Why, God, Why?

Our newsroom has been infected with pollen. Allergies. Headaches. Sniffles. Runny noses.
It leaves us asking, “Please, God, why do we need plants to make oxygen?” We come into work, and it seems like people have some kind of virus that is making them go crazy, as if they are going to die sometime soon. And now it’s starting to affect our work. People run out of rooms with tears in their eyes, runny noses and awful noises emitting from their mouths. But that doesn’t stop news.
We’re in the process of planning (very carefully) our April Fools Issue. (That’s right look out for it). Although, we’re having a lot of fun trying to make fun of ourselves as best we can, we’re trying not to cross too many lines. We’ve discovered that like our allergies, our readers are very sensitive. Letters flow in from people that misunderstood something we printed. It seems ironic that in a field based on communicating, so many miscommunications take place.
All that we ask, is that before you jump to a conclusion about us, compare us to spring allergies. Consider that we are necessary to this university and that sometimes we might irritate you, but maybe we didn’t mean to.

Liz White
editor in chief
with help from Johnathon Hall, the online guy