This was my letter to the reader for Print Issue 5:

All week I have been thinking about what I wanted to tell the next set of readers who picked up this issue. I decided mainly I wished to say, Thank You. In August when a few of us came up with the idea for an independent paper on campus, many said it was over-ambitious. It was very ambitious, I agree. But to call it over-ambitious at any time would be to deny the need for its arrival. Things have not been easy, money has not been falling into our laps, time is not something students have an excess of, but we have gotten it done. Not always on time, certainly not perfect, but each issue has been set around campus every other week to be found by LSU students.

The First meeting is changed to October 12! We will have Dr. Schafer speaking on critical thinking in politics and the news. Go to the Events section to learn more.

When this idea started we had no idea what kind of response we would receive. We published 6000 copies of our first issue on campus September 13. That day,  over 170 students came by the club fair and signed up on our interested member list, and many professors stopped by as well. The general message from the public was clear: what we are doing is long overdue. We had many students tell us how they are not political but enjoyed our newsletter and want to get more involved. E-mails have come from all different types of students excited about reading and writing. We made a Facebook group that is growing by the day. We’ve even had students tell us how one of our articles was cited in class by a political science professor. We are excited you are getting involved, we want your input and we value your opinions.

Thank you for coming to our site! It is under a lot of construction but we hope to have a final product by September 25. The first issue’s articles can be found below. Feel free to comment.

For now please also visit our forum at www.studentsforreform.org/community where you can creat a profile and begin posting. Thanks again!

Below is my letter from the first issue: