Our purpose and our passion
By Emily Fox · Editor-in-Chief
It is undeniable that an enormous amount of work goes into producing an issue of The Collegian each Friday. This truth is clear in every word our staff writes, every comma we add or remove, every photo we take and every newsstand we place on campus. The effort put into our weekly publication is realized through the experience of the section editors who commit to organizing, writing and designing a section each week, copy editors who ensure every article printed adheres to AP and The Collegian standards and contributing writers who, for no pay or grade, spend hours writing articles that pile on top their stack of papers for classes.
So, what makes it all worth it? The community does. This newspaper emphasizes unity and connection. It publishes stories about the campus that connect every student. It’s within the pages of The Collegian that students and faculty members from different spheres of the college become aware of how their peers apply their God-given talents and abilities. The paper is a small illustration of how those diverse skills work together in a greater plan to accomplish a greater purpose.
The Collegian is committed to truthful communication, and we hope our effort in this paper is translated as love towards our campus and the students, faculty and alumni who make up the Grove City College community.
We as the staff also receive the benefits of the effort we pour into the paper. Working for The Collegian gives us opportunities to step outside our comfort zones for the sake of something bigger than our individual roles. It teaches us the joy of hard work and how to rely on each other, a skill that is necessary for thorough and accurate communication. Practically, it gives us experience writing in industry style, working with the professional equipment and software we will need to know how to use in our chosen field, expanding our understanding of what it takes to publish a newspaper. I think we speak for the whole staff when we also say it has and continues to provide a wonderful community of same-goaled, ambitious people. We have learned an unquantifiable amount by working alongside the people with whom we share the responsibility of the paper.
We hope, like the college that publishes it, The Collegian makes evident the good things God is doing within our community. May this paper and the work put into it truly bless you this year as we stay committed to the truth of the Lord and the oneness of the college we share.
