Our Take

Every issue, there's a small story in the upper left corner of the Campus Views page called "Our Take." And, every issue I write a small blurb about something important to The Western Carolinian as a whole. Here's "Our Take" from the Back to School double issue.

"If this is your first time picking up The Western Carolinian, we would like to welcome you to Western Carolina University and to our newspaper.
It is a small newspaper, but we have taken on the "big dogs" in several award ceremonies and come away happy. Our staff is a family unit of good friends that come together on a regular basis in different events in our offices, in the classroom and out in the Jackson County community. Together, we hike through the great outdoors, see movies, volunteer at local non-profit organizations and strive to participate within our community that we report on every day.

We describe ourselves and our paper as "a college newspaper [that] serves the entire college community by reporting the news, including college events and activities, providing a forum for comment and criticism and encouraging the free expression as guaranteed by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States."
At The Western Carolinian, we believe in the policy of "student run." All of our decisions fall on both two Co-Editors-in-Chief with input from their section editors and staff writers. Each staff member and both Co-Editors are full-time students learning what it takes to be a journalist, photographer or designer.
We encourage you, the reader, to express yourself in any form through The Western Carolinian. It is the campus newspaper for Western Carolina University and its community, which includes all of you.
"As a vehicle for free inquiry and free expression in the college community," we accept all mediums of guest work, including hard-hitting news stories, photographs, poetry and opinion pieces. We also offer paying jobs and are currently looking for staff writers. In a newspaper environment, the staff learned every day the importance of working well under pressure, making deadlines, AP style writing, being a member of a team and many other skills.
Come find out more about us. We are located in the Old Student Union building across the street from Moore. Go through the front door, down the hall, across the expanse of the conference room to the little hally. Our offices are there on the right. Follow us via Facebook or check out website at www.westerncarolinian.com. If you do not feel up to writing a piece for publication, send us any type of feedback.  We hope to hear from you. Have a great year, Catamounts!