EDITORIAL
From the Editor's Desk
Welcome to issue five of 16.
If you understand why five
is spelled out in that sen-
tence and 16 isn't, you just passed your
first AP Stylebook quiz. The AP Stylebook
spells out conventions for newspaper
grammar and punctuation. If you want to
know more about how to write for a news
paper, stop by The Capital Times office at
Olmsted W 341 or register for either
Writing for the Media or Journalistic
Writing next semester.
But that's not what I want to talk
about. Last week, the staff of The Capital
Times received notification that our bud
get had been approved. The color printing
in this issue is the glorious result. This
year's budget request included increased
funds to cover the cost of adding color to
the front and back page.
The budget's approval gives us reason
to celebrate, and I know our readers will
appreciate the improvement. But we're
not finished yet.
On page two of this issue is a survey.
Before we continue to run our regular fea
tures, or arbitrarily add new ones, it
makes sense to ask our loyal audience
for feedback.
Please take a moment and complete
Introducing More
Capital Times
Staff Members
Christine Dixon
Kristi Heslop
the survey. There are three places on cam
pus to deposit completed forms: our office
at Olmsted W 341; the student lounge at
Olmsted 101; and the circulation desk of
the library.
Our staff will carefully review feed
back and results will appear in the next
issue. Future changes will reflect readers'
thoughts and suggestions.
The next challenge is putting The
Capital Times online. I have been working
with Lisa Busch and Chris Spak of ACM,
PSH's computer club, to place each issue
-on our Web site. We're looking for help
from anyone with experience translating
Quark Express documents to HTML
or someone who wants to learn. The skill
may prove helpful since papers like The
New York Times use the same layout pro
gram.
As always, we enjoy hearing what you
think any way you want to contact
u5—(717)948-6440; captimes@psu.edu;
or in person.
Keep reading - we'll keep writing.
Cathie McCormick Musser
itchell Davidso
Bentle
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Justin Anthony
Lutz
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Letter Prompted by Tragedy
Student Jenny Proust included The Capital Times in the circula
tion of a heartfelt e-mail letter she wrote after suffering a tragic
loss. With Jenny's permission, we are sharing her excellent advice with
the PSH community.
Hello everyone,
Recently, 2 days ago actually, two
guys that I graduated with died tragically
in a car accident. One
of them had just turned
21 the day before his
death
A tragedy such as
this is one that brings
many emotions to my
mind, but none as
important as being
thankful for who you
have with you still
today. You never know when it is time for
a certain person close to you to leave. Take
advantage of all the time you have with
any and all friends and family close to
you. Tell them you love them. Tell them
that they are a good friend to you. Tell
them you care about them. Just because
you never know, it just might be the last
chance for you to say it.
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"Tell them you
love them. Tell
them that they
are a good
friend to you."
It truly scares me to hear of such
untimely deaths, as of those of my 2
friends from high school. Mostly because
they are so young, had so much life left to
live. So what I have to
offer is this: when you
feel as if nothing is going
right in your life, or you
just had a fight with your
boyfriend/girlfriend/hus
band/wife or anyone
close to you, or if you're
just having a bad day
remember this
time that we have here is
very precious so take advantage of it, see
the positive things in life not always the
negative, and be happy that you and your
loved ones are alive to enjoy life everyday
while we all still have that chance.
Love,
Jenny Proust