COLUMN: Kiss me, smile for me, tell me that…
Well, Utah State, I’m on my way out of here and on to the Deseret News. I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to be your editor in chief this year. It’s been what people like to call a “learning experience.”
So what have I learned in my tenure? Here it goes.
*Most people just don’t care. I don’t know if life is too busy, or if people just think they are too busy to make noise about student, city, state and national government – where the decisions are made that affect funding, rules and how many days they have to go to school.
*People tend to not understand, or even try to understand, conflicts that happen in the Middle East or anywhere else.
*The student press can make waves where it counts. Students need to be informed and can use the newspaper to voice their opinions, and those opinions will be respected by the newspaper at the very least. Sometimes what you have to say is unpopular, but if you keep your arguments within the realm of rational debate, great discussions can take place on the opinion pages.
*Read. Ask questions. There is a wealth of information out there. Get the hunger to learn.
*Spell check.
*Time marches on with or without you. Procrastination just isn’t worth it.
*Campus is beautiful at 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 a.m. It has a very serene quality. I just can’t put my finger on it.
*Yelling doesn’t get you anywhere.
Oh yeah, sometimes you just have to run a blank page in the newspaper.
Joseph M. Dougherty is the editor in chief. Comments may be sent to jmdo@cc.usu.edu.