices of some cf these books! If you are lucky enough to find a used copy of text at our bookstore, you can still expect to pay well over the going rate at your favorite Internet bookseller for a new copy. I went But we will never stray from covering that which has the most direct effect on our lives our campus. The Chronicle staff can hardly forget whom we serve the students because each of us is a stu- dent stuck with it applied for an editor position. The Chronicle is filled with a diverse group of people, covering a multitude of racial, ethnic, religious, socioeconomic and political backgrounds. Diversity is the only way we can ensure proper and fair coverage of the campus, and we strive for it in every issue. We are always looking for a new pair of eyes to scan campus for us. Anyone interested in writing for The Chronicle is welcome to apply. We have positions ranging from fve hours a day to five hours a month, and we Jove getting new views in our paper. Our opinion pages are another place where students can have a voice. On our editorial page, we want to fortify the community by opening dialogues among diverse groups. Many students on campus grumble about a situation, but few take the time to jot down a letter to the editor. aA student can complain to one or two friends, but a letter to the promise a more professional product for you, the reader, and a better learning experience for us, the staff. If you see room for improvement in our pages which will happen, let me assure you please let us know. We arc here to serve you. $tc far land c hroniclo ulah cdu text at the bookstore, as I have done for some three years, the tally (before tax) would reach more than s2.80.00! Ridiculous considering that the used copies have been bought back for next to nothing and resold numerous times. As this is an institute of higher learning, and the curriculum mandates some sort of quantitative course. work for all students, I would think that students, of all majors, would consider alternatives to the inflated prices and low quality' at our bookstore. This would enable the student to retain the texts as prices are lower than if one where to purchase a book and sell it back at the end of term if it is on the "list". William W. Krause Senior Erv;rcirrentai Stud es PLEASE SEND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TO LETTERSCHRONICLE.UTAH.EDU urvey prompts change paper by 4 a.m. each day, which means it will be on campus before classes start. By consistently having the paper delivered before 7:30 a nx, we can better track the number of papers picked up per location each morn- Adam Ward Chrcmcte Easiness Manager Last April, The Chronicle a survey to all U students. We conducted the survey to see if , changes we made after a June 2001 ing. The nicest requests seemed to survey were effective, as well as to see come from readers wanting a crosswhat new changes word puzzle. Because they asked so we should make to cicely, we're giving them The t r Times crossword. Look for it satisfy you, our i readers. The daily, starting with this issue. Adam Ward Chronicle is, after Many people requested we run more event advertisements. While all, the U"s "inde student we would gladly accept more event pendent voice" and the main source for camads, the number run is dependent on individual departments and compus news and information Of the 2S.000 surveys sent out, panies, based on how much money 1,700 of you responded Thank you they have or want to spend on marfor the great feedback, particularly keting those events. to the However, we are beefing up our question, The Daily Utah Chronicle events listing on page two. We used better sen e students?" to list free, events only, I'd like to highlight a few of the but now are listing paid events as changes we've made in response to well. We knew our Classifieds page is your feedback. Because I'm responsible for the business side of The widely read, but we didn't realize how many students use it to find Chronicle, I'll mention only business changes and clarifications. jobs and internships. Respondents asked that we have more job listings, The majority of business comso we have teamed with Career distribution. The plaints regarded comments in that category fell into Services in an effort to encourage five categories: the paper was fremore employers who place listings late we last shouldn't them to place listings in our with year, quently print so many copies; we print too classifieds page as well. few copies; we need more drop off The second-biggebusiness spots; and some racks are always complaint was students not wanting empty and others are always too to fund The Chronicle with their full tuition and student fees. That tells We've made some big changes to me there might be a misunderstandfix the distribution problem. The ing about how The Chronicle is biggest change is switching printers. funded. The new printer allows us to submit First, no tuition money goes to the paper electronically, has faster The Chronicle. Lach student pays 3 34 a semester in student fees (the presses, greater color capabilities and a stricter deadline. All that only fee lower than that is the s means the printer will finish the fee). Half of that goes to The r of us started out writing for The Chronicle, and m any of us who All editor can open up a dialogue among the nearly 40,000 members of our campus community. The changes at The Chronicle across campus to see for myself Sure enough there it was, thousands of copies of beat up and overpriced textbooks. Back to the computer lab I went to search the virtual bookstores, and this is what I found: Out of the six books that I will need for Fall Semester, only three are available used at the campus bookstore. All six are available used online at various prices and are guaranteed to be in good condition. The prices online were all at least 25 percent less than the used copies at our campus bookstore. Then I thought I bet they get you for the shipping. So I put them into the "cart" and finalized my order. For six books, I am paying less than sio for shipping, all told I paid a total of $129.60 for all of my books including shipping- - If I would have ignored reason and purchased my - aboar 1 TO u. mag.com. et t-- LETTER ail chroni-cle.utahed- ip-:- in can Chronicle oblige many members of the student body in giving them an arena New-Yor-k - open-ende- d "How-coul- d st fine-art- Chronicle. That means each student is paying 2 cents an issue this semester to keep informed. Obviously, The Chronicle cannot survive on that money alone. Student fees are a small part of The Chronicle's income. The rest of the money comes from advertising revenue. And nearly all advertising revenue comes from print ads, which explains why we can't move to a publication, as some of you had suggested. As for The Chronicle online, we had some readers not know it was online or some who wanted us to drive more readers online and others who question why we have readers register for it We have made a concentrated effort to get readers online the past two years. We've had house ads in nearly every issue mentioning our Web site. We require online readers to register so we can each issue to them, of which they can opt out. Of our 12,000 current registered readers, 6,000 have The Chronicle sent to their inboxes each morning. Along with printing changes allowing us to distribute the paper earlier each morning, some technology changes we made assure all stories will be posted online by 7:30 each morning also. And new online this semester are PDF files of the actual newspaper pages that can be viewed by Adobe Acrobat Reader. That way, anyone can view the print ads online. We hope these changes work well for you. If not let us know. We welWeb-onl- y come feedback. Oh, and whoever complained about the "provocative Blue ads I rum we but Boutique" Sorry, think you've confused us with City Weekly we haven't run any. award chronicle. utah cdu |
