Dear Foresters,
This spring semester, the Stentor has changed from a dying newspaper to one that many of you now read regularly. The Stentor staff and I were able to turn this newspaper around because we believed in its potential. We believed that you deserve a newspaper that serves as your voice, and we set out to make that happen.
Here at the Stentor, we welcome innovative ideas, support your creativity, and not only try, but actually succeed, in implementing ideas. I originally thought it’d be impossible to pay our student writers and editors, but with some hard work and support from our adviser and the Business Office, we were able to start offering compensation.
We weren’t sure if we could deliver the newspapers to every dorm on campus, but the Office of Residence Life backed our vision and soon enough, we began to slip a copy of the paper under each of the 600 doors in the residence halls. And finally, I wasn’t even certain if you would read these newspapers despite all of our efforts, but you did. The Stentor’s headlines sparked so many conversations in the Caf and on social media this semester. Seeing Foresters pick up the newspaper is all we wanted out of this. You made all of our efforts worth it.
We cannot thank you enough for being a part of the Stentor’s team. You’re on our team if you read the paper, write for it, edit, take photos, sell ads, etc. We will continue producing great work for all of you to enjoy next year.
If you’d like to write, edit, or get more involved with the paper, send us an e-mail. There will be leadership positions opening in the fall.
Sincerely,
Jessica Chang ’16 Editor-in-Chief
editor@lakeforest.edu
