Ombuds

Feb.14, 2008

Dear Otter Nation,

The Otter Realm staff would like to welcome you back from your winter break, and hope that the first couple weeks of school have been somewhat stress free.  

There have been a couple of changes to the Otter Realm this semester.  For starters, we have new staff members that will be writing the articles for the newspaper.  We also have a new group of editors working on the paper.  The new Editor and Chief of the Otter Realm is Laura Newell, who previously was the Arts Editor last semester.  Mary Freeman who previously was the News Editor, and wrote the ombuds section last semester, is now the Managing Editor.  The rest of the new editors are: News, Sean Tibbits; Sports, Alex Hawes; Arts, Andie Aguirre; Photos, Gretchen Miller; and Online, Kate Kiechle.

  There are also two more new editions to the paper this semester.  In each edition of the paper there will be a world section, which will consist of one article that is related to a global issue.  The last new edition to the paper is the removal of the crossword on the last page.  We decided to change it up for the new semester and add Sudko in its place.  We would appreciate hearing your thoughts on this change and see what you, as readers, prefer more.

Lastly, I would like to introduce myself as the new ombuds writer for the paper.  This will be my second semester writing for the paper and I am very excited to continue on with what Mary had started last semester.  I look forward to informing our readers on any new updates to the paper throughout the semester and responding to your emails.

Sincerely, Ricky Welshiemer