NEVJS AMD VM'B HO? THE CRIER STfiFF
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• We the students of the Journalism
class have in the past six months managed
to furnish the college with an impressive
newspaper, we think. No one outside
the class knows the sacrifices that
have been made in order to continue the
paper's publication. Several suggestions
have been made to limit the paper to one
mi 11100graphed page in order to cut or
minimize the overhead.
Our creditors have informed us that
we cannot continue publication until
we change the color of our financial
nituation. We appeal to the student
body for suggestions for raising revenue,
like anything else in the world these
days it takes money to have something
worthwhile.
Since you are going to get the bene-
r±t of any worthwhile suggestions, why
not find some way to help us. Any
constructive suggestions will be con
sidered as a last minute crash program.
H.G.
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Reborn in 19S9 as a mimeographed
'iheet selling for ten to fifteen cents,
the Campus Crier has had an unsettled
ftorly childhood.' I|^’pographical errors,
st-minute deadlines, money owed to
nvid by the paper—all these diseases
i'ave attacked our "baby." Why? What
'■■^kes the Crier run?
The main thing that makes anything
rvn is the all-important Green God-
li,)ney. The old (’^9) Crier by printing
'^2ap and selling high, managed to have
ouough profit for an occasional blast.
Then for the 19^9 Christmas issue we
used the photo-lith process which added
more frustrations and monetary troubles.
In '60 and '61 some ridiculous rule has
forced us to give away a paper we'd
CO losing money on even if we sold it.
Low ad sales, hard-to-collect bills,
arid the expenses of printing have in
creased our troubles again.
Along with the money troubles comes
the demon Material. What news is front
page? Is this story too old to be used?
I'/hat news is front page? Have wc get
too much humor or not enough? What
can we use to fill this spacc on page
t'lrec? An A-B Crier staff member must
'--e a salesman, editor, writer, and
cupjrreader. These are just a few of
•'-.he many, many jobs each member is
er.pacted to perform efficiently. JR14
There comes a time when effort reaches
its maximum point of futility. The Crier
has reached that point.
Our time was exhausted before lire
began, our financial resources in the
red from the beginning, and our patience
with petty disagreements long ago taxed
to its limit.
Let us face the facts of our present
chaotic situation. We do not have
sufficient advertiaing to pay for another
printing. We have not had a person with
that combination of talent and time to
sell us into the black.
It may be that A-B will never have
an amount of interest in journalism to
give it adequate support. That is of
the future, we don't know. But this
we do know. We do not have a single
typewriter, we had to select oiu' own
text, we are evidently considered to
be some sort of club that lives by its
own wit.
We are given $^0 per issue from the
student activity fee. There was no
provision made in the past for our
budget, nor one promised for the future.
That $^0 represents less than half of
printing costs. Vlhcn we by some miracle
were able to sell more than enough ads,
many of the advertisers have not, as
yet, paid their bills.
We have a lot of gripes and wc are
sure you do. But if we had had the
incentive such as your interest could
have brought, we might have found that
Herculean strength to perform a
"miracle." But the fact remains, the
only time we have heard from you was
when you disliked our efforts, never
when you were pleased—maybe you never
were.
They say comparison is the only means
for judgment. When you compare the late
Campus Crier with nothing, it could be
that you will sec it wasn't so terrible
after all. OVP
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I'fhat does it take to make a newspaper?
The answer to this question is one word
or mainly one xford—^Money. A newspaper
no matter how good can't exist without
funds. We must have the kind of money
that advertisers pay for ads, the kind
that pays printers for printing the
paper, and the kind that is described
as green paper xirith George on the front.
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