College of the Siskiyous student Kevin Whitehead helped lead the effort to revive the campus-wide newspaper in December and is serving as its editor.
“To me, the biggest value (of the paper) is that it gives students a voice,” said Whitehead, who is particularly interested in controversial issues that develop on campus.
“As students, you need to have a voice because if you don’t, the institution will speak for you,” he said.
Now called “COS News and Noise,” the newspaper has received enough funding to be published once a month, and Whitehead sees student interest growing.
Stories, photographs and cartoons are wanted for the publication, and “anybody who wants to write an article and is a student at COS is encouraged to get involved,” he said.
Whitehead noted that the college is planning to offer a journalism class, and the paper will be an excellent venue for those students.
College president Randy Lawrence said he will be a regular contributor in a column called “From the Horse’s Mouth.”
“I hope to be provocative, even controversial, because I believe that learning comes most from respectful yet critical debate,” Lawrence wrote in a recent column.
Despite problems in the newspaper industry, Whitehead stated his belief about the importance of having someone reporting the facts.
“Unfortunately, a lot of journalism has become opinion journalism,” he said.
A website for the COS newspaper is being developed, and the club hopes to create a blog.
“The web version could be a way for people to stay in touch with the school,” said Whitehead.
Also involved in the paper are Seamus Weston, the assistant editor, Nikki Adams and Curtis Williams. Faculty advisors are Jayne Turk and Michael Tischler.
Contact the newspaper staff at cosnewsandnoise@gmail.com
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College of the Siskiyous student Kevin Whitehead helped lead the effort to revive the campus-wide newspaper in December and is serving as its editor.
“To me, the biggest value (of the paper) is that it gives students a voice,” said Whitehead, who is particularly interested in controversial issues that develop on campus.
“As students, you need to have a voice because if you don’t, the institution will speak for you,” he said.
Now called “COS News and Noise,” the newspaper has received enough funding to be published once a month, and Whitehead sees student interest growing.
Stories, photographs and cartoons are wanted for the publication, and “anybody who wants to write an article and is a student at COS is encouraged to get involved,” he said.
Whitehead noted that the college is planning to offer a journalism class, and the paper will be an excellent venue for those students.
College president Randy Lawrence said he will be a regular contributor in a column called “From the Horse’s Mouth.”
“I hope to be provocative, even controversial, because I believe that learning comes most from respectful yet critical debate,” Lawrence wrote in a recent column.
Despite problems in the newspaper industry, Whitehead stated his belief about the importance of having someone reporting the facts.
“Unfortunately, a lot of journalism has become opinion journalism,” he said.
A website for the COS newspaper is being developed, and the club hopes to create a blog.
“The web version could be a way for people to stay in touch with the school,” said Whitehead.
Also involved in the paper are Seamus Weston, the assistant editor, Nikki Adams and Curtis Williams. Faculty advisors are Jayne Turk and Michael Tischler.
Contact the newspaper staff at cosnewsandnoise@gmail.com
