Dear Readers,
Welcome to The Comenian’s first print edition of the year! We have a jam-packed edition full of great stories, including horoscopes, a crossword, many reviews, school news, and a Halloween centerspread!
Some say print is a dead medium, but I take great pride in the work our staff and I put into these print editions, and I know how much the campus community values them. So, thank you to our staff for providing, and thank you for reading.
When was the last time you held a story in your hands?
On this campus, as everywhere else, we scroll, skim, and swipe our way through information. Our feeds decide what we care about. Algorithms tell us what’s trending. Attention lasts maybe three seconds before the next notification devours it. Everything feels disposable, weightless, and half-remembered.
So yes, printing a physical newspaper in 2025 might seem absurd. Antiquated. Dead. But that’s exactly why we’re doing it.
Maybe you’re reading this between classes. Maybe you grabbed this because you liked the cover art. Maybe a friend handed it to you. However, it got here, you’re holding something real. That alone makes this worth the effort.
Your stories deserve space. Student voices deserve permanence because this campus deserves to see itself reflected.
What haunts this campus isn’t supernatural. It’s the real, uncomfortable stuff we’d rather avoid. Rising tuition that stretches students thin. Sexual violence that isn’t solved by a single email blast. Academic burnout that simmers quietly until someone breaks.
Those aren’t ghost stories. They’re lived realities, and journalism’s job is to drag the things hiding in the dark into the light.
Working on a college paper means writing when you’re exhausted, editing when your Canvas assignments pile up, and caring when it would be easier not to. It means believing that the work matters, even when the audience is tired, overwhelmed, or convinced that nothing ever changes.
But change never comes from silence.
So consider this your reminder: you’re part of a campus that’s alive. Your voice counts. Your curiosity counts. The stories you tell, and demand, count.
Also, I urge you all to go out and vote on November 4; although it’s an off-year election, it is crucial to fulfill your civic duty and cast your vote. It’s an important election this year!
And if you’re interested in contributing to or joining The Comenian, please come to our meetings, which take place every Wednesday at 5 p.m. in Zinzendorf Hall, room 100. We also have secondary meetings on Thursdays at the same time and place for people who can’t come on Wednesdays. If you cannot attend meetings, that is fine as well; we allow asynchronous participation, so you don’t need to worry about missing meetings.
We are looking for new writers, photographers, videographers, graphic designers, and more, so if any of those interests you, be sure to stop by or email me at [email protected].
The Comenian supports a wide range of content. If you want to interview students around campus, you can. If you want to make video essays, you can. If you want to make short comics, you can. Whether you want to write about news, politics, music, movies, sports, video games, food, history, or anything else, I guarantee you will have a place here.
Also, if you would like to be notified by email whenever we publish a new edition of the paper – either the online or print version – please send your address to [email protected]. We’ll add you to our email list! And with that, welcome back to The Comenian.
Your editor-in-chief,
Liz
