The Activist

Issue date: 6/2/08 Section: Opinion

What is white and black and is NOT read all over? The Activist. If you're reading this, you're one of the few.

The Activist is the independent University of Cincinnati-Raymond Walters College student newspaper. It's OUR newspaper; it's YOUR newspaper.

Every once in awhile, someone will come up to me in the hallways and say, "Hey, I read your sports article in the last issue. It was cool."

I'd much rather someone come up to me and want to argue about something I've written about the world of sports. Without argument, debate, and fan-hood, sports would be rather boring. I find myself relieved that someone has actually picked up a free copy of The Activist to read.

Whether the student has picked up The Activist to flip through the black and gray pictures between classes or to read word for word the bi-weekly movie review and "On the Spot" features to pass time during a History or Psychology lecture, at least you've noticed us, and the staff of The Activist thanks you.

This is our 12th and final issue of The Activist for the 2007-2008 school year, and I'm proud to say I've been on-board since Volume 21, No. 1 was released on October 15, 2007. Myself, along with other staff writers Othello Gooden, Michael Lewicki, Adrienne Staples, and Courtney Myrick have put in countless hours over at least two quarters to give our students and staff important RWC-related news, such as the death of former Dean Dr. Dolores Straker, the naming of Interim Dean Don O'Meara, UC's plan to convert to semesters, school award winners and other RWC announcements.

I'm not asking for me and my faithful gang to be placed on pedestals and given gold medals for our work, since this is tedious work that we enjoy, and we do it as part of a credited class: we just ask that you read.

Full-time students who show up to RWC at least five days a week have never heard of The Activist. This is unfortunate considering that every other Monday afternoon, The Activist is filtered throughout campus in places that are more than noticeable.

What's black and grey and read all over? The News Record.

Students suck up those copies of the News Record, UC's newspaper, as soon as they hit the ground. That's no knock on the News Record at all. The News Record provides great information to the campus, and I encourage everyone to read those copies when we get them, just as I do.

But why is it that you eagerly reach for the News Record and leave the stack of copies of The Activist untouched, which is usually lying right next to the News Record?

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