Show t- A Voice from the Chair Speaks Editing a campus newspaper is like sitting in an electric chair wondering each week who will turn on the juice The only thing you know is that some- one will turn it It may be a professor who didn't get a paper it may be a club was not represented in the last issue or it may be just plain students irked about something or But the juice is always turned on and the top staff members writhe in silent grin and bear it and try to remedy the situation some other All of which is a rather complicated way of leading into a discussion of our editorial Chronicle editors for several years have been stressing the idea that the Chronicle is not a reprint of campus news printed in At last the idea seems to have been driven home to heads of major Just for the let us repeat that we refuse to give top billing to stele News is the most commodity in the and day-old news is about as interesting as last years' So when campus news sources expect top play in the Chronicle after the three downtown papers have exhausted the they are bound to be The Chronicle is the newspaper of all students and all The editorial staff tries to cover the campus and to write the news without If some faculty ber or student group is not being asked for a call to the Chronicle office will the f fraternities should remember that news cannot be printed unless it is given to a Then space shortage still exists some weeks and often only the most important or perishable news can be The like all other newspapers V. has deadlines to These deadlines ally are stretched as far as possible to ac persons who think they are busier than the Chronicle But there is a limit to the elasticity of and the person who holds up a story until it is too late should not blame We are large papers as often as we can because it is impossible to get all the news in a four page But when we have to throw out club news because it docs not fit please bear with We have no grudge against any organization and want to give all clubs a place for their Usually the item turned in first gets the spot if a choice has to be We want to publish a paper that will please Since we know that is we try to publish a Chronicle that will hit the campus every Thursday with the least amount of |