First and foremost, welcome to the new semester. Everyone at the Clarion genuinely appreciates your reading.
I’m Barton, the Executive Editor. The Clarion is a weekly paper that hits stands every Tuesday. We are a production by the students, for the students.
I wanted to extend a hand to any readers that want to get involved on campus. You do not have to work for the Clarion to see some of your work published by us.
I love to publish student poetry submissions. If there’s something that struck a chord with you while reading an edition, I would love to publish your thoughts as a letter to the editor.
I spent a lot of time around news organizations as a child. For anyone that may remember him, Carl Day was my grandfather. Seeing his passion for reporting and always focusing on his family, faith and friends was an inspiration that I would only grow to appreciate more later in my life.
His integrity, honesty and love for his community are aspects I hope to continue to embody.
There are many that work in the news or television in general that are one person to the cameras and another in reality.
I can honestly say that Carl was the very same man that viewers saw on camera as he was to all of us in our small, very close and loving family.
Although, I may not have even a thousandth of his achievements, that is the one service I can provide my community with: unbiased, genuine news without any agenda.
I can not promise that every edition will be a comfortable experience for readers. Thoughts you may dislike or disagree with may be published. The Clarion is not a safe space nor an echo chamber.
However, I can promise that we will never shy away from the difficult topics. What ends up in the paper on a weekly basis is a fragment of what I would love to put in it.
Originally I did not write for the paper. I worked our social media. I began a long process of learning to write journalism when I noticed that the issues I felt were important were simply being cast aside.
If you are someone that feels that way about the content in our paper, I encourage you to join us. Anyone that wants to have a voice on campus can surely express it in our Clarion.
If you would like to apply for any of our open positions, or just see what the whole operation is like, feel free to stop by Building 6 Room 314.
From the Clarion team, we wish you all success in the coming year.