A fellow warrior and I were waiting for one of this issue’s stories to print for editing when he asked a question that caught me by surprise: “Why are you doing this?”
He pointed out the numerous other ways I could be spending my Saturday night. For a few moments, my mind lusted after extra hours of sleep and the conservation of cell phone minutes.
It’s not that I had blindly become a member of this publication; quite the contrary, in fact. But up until that point, it seemed the reasons for my involvement in The Warrior– and dare I say the involvement of the other 22 members who contributed to the issue– were tacit.
For several weeks we gathered, brainstormed, reported, wrote and edited. We took photographs, created templates and info-graphics and proofread. And all the while, each member of this publication willingly volunteered his or her time to help create the present campus’ only independently run and funded publication.
As this year’s first issue pulled together and the staff prepared to deliver its work to you, the readership, the reasons for our coming together became clear: you have stories to tell.
Stories about students who disagree with the current administration’s efforts to “enhance the curriculum” through racial diversity… a story about a student who protected America’s freedom through his service in Iraq… and we have to share the musings of a basketball enthusiast. You hold perspectives that are sometimes ignored or even ridiculed by existing publications— at times, even professors.
We are here to tell those stories to the rest of the campus and stand up for you when your opinion is opposed.
We can’t promise we will have the largest circulation and budget, at first, or even that everyone will like what we publish.
But what we can do is guarantee you the truth. We will always keep our ears open. And we will never cease to put forward our most honest efforts.These issues are for you.
It’s a great day to be a Warrior.
PS: The staff wishes to extend its prayers and best wishes to fellow warrior Katie Dorman in her absence this semester.
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