Letter from
the Editor

Over the past two years, I've become more aware of the large effect that journalism has on all of us. The world around us is changing, and it is important that the news changes with it.

I'm very excited about the opportunity to serve as your editor for the News-Register. This paper has become one that stands out in a crowd, thanks in no small part to Amanda Witt, Tom Ritchey, Josh Bohling and the other editors who came before me. They shoudl be proud of what they have created.

Every editor has both the unique opportunity and the considerable responsibility of creating a voice for their publication, and with each new editor comes new innovation. I hope to help this paper continue to innovate just as the editors before me have.

With that in mind, the Journalism Club is launching an online compliment to the News-Register. Go to http://theblazeronline.com, and you'll get a couple of things: You'll get more information about the stories in this month's paper, and you'll get a bit of a behind-the- scenes look at what goes into writing a story.

All of us who work on the paper take it seriously, and we put a lot of effort into writing about things that are important for you to know. But this is your paper, too. As a student newspaper, the News-Register should serve as both an open public forum for the students and as a source of information to them. If you have an opinion about something we've written or if you think we should be covering something that we aren't, let us know. There are some stories that just don't get told because no one takes the time to tell them. Come by the newsroom at A-260 or feel free to email me personally at dylanbiles@ gmail.com.

Over the next few months, you'll see the addition of some student- driven pages, such as Open Forum, which we hope will be an interesting look into subjects that are important, written by the students who they are important to. On a campus as diverse as North Lake, it stands to reason that someone out there has a point of view that others may not have even considered. I, for one, am looking forward to hearing what you all have to say. So write us, call us or come visit and talk to us personally.

In the mean time, we'll continue to do the best job we can at getting you news that is pertinent and that informative about the student experience here at North Lake.