Welcome back! Although I finally caught up on sleep over break, I am very excited to be back and to sacrifice sleep to produce more newspapers for you. We’ve got both fresh faces and returning staff members working around the clock to keep you up to date on University matters.
As always, please feel free to send us feedback — positive or negative — to [email protected] . If you’re interested in having your opinion about a Viewpoint column published, send us a Letter to the Editor at [email protected] . If you are interested in writing, design or photography, let us know. Communication is key to our success, both in the newsroom and throughout campus.
Last semester the staff published some cool special editions such as the Basketball RED and a commemorative 9/11 package. This semester we hope to bring you even more special editions — be on the lookout for The Daily Tar Hell spoof edition before the home basketball game against UNC in February. Also new to the paper this semester will be The Fifth, a humor/satire page which will run each Friday on page 5.
Hot topics we will be following closely over the course of the semester will be tuition increases, Student Government elections, N.C . State basketball and organizational changes across campus.
Now that New Years has come and passed, it’s time for Technician and myself to make some resolutions. While my personal resolution is to see the inside of a gym sometime this year, my goals for Technician are more likely to be accomplished, so I’ll put more effort into making those happen.
Resolution No. 1: Provide fair and accurate coverage. That’s always our No. 1 goal, but it’s important you know it.
Resolution No. 2: Take chances. Although I’m a little hesitant to try new things out of fear for mass amounts of hate mail, I’m hoping to branch out a little this semester to provide you new and fun things to read and discuss. One of those new things is the previously mentioned The Fifth, the brainchild of the very witty Josh Lucas.
Resolution No. 3: Make sure both myself and the rest of the staff pass our classes. I swear our third floor Witherspoon office is a time vortex. I always swear I’ll do my homework during production, but by the time I think about starting, it’s already midnight and time to go home. This particular resolution should apply to each and every student reading this paper, regardless of whether you are on staff or not.
While there are many more goals I’d like to add, these three are the most important. To all the readers: have fun this semester, pass all of your classes and read Technician. Begin.
–Laura Wilkinson, Editor-in-Chief
