Welcome back, students! The spring 2009 semester has sneaked up on us, but we are confident it is going to be the best yet. Sure, we have less money (a lot less) and an economy uglier than the Detroit Lions’ record, but the Technician staff has made New Year’s resolutions to make improvements.
Our biggest goal is to cover a bigger range of topics. We will continue to cover big events as well as smaller, less apparent ones that deserve attention, such as rallies and fundraisers. We want to also get more in-depth coverage and keep our University and officials accountable.
We are making an extra effort to reach out to students in all colleges. We want to reach out to different parts of the campus because we are a multifaceted learning institution that embraces diversity.
We want to to produce better content that will allow us to write about more interesting subject matter that is more defined and focused for you, the reader. We also promise to be critical yet fair of the goings-on in the University and the surrounding community.
The paper has produced award-winning stories, and we promise not to disappoint. When it comes to sports, we are looking to write stories from the athlete’s perspective. We are going to have thorough coverage of athletics while doing more research on the history of our teams. And despite their bulging muscles and extraordinary height, they have the same responsibilities as normal students. We want to highlight the life of student athletes and student leaders on campus. We want to have a bigger variety of content.
Being mostly a science and technology school, the Technician promises to reflect that by using our Web site, technicianonline.com, to its fullest extent. We are going to post more blogs, slideshows and updates on breaking stories. We will also have more eye-catching and appealing designs in the paper and on the Web site.
Technician also wants to discuss all sides of a topic, especially when in it comes to the Viewpoint section. We want to feature a wider variety of topics that are relevant to the University. There will also be more research in our columns along with strong, unwavering opinions.
Viewpoint’s Focused, which is an in-depth coverage of a major event or subject matter featuring guest columnists, will run once every two weeks and this will be an opportunity to open up to more people.
We also encourage people to write forum letters. After all, it is one of the few ways the staff can find out the opinions of our readership.
Overall, our New Year’s resolutions are to have more credibility, more accountability, more diversity in subject matters, a more technologically savvy newspaper and more fun! We wish everyone the best and GO WOLFPACK!
