During college, when other people were “hooking up” and “having fun,” I was editing my college newspaper. I like to tell myself this was a personal choice.
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During college, when other people were “hooking up” and “having fun,” I was editing my college newspaper. I like to tell myself this was a personal choice.
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The Stinger? The type of person who likes that name is the same type who travels all the way to Paris and then eats at the Hard Rock Cafe.
I had three staff writers left when I took over, and only Kate could hit deadlines. I seem to remember banging on people’s doors at midnight, shouting for their stories. I think I wrote 11 articles myself (including editorials and fluff entertainment pieces) that first issue. This new editor has no excuses except a lack of effort.
But hey, Julius, Stewart, and the rest of the Fine Arts Dept must be happy. They finally achieved their goal of killing any memory of print journalism at the school.