Welcome to, what we hope is, the new and improved version of The Daily Campus. This summer, we have worked very hard to improve every aspect of the paper, and we are intent on showing our readers that our hard work has resulted in a more comprehensive and professional publication.
Our staff is almost completely new this year. This fresh start will allow us to take risks, be creative and ensure that we are putting the best quality news and information on the page for you to read and enjoy.
You may have noticed the many changes we have made that make our paper more streamlined and easier to read. While our structural changes are important and result in a more attractive, convenient newspaper, what I would really like to have you focus on is our improved opinion page.
This paper begins the first in what we hope to be a long and interesting series of “Face-Offs” between the major political parties present on our campus. Our opinion page will feature these articles every other Monday, and they will cover the most salient news issue of the day. In addition, we have cut the number of staff opinion writers in more than half in order to free up more room for your opinions. We hope that you will consider writing an opinion and submitting it for publication. Our opinion page is your forum and we would like you to take full advantage of it.
All of this being said, this paper will not improve without your constant feedback. We want to hear what you like, what you don’t like and even what you hate. It is our job to provide you with a newspaper that you are satisfied with; if we produce anything less than that we have failed to do our job.
Thank you for reading The Daily Campus. We hope that you will see vast improvement on what we have produced in the past. This year’s staff is actively striving to improve every aspect of our paper, and we hope that we can live up to your highest expectations.
Jessica Huseman is editor in chief of The Daily Campus. She can be reached for comment at jhuseman@smu.edu.