To Our Faithful and Devoted Readers

As Editor-in-Chief here at The Clock, it falls upon me to fill the space on this page each week. As there is no major campus issue that The Clock Staff or I feel strongly enough about to write an editorial, I figured that I would address you.

I'm sitting here in the office as per usual on a Wednesday night. I've got the live feed of the last period of the men's hockey game playing on my computer as I write this letter to you, the faithful Clock readers.

First, I would like to thank you for taking the time to visit the TheClockOnline.com. Whether this is your first time to the site or you're a faithful weekly reader, it truly means a lot to me, and the rest of the staff, that you trust us to bring you your campus news.

It is probably accurate for me to say that I've spent more time in this office over the past four years than I have in class (don't tell my parents), and I am extremely proud of the staff with whom I work with. Each week, they forsake sleep and sanity to gather leads, conduct interviews, write and then edit articles, take photos, sell advertisements, and most importantly, layout and design a newspaper (as a graphic design major, I am naturally biased).

Each week, we receive loads of praise from our fellow students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members on the work we do. Often equaling that praise are the critiques, complaints and recommendations for what we should cover in The Clock. I'm not bashing the negative feedback we get from our readers; in fact, I welcome it.

Your feedback, negative or positive, helps us grow as individual journalists and as an org. It also shows that you care about what you're reading and willing to drop us a line as to how we can improve. So please, continue to let us know if our writing, editing, design, etc. needs work.

On that note, I would like to know what types of events, trends, sports, news, music, movies (and so on) that you, our faithful readers and devoted fans, would like to see The Clock cover. Knowing what you want to see from us will help us strive to meet our goal of catering to our readers as well as bringing you the news.

If there is a particular type of story you want to see us write, please email me (vlmusch [at] plymouth.edu) or stop by the Clock office and talk with myself, or one of the other Clock staffers.

Again, I appreciate you taking the time to read the Clock, and I hope to hear from you soon.

And as always, "Know the Times, Read The Clock,"

-Veronica Musch

EIC

P.S. Congratulations to the PSU Men's Ice Hockey team for their MASCAC championship trophy.