After two years of being in the Editorial Board of The Scholastican, I have realized something. That realization is this: I care about TS too much to settle for just "OK." Thinking about the coming school year, I don't want the school publication to compromise on what we already have. If only that was possible. To me, I can't do that. How can I settle for facilities that are nowhere near "good enough" to work with? That is just unacceptable. Totally unacceptable. The office is too small to do presswork, the computers are so slow to work on the layout, the internet is not always up to use for publication research...how could we possibly work with that? I know I'm demanding a lot but it's something I believe TS has to have to do what we need to do.
I said it before. TS is half of my school life. When it comes to college, I only care about two things: my performance in my academics and the school publication. If I fail on these two, I would absolutely break down.
Now that I am the Editor-in-Chief of TS, I want to make sure that the students remember me as the student who gave it her all and made sure she delivers what the publication is meant to serve. To be honest, I try not to think too much of what the whole campus is expecting from the publication. All I want to concentrate on in TS is that we have a responsibility to the campus. TS stands on its own. TS doesn't play second fiddle to the administration or to any other organizations.
It surprises me how much passion I have for this publication. I mean, I know I love writing and I love being part of the campus paper. But this passion is just so surreal. I can't even begin to describe how attached I am to TS.
I wish everything that we plan for the publication will be accomplished. I really hope we do. I want to leave a legacy to my Alma Mater. Not to be popular to the students, but to serve as an inspiration that great things can be done if we just put our hearts and minds into it, if we just commit to it. School hasn't even begun and here I am talking about leaving a legacy. Too early, I know...but...that's just how I want Scholasticans to remember TS under my editorship.
I love journalism. I love writing. I love The Scholastican.
Enough said.
I said it before. TS is half of my school life. When it comes to college, I only care about two things: my performance in my academics and the school publication. If I fail on these two, I would absolutely break down.
Now that I am the Editor-in-Chief of TS, I want to make sure that the students remember me as the student who gave it her all and made sure she delivers what the publication is meant to serve. To be honest, I try not to think too much of what the whole campus is expecting from the publication. All I want to concentrate on in TS is that we have a responsibility to the campus. TS stands on its own. TS doesn't play second fiddle to the administration or to any other organizations.
It surprises me how much passion I have for this publication. I mean, I know I love writing and I love being part of the campus paper. But this passion is just so surreal. I can't even begin to describe how attached I am to TS.
I wish everything that we plan for the publication will be accomplished. I really hope we do. I want to leave a legacy to my Alma Mater. Not to be popular to the students, but to serve as an inspiration that great things can be done if we just put our hearts and minds into it, if we just commit to it. School hasn't even begun and here I am talking about leaving a legacy. Too early, I know...but...that's just how I want Scholasticans to remember TS under my editorship.
I love journalism. I love writing. I love The Scholastican.
Enough said.
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