By Katie Brown
It’s not the end of fall finals period until I pick up a copy of The Stute and use the gloriously festive and free wrapping paper provided on the back pages. Since my freshmen year, these red and green pages of advertisements have been used to wrap my presents for my friends and, when I really got lazy, my family (they didn’t appreciate it as much). Last fall semester, I was bummed to discover that the wrapping paper was not in the last issue of The Stute. Considering I was counting down all semester for the “gloriously festive” issue when I was picking up the weekly paper, I was bummed to have to fork over the couple bucks at CVS for actual wrapping paper last holiday season.
Over break, however, I did realize I started doing something at Stevens that I haven’t done before the Fall 2015 semester. Though I may have been bummed for the lack of wrapping paper near the end, I was actually picking up The Stute every week. Frankly speaking, the only time I ever cautiously read The Stute was to read the Cuisine Corner when my boyfriend was the columnist. I’m not sure what exactly motivated me in the first place, but after picking up one Stute last semester, I kept picking up more. The articles have developed into students genuinely reporting on what is occurring on campus, and not just summaries of events I attended or writers hogging the spotlight on topics that I didn’t care for.
I firmly believe The Stute has developed into the college newspaper you hear about in the movies or expect out of a college campus. It has been reborn into newsworthy pieces of literature that our campus should value, critique, and of course read more. Congrats to The Stute on their rebirth, and I hope people begin admiring the work of your staff as much as I have last semester and moving forward. Also, bring back your wrapping paper next Fall.
The Rebirth of the Stute
Published in Letter to the Editor and Opinion
