Show The Sharpened Point By Kimbal Ingram r 1 Lk Well its it's finally time for some updates and clarifications clarifications' regarding the newspaper I finally had the opportunity to read a survey that was circulated not too long ago and the comments comments comments com com- ments provided for some interesting interesting interesting interest interest- ing reading They were also very informative as to some specific sug sug- For example there seems to be quite a few crossword puzzle fans and those who want to guide their lives by the stars Inserting a crossword puzzle should not be too difficult and well we'll try to get one done for you Putting in a horoscope may be a alot alot alot lot more difficult Without having a professional astrologist on call and no access to any major source of syndicated horoscopes this one may have to wait But if an answer is out there let us know The paper has been striving for forthe forthe forthe the last several months to be stud student student stu stu- stu- stu d dent nt oriented and by the inclusion of a student article student art and the Photo of the Week we hope were we're encouraging more student participation The Photo of the Week is a project of the photo lab laband laband laband and as of now we have not received received received ed any photos this quarter As far as the local national and international news is concerned we are not yet up to handling these items We are not subscribers to any of the wires and obviously we can not copy articles word for word without them first being released to us The person who did the World News for us is no longer at the paper Thanks to the efforts of Ed Lile helping out the Journalism students and a couple of new freelancers we should start having havinga a few more photos for you Each club is responsible for submitting submitting submitting sub sub- its own articles regarding previous and upcoming activities If there is nothing printed about a a club that interests you that club hasn't turned anything in We dont don't have the to cover the growing number of clubs And as for being out-dated out well we cant can't do anything about that for forthe forthe forthe the moment The paper is laid out by hand by just a couple of people and the process involves considerable considerable considerable consider consider- able travel time We do not print printon on campus but in Midvale All this adds up to the fact that the paper will be a minimum of a week behind BUT This should change After serious deliberation the Publications Council and the Executive Council has supported the Horizon in obtaining a desktop publishing system The system wont won't arrive until spring quarter but once on-line on the paper will be able to cover stories of the week before This means whatever happens on Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day will be read on the following Monday not two Mondays later More importantly it should work workout workout workout out that the sports events and activities activities activities ac ac- ac- ac on a weekend will also be out the following Monday This has been a transitional year for the paper and that has been for better The students this year wont won't benefit much now but all following students should have access to a quality paper thanks to the computer computer computer com com- puter and to the journalism students that hopefully will continue continue continue con con- on through next year The goal of this years year's staff has been to lay a foundation of guidelines guidelines guidelines guide guide- lines and principles for the paper that will help future staff We feel this goal is being reached reached reached reach reach- ed albeit with some pain and agony But this is to be expected as we are trying to break new ground What do I mean by new ground Well the most numerous request was for more controversy We can not create news only report it However the attitude of the staff has been we should find out both sides and report both sides even if it is negative We feel the students need to know everything everything everything every every- thing that effects them And the only way well we'll ever know is if and tell come us you 0 J The students of SI J CC are are our biggest big Sig- biggest gest asset And we appreciate it Thank you for your comments And lack of apathy |