I am fully aware that perfection is impossible to obtain. Imperfection is what humbles us and helps us grow. Sometimes I feel like I have more humbling moments than others. Today alone I’ve dealt with wisecracking critics of the Collegian. Quite frankly I welcome corrections, complaints and concerns. Good, bad or indifferent I want to make the Collegian better, but I absolutely hate when people call in to say things like “The Collegian sucks,” without providing a reason why. I think it’s childish and downright mean-spirited. Sometimes it seems that people forget that college students are putting together this college paper. Most of us are still learning the tricks of the trade.
Luckily there seems to still be a great deal of support for the Collegian. To those that support the Collegian, thank you very much. It makes what we are doing that much more worth it.
Last night I sent the last page of the Collegian’s 9/11 Commemorative edition at 1 a.m. thinking this is an awesome issue. What ended up happening was less than awesome. The stories were great, the design, magnificent, the problem: we made some headline and info graphic errors on the pages 1 and two. It’s a sad day, but life goes on. I try to look at it in a glass half-full sort of way by brushing it off and working on tomorrow’s paper.
Tim Schrag 