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August-September 2002
NEWS
Campaign finance reform
becomes a crucial platform issue
IMPRESSIONS
Editorial: Welcome to
the Pittsburgh Standard
Letters to the
editor:
Two powerhouses govern the
people in different ways
Bush power to the rescue
BUSINESS
Finding the right
priced textbook
FEATURE
Cruising the Burgh on
foot
EXPRESSIONS
Chi Alpha ministries
makes an impact
The Newman Club offers
Catholics hope
Moral law or religious
banter: The debate over the 10 Commandments continues
SPORTS
Jaromir Jagr makes
capital with the Capitals
The Great Race: For the
elite and slow of feet
The pampered life of a
college athlete
Testing
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INTRODUCTION
Hello, my name is
Ramesh C. Reddy. I am a huge fan of the Pittsburgh Panthers.
As the publisher and student Editor in Chief of the online edition of the Pittsburgh Standard, I would like
to welcome you to the paper. The paper originally started out as a monthly paper
edition serving predominantly the Carnegie Mellon University and the University
of Pittsburgh community. It was funded by the Center for Life and Family to give
students an alternative paper.
It was a pilot program for an entire school year from September
2001-April 2002. We ran the paper without paid advertisements. As of April, the
print edition has stopped but I am so grateful for all the staff that made the
paper possible from the publisher to each writer.
When the paper was not going to be coming anymore this year, I was a
bit disappointed because I heard wonderful stories of the impact the paper made
in many student’s lives. I did not want that impact to be stifled just because
there was not going to be a print edition.
As the then managing editor of the paper, I took it upon myself to do what
I could so that the paper would continue if not as a paper edition. With this in
mind, I contacted the publisher to see if I could use the Pittsburgh Standard’s
name to run the paper online. Permission rights were given to me to have the
Pittsburgh Standard’s name to run an online edition as long as the Center for
Life and Family would be absolved of having anything to do with the online
edition starting in May 2002 until a future paper edition could return.
An agreement was reached and the Pittsburgh Standard was born on a
commercial site
http://www.pittsburghstandard.com. Just because I decided to start an online
edition of the paper, I did not want people to forget what made this opportunity
possible.
With this in mind, I have
archived all of the paper edition issues from Sept 2001-April 2002 and included
them on the site.
As managing editor of the paper edition, I followed the mission of the
paper set by the staff before I joined. Now as the paper runs as a commercial
site and I was given rights to use the name, I don’t intend to forget what made
the paper successful. If anything, I hope to see the online edition improve over
the paper edition.
I chose to continue with that name because the mission of the online
edition of the paper is to “Raise the Standard for News and Views”
I encourage you all to
look through the archives to see the kind of articles that were covered in the
paper so you can know what the editors and writers made possible. Many of them may be moving on but the Standard will remain. It will
remain to reach out to readers in different ways through the different sections
of the paper.
If you have always wanted to write and could never find the
opportunity to write, I invite you to come aboard the PS. The online paper can
only become better with dedicated editors and writers who have a passion to use
the paper as a means of public administration whether that administration of
duties includes covering breaking news, writing impressions and expressions to
influence and challenge the public. The paper does not end with those sections
alone for there is more to the paper to reach the public masses. You can reach
us with any questions or comments at sorc+pghstandard@pitt.edu
or
pghstndrd@pittsburghstandard.com
I would now like to leave you
now with the words of the former Editor-in-Chief, Jeremy Day. He
is the who took upon himself the responsibility of making the print-edition of
the paper a reality and influenced lots of students with the limited staff team
he was able to have.
“As part of our effort to respect and acknowledge all viewpoints, we welcome
comments and submissions. We do this to continually provide a high level of
service and integrity to our readership. We want to give you all the information
you need and want, when you want it. So enjoy yourself as you are looking
through the Pittsburgh Standard and thanks for reading! The mission of our paper
is “To get the truth behind various news stories out into the public’s eye and
educate them in various ways. We will not be biased one way or the other, but we
will always carry the light of truth that comes from Christ. Our hope is to
slowly pull our generation from the quagmire that Hollywood and the media has
seemed to have led us into.”
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