_ December 9th 1981 to 1982

The Other Press

 

 

 

a This is the Other Press readership survey. We

want to know your opinion of the paper. For
example, what you like and don’t like, where
you think improvements are needed, and
changes or additions you would like to see.

This is the last issue of the semester, and we
want to know how we can improve the paper
for the next semester. We hope you are all
aquainted with the paperand might help us by
answering the questions.

Fell free to write more:than one answer and
to use the space provided for any comments or
suggestions you have to offer.

Drop off the completed questionaires at the
Student Society office or in the OP office, if it

is openm.-If we’re not here, leave it in the pouch

outside the door, under the ‘Shit From our
Readers’ sign. Peace, love and please answer
our questionaire.

I am in the program.

This is my year at Douglas College.
I read

Olevery issue of the paper

Othe paper now and then

Oidon’t read the paper

Othe cartoons

I read the folowing sections:
(Other News
(Other Entertainment
[Other Sports
(Other Letters
[Other features
(Other Editorial
(Other Corner
staff box |
(Dall of the above

The layout of the paper makes it
easy to read
Ohard to read
UO confusing
Olboring
O) dynamic

I think the design could be improved by:

 

 

Do you think that the prefix ‘Other’ is
' Dgreat!

Listupid

Dlover-used

Djunder-used

(Lshould be axed altogether
I think the news stories are

OO well written

O poorly written

O well researched

poorly researched

OD interesting

‘CD monotonous

I read
(OCUP news
Cilecal news
(both CUP and local news

CUP is
OCisomething to put tea in
(Canadian University Press
C1Communist United Persons

Most news stories
tell me something new
[tell me what I already know
(gives me more information on something
I already know about

Lo help me make up my mind about issues
O

confuse me

There is
O)not enough campus news
Litoo much campus news
Citoo much national news
Cjnot enough national news
(Ja good mix of campus and national news

I would like to see more news coverage of:

 

 

 

The news section could be improved by:

 

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There should be

Omore sports

‘(Uless sports

Cibetter coverage of sports

Ci better coverage of the following sports:

 

 

 

The entertainment section should
OJremain the way it is
(Jhave more music reviews
Chave more film reviews
(LJhave more play reviews

I think there should be
(more room for entertainment
Uless room for entertainment

I'd like to see the following in the entertain-
ment section:

 

‘True American Atrocities is
O great!
(well drawn
0 poorly drawn
0 a pack of lies

The Other Editorials are
[]well reasoned and interesting
Oshrill and stupid
Ljsometimes good, sometimes garbage
(generally okay
Cjnot worth reading

I think the Other Press is
Clrepresentative of the students here
Koff in its own little world
L)too radical
L]too conservative
Lijust right

In general, the paper is
Ojinformative
( wishy-washy
(J not worth the paper it’s printed on
(Djinteresting and relevant

I believe the Other Press is organized
Olike a dictatorship
Dicollectively and democratically
Dlike a commercial newspaper
Clwhat organization?

 

 

 

The thing I like most about the paper is

 

 

 

If the Other Press published it, I would read
Ostories about sports injuries
Cicoach and player interviews
(game statistics
Othe following:

 

 

 

The thing I like least about the paper is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would suggest the following improvements:

 

The Other Press has
Citoo many features
(too few features
Oiinteresting and entertaining features
(boring and irrelevant features
DO stories I can’t read anywhere else
() the same stories I read elsewhere

Feature layout is
Oconfusing and hard to read
Ljinviting and interesting to read
(Citoo creative.
Cjnot creative enough

I would like to see more features on:

 

 

 

God
Dis the supreme being
is a primitive superstition
Dis doG spelled backwards
(damn the Other Press

Other Photos are
Dexcellent
(okay
OD out of focus
OChelpful in distinguishing people and things
(the only things I look at
(J other:

 

 

 

 

This is how I would be attracted to work on the
paper:

 

 

 

 

Generally I think the Other Press is
Clim proving
Ol getting worse
(becoming more responsive
(becoming less responsive
L)staying about the same

Autonomy of the student press is
(a good thing
(a bad thing

My opinion of this survey is:

 

 

 

I have a lot more to say: