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Opinion
I’ucsday, Scinember 21, 2010
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JORDAN
HOWSE
Editor In Chief
THE MAY I SEE IT
A breath of fresh air
Hello Winston-Salem State community, my name
is Jordan Howse and I am the editor in chief of the
News Argus for the 2010-2011
school year.
It's really ironic that 1 am working
on a newspaper because I have not
always been interested in working
in media.
In 2008,1 returned to WSSU and
became a mass communications ma
jor and began contributing articles
to the Argus.
After I completed my internship
at The High Point Enterprise this summer, I knew the
newsroom is where 1 wanted to be.
1 got a lot of experience as a writer and I hope to get a
lot of editing experience this school year.
The News Argus is an award-winning newspaper.
And my goal, like my predecessors is to keep bring
ing home the prizes. I am more than confident that
my hardworking staff and I will do our best to make
WSSU proud.
We will present news that is relevant, accurate,
fair, balanced, informative and entertaining.
I hope to get students more interested and knowl
edgeable about the activities, events and issues that
happen on campus and in the nation.
Not only are we working hard to make both the
print Argus a good news source, but we are also add
ing some exciting new additions to Argus online.
It's under construction but soon we will become
more interactive and feature more multimedia.
As a new campus leader, this will be a learning
process and I appreciate anything students, faculty
and alumni can teach me. I am looking forward to
receiving suggestions and news tips, so please come
to my office G005 in Carolina Hall or send e-mail to
jhowsel06@wssu.edu.
Rumor is journalists are a dying breed,but I intend
to resuscitate.
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As a matter of
policy. The News
Argus will publish
corrections for
errors.
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be made as scons
as possible after
the error has been
brought to the at
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Editor In Chief at
thenewsargus@yahoo.com
Argus Letter Policy
The News Argus is a student publication of Winston-Salem State
University. The News Argus encourages written comments to the edi
tor and guest columns, but some rules apply:
□ A signature, address and phone number must accompany all let
ters. Letters should be double-spaced and no more than 250 words.
□ Letters will be verified by The News Argus by a phone call prior to
publication. If The News Argus is unable to contact the writer of a letter,
the letter will be held until contact is made. Letters intended as advertis
ing will not be published.
□ The News Argus does not publish "form letters"or letters sent to
multiple newspapers outside the Triad unless the issue discussed in
the letter is of importance to the WSSU community.
□ The News Argus reserves the right to edit letters and guest columns
for clarity, length and libel. The News Argus will edit letters that are
grossly inaccurate or cross the boundaries of good taste.
□ The News Argus allows readers to reply to someone response to any
earlier letter only once.
□ Guest columns may be no more than 400 words. The News Argus
will accept endorsements of candidates, but only one per writer per
candidate. The letter may challenge a candidate's record, but no
intensely personal attacks will be printed. The News Argus permits
candidates to write letters to the editor to specifically respond to
another letter.
CAMPUS CREW
Forum of comments from WSSU students, faculty and staff
selected randomly to answer a provocative question from
The News Argus. Comments do not represent the opinions
of the Argus staff. To hear the complete responses visit
www.thenewsargus.com and listen to the podcasts.
Rent-A-Text is a new renting service provided by
the WSSU bookstore and university bookstores
L across the country. It allows students to rent text
books in the bookstore or online.
Interviews and photos by Jarrett Dawkins
This method helps students save money. It's also
convenient because students can pay with cash, a
credit card or their Ram card.
This issue's Campus Crew asks...
|What do you think about about renting textbooks from the bookstore?
MARY IBEL MARTINEZ
FRESHMAN, EDUCATION
YADKINVILLE, N.C
It's good; it's just a little slow,
so they would have to speed
it up a little bit, but you will
save a lot of money.
STEPHANIE NESMITH
JUNIOR, CLINIC LAB SCI
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.
I like it a lot. It helped me to
save money this year.
DENISE BAUCOM
FRESHMAN, ELEM ED.
WEDDINGTON, N.C.
It means more to me to pur
chase the book than to rent it,
so I can go back to the book if
I need to.
JACOB GREEN
JUNIOR, MATH
GASTONIA
The rental policy is really
good. Everything was pretty
simple, and I'm enjoying it.
ETHAN STANG
GRAD STUDENT, PT
CHAPEL-HILL
It's a great idea to save a lot
of money. I wish the grad
school would allow us to rent
books.