letter from the editor
Contrary to the norm in my writing, I am at a loss for words.
It’s precisely 9:26 a.m. on the day College Avenue goes to print. I’m sitting in Student Media’s newsroom by myself waiting for the excitement to start, and it hits me: I, along with every other student who works at Student Media (and adviser for that matter), am a newsroom geek.
I’m excited. I’m giddy. My spine tingles as I’m typing these words: The first issue of the second year of College Avenue is going to print today.
Exactly 22 days from now, this issue will be in the hallways, the news racks and the hands and minds of students throughout campus – and it will smell lovely.
‘Smell?’ you ask as the word wafts into your thoughts.
It’s true. Go ahead, give it a sniff – you know you want to.
Just tilt your head down a bit (lead with your nose) and simultaneously raise the magazine; scrunch your eyebrows if you feel the need to appear more interested in the content than the smell. Then, take a whiff of that freshly printed glossy goodness – may I suggest a center spread for an enlightening experience.
It’s a wonderful scent – one that took hundreds of hours and throngs of creativity to create. And, it only comes around four times a year for College Avenue.
This time, however, it holds more meaning for me. In about five hours, I will relinquish my editor-in-chief status of College Avenueto Caroline Welch, a journalism major whose work you’ve seen multiple times in here, the Collegian and perhaps The Fairplay Flume out of Bailey. Caroline is also as much of a newsroom geek as they come – and both College Avenue and mewill love the new ideas and pampering she’ll bring between its covers.
It is a bittersweet moment to smell this smell and know it is the last time I can claim partial credit for it.
But luckily for me, as long as there are newsroom geeks, there will always be that alluring aroma. (And there will always be newsroom geeks.)
Enjoy it now, and look forward to it in November and twice in the spring. Once it’s thick in your nose, treat your sights and thoughts to the artistic expression and output of knowledge that is College Avenue.
It’s been an excellent ride,
Amanda Schank
Editor-in-Chief
s t a f f l i s t
editor - in - chief
amanda schank
assistant editor
caroline welch
senior creative design managers
jake nellis
nicole mcpherson
managing editor
elizabeth hipp
ad manager
vanessa mckinney
photographers
jessica douglas
christopher king
designers
erin aggeler
makayla braden
aaron greufe
elizabeth sunshine
copy editors
shelby carlson
megan cozzens
lindsay greer
kate hendrickson
anna jui
adviser
jenny fischer
editorial adviser
holly wolcott
photo adviser
pete heacox
If you are interested in working for the magazine, please contact us via e-mail
or fill out a Student Media application, including a résumé as well as two
or three published clips (photographers and graphic designers are expected
to provide a portfolio upon request). If you would like to submit a freelance
article or letter to the editor, send an attached Word document along with
contact information to our e-mail account at csumag@lamar.colostate.edu.
College Avenue is published by Student Media
Lory Student Center
Fort Collins, CO 80523
(970) 491-7513
College Avenue is a student-run magazine intended as a public forum. College Avenue is published by
the Board of Student Communication at Colorado State University.
College Avenue is a complimentary publication for the Fort Collins community. The first copy is free and
additional copies are $1 each, payable to the Student Media business office.
Advertising inquiries, corrections and letters to the editor should be submitted to the executive editor
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