When my co-editor Mike and I applied for the positions of Editors-in-Chief we did so because we both have a passion for improving the paper. As our new publishing year is underway, we want to know what you think of the changes we have made to the North Park Press. Our first change to the Press 2008 is to make it more accessible for students. Here’s how…
1. The “So What Do You Think” section presents both sides of an issue on campus and asks YOU to respond with your thoughts. You can either join the discussion at www.northparkpress.blogspot.com or post on the wall of our facebook group “North Park Press”.
2. The opinion section, per usual, provides a place for you to express yourself and your beliefs. Send us an editorial and we’ll run it in the next week’s paper.
3. The freelance section is a new addition designed to give you a place to showcase your talents. Submit your artwork, poems, fiction writing, music and movie reviews, etc. and then look for them to be printed on the back page of the next edition.
Aside from the added sections of the paper we are also updating the mission of the Press as a whole. We hope to bring you thoughtful and challenging writing that will inspire you and make you question what is happening in campus. The focus this year will be to report what matters to North Park students specifically, as we know this is the only location for exclusively NPU news. We accept that responsibility and are proud to present our new paper format. We hope you think the Press has stepped it up a notch with a real newspaper look, so tell us, so what do you think?
Don’t forget to share your opinions of our new style with us on our facebook group “North Park Press” wall. While you’re at it, why not join the group too?
Friday, September 19, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
The New ID's?
Last spring when it was announced that, come fall, all students, faculty and staff would be required to wear their IDs, many disgruntled students dreaded the fashion faux pas. Now that the IDs are here the protests seem to have died down. In fact, the convenience of the all-inclusive identification cards may seem to outweigh any nuisance they bring. So what do you think? Are the new North Park IDs a positive addition to campus advancement, or are they just another thing to try and remember before you run out the door?
More than just another showcase for your beautiful freshman mug shot, the new IDs double as access keys to dorm rooms, campus entrances, and common areas. Now instead of needing to carry around a ring of keys people can simply touch ‘n go. Such a system, when fully implemented in future years, will increase security on campus by limiting those permitted to enter buildings to those who can provide the correct credentials. Additional updates to the IDs could also include the ability to use them as debit cards on campus and in local restaurants and stores.
If you have been to Helwig yet you also know that the IDs have expedited the process of bee-lining your way to your favorite elliptical. Students can electronically submit the gym’s waiver which activates the ID to allow access to Helwig. When you are ready to leave you just tap your ID again and your hard work and sweat is recorded in the log.
On the down side, North Park’s new identification system can prove stressful to those for whom forgetfulness is a foible. If you leave your dorm room or apartment without your ID, you have to go back and get it, or risk being written up. In addition, students must remember to update their cards at a hotspot every forty eight hours in order to receive the new access codes. Not to mention, the whole “having to wear an ID” thing brings many students back to their middle school years, a time most would prefer not to relive.
When it comes down to it though, most students seem not to care one way or another about the new ID system. Junior, Kari Sager, admits to not wearing her ID and feels that the transition was talked up to be much worse than it has become. “I think it’s easier than carrying around multiple keys,” says Sager, “but I’m pretty much apathetic to it. It is, however, a step in the right direction for North Park.”
Don’t just take her word for it…think about your opinion and tell us, so what do you think? Continue this discussion with the rest of the North Park community at www.northparkpress.blogspot.com. What you say might just make its way into next week’s paper. So finish reading this issue, grab your laptop and enlighten us. So what do you think?
More than just another showcase for your beautiful freshman mug shot, the new IDs double as access keys to dorm rooms, campus entrances, and common areas. Now instead of needing to carry around a ring of keys people can simply touch ‘n go. Such a system, when fully implemented in future years, will increase security on campus by limiting those permitted to enter buildings to those who can provide the correct credentials. Additional updates to the IDs could also include the ability to use them as debit cards on campus and in local restaurants and stores.
If you have been to Helwig yet you also know that the IDs have expedited the process of bee-lining your way to your favorite elliptical. Students can electronically submit the gym’s waiver which activates the ID to allow access to Helwig. When you are ready to leave you just tap your ID again and your hard work and sweat is recorded in the log.
On the down side, North Park’s new identification system can prove stressful to those for whom forgetfulness is a foible. If you leave your dorm room or apartment without your ID, you have to go back and get it, or risk being written up. In addition, students must remember to update their cards at a hotspot every forty eight hours in order to receive the new access codes. Not to mention, the whole “having to wear an ID” thing brings many students back to their middle school years, a time most would prefer not to relive.
When it comes down to it though, most students seem not to care one way or another about the new ID system. Junior, Kari Sager, admits to not wearing her ID and feels that the transition was talked up to be much worse than it has become. “I think it’s easier than carrying around multiple keys,” says Sager, “but I’m pretty much apathetic to it. It is, however, a step in the right direction for North Park.”
Don’t just take her word for it…think about your opinion and tell us, so what do you think? Continue this discussion with the rest of the North Park community at www.northparkpress.blogspot.com. What you say might just make its way into next week’s paper. So finish reading this issue, grab your laptop and enlighten us. So what do you think?
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