Now that we’ve got your attention, there are a few things The O’Collegian would like to get off its collective chest.
Yes, The O’Collegian.
Before you accuse us of breaking tradition with the name change, let us explain.
In 1907, the name changed from The Black and Orange to The O’Collegian. The “Daily” wasn’t added until 1927.
The O’Collegian is also recommitting to you, the students of OSU. Let’s be honest, how much do you guys care about Stillwater City Commission meetings? And how many stories do you want to read about ALPHA or any other cliché beginning-of-the-year story? We’re betting that your answer is none.
That’s why we have decided to branch out and leave the confines of OSU’s campus and bring you, dear student readers, stories that — get ready for it — you might actually want to read!
We know that might come as a shock to most of you, but remember that change is a good thing — especially in The O’Collegian’s case. But there are counselors standing by if you need them.
If you didn’t read/see/hear about Tuesday’s paper, we ran photos from a nudist park. They were tastefully and artfully done with nary a naughty bit in sight. We have received half a dozen complaint letters, but many, many more verbal compliments.
We plan to run more stories like the nudist park story. Edgier, modern, new and not boring has become the mission of The O’Collegian. And we’d love to hear from you.
Send us letters and e-mails. Our e-mail addresses are listed under bylines for a reason. Call us; our phone numbers are in the margin for that reason. Comment on our Web site — http://www.ocolly.com. Use smoke signals. Do whatever, just let us know what you want. Students, this is your newspaper and we’re open for suggestions.
Unless, of course, you like drab newspapers. We can do that, too. We’ll cover every town meeting, ground breaking and new construction site in all of Stillwater.
It’s your choice, students. We can either be something you actually want to pick up and read from front page to back page, or we can be nothing more than the newspaper under your cat’s litter box. It’s up to you to decide and let us know.
But no matter what you choose, don’t worry. We wouldn’t dare take away your precious sudoku or crossword.
We had you worried there for a second, didn’t we?
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There’s a happy medium to be achieved here, no doubt. Printing interesting stories will up the readership, but turning into the paper equivalent of Fox News will ruin your credibility. By “fox news”, I mean choosing to air heart-warming or humorous, yet wholly unimportant, stories in lieu of important and pertinant information (pulling the wool over the eyes of the lambs).
I think that this op ed and the other one were wholly inappropriate. Think about it guys, you are exposing these ideas to a relatively young audience (i.e. 18 yr old freshmen). I understand that they may know about sex, etc. But it is almost as if you are encouraging it. What if the parents of some of the younger students were to read the material you published, I am pretty sure they would not be too pleased. I understand you wanting to print more engaging stories to up readership, but can’t you do something with a little more class? This article was like something out of Maxim or Playboy; I think you all are better than that.
Please keep writing stories that catches our eyes!
PLEASE…..
Because we will stop and take the time to read the articles.
THANKS…..