‘LETTITOR:

Now with 50% less editing!

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_T’m ata student journalism conference in Ottawa

_as I write this. Earlier today, I was at a meeting
for Editors-In-Chiefs (or whatever the correct

' pluralization is), and one of the editors from
Newfoundland made an impassioned plea. “Please
guys, whatever you do,” he said earnestly, “don’t °
write stories about going to this'conference in

 

‘your paper. Students hate reading that kind of

masturbatory tripe.” And I largely agree. I mean hell,
I am barely enjoying this trip myself. The weather

is terrible and most of the other newspaper people
are ugly. So why would I assume it would be any

_.more fun for you to read about than it is to actually

experience?

 

 

EARNS

   

 

January 21, 2008

I’m only noting that I’m at this conference
so you know what to blame if this issue seems a
tad... rougher than usual. I know, I know, it’s not
always a masterpiece at the best of times, but I have
an excuse this time around. With all the conferencing
and so on, I’ve been too busy to give this issue the
thorough cleanup it deserves, and as a result you may
see a few more quirks than usual. But I’m editing
on a crappy Macintosh laptop in a depressing hotel
room in a foreign time zone. So give me a break
here.

In other news, I would like to give a
huge shout-out of thanks to all those students who

‘have emailed me over the last two weeks about

getting a job at the Other Press. | have been truly
overwhelmed by the level of interest in the paper and
the enthusiasm that many students seem to have to
get involved. I’m still sorting through the deluge of
resumes and applications, so if I haven’t gotten back
to you just yet don’t worry, I will soon. In retrospect,
sending spam-style solicitation emails to all students
was a brilliant idea I should have employed much
earlier in the year. I now understand why all those
Nigerian princes drive better cars than | do.

Anyhow, see you next week back in sunny
BC and enjoy this special under-edited edition of the
Other Press. You can eyen make it into a game, if
you want. Circle all the brazen errors I overlooked
and then email me your seore. You won’t win
anything, but you will help me feel more guilty and
ashamed than I already do, and hey, that’s prize
enough, right?

J.J. McCullough
Editor in Chief of the Other Press

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