Monday, August 13, 2007
It’s that time again. Backpacks are being hauled out of closets, local bars are brimming once again with thirsty students, and Target will be insufferably busy for the next several weeks.
As you begin your fall semester at KU, whether it is your first year or your fifth, you may wonder to yourself how this semester will treat you. How much of Lawrence will you see? How many new bands will you discover? Will your parents call often? Will you be single or spoken for?
Jayplay, your friendly campus lifestyle and culture magazine, wonders these very same questions. Jayplay is about life—and how to have one. We are tickled to have the chance to share this semester with you all, to inform and entertain you, and maybe even to help you out once and a while.
Our five different departments—or sections—aim to cover the topics that both make up your life and make it interesting. We want you to be in good health, so we may write stories about the endless benefits of a well-crafted smoothie or the dangers of over-exercising. We will also write about your contact – that is, your relationships – with fellow students, professors, boyfriends and girlfriends. We want you have a good time when you go out, so we’ll write about nightlife and cultural activities and the best eats in town. We want you to know your community well, so we’ll also write about the people that work, play, and live in it. Finally, we want you notice certain random and unusual stories that we’ve unearthed to amuse and enlighten you.
If you’re looking for a minute-long diversion from your homework or your roommate, our short stories will squeeze quite comfortably into that time. Tell yourself that chemistry can wait until you’ve absorbed the gems of wisdom dispensed by your peers in Wescoe Wit. Or tell your roommate you’ll change the toilet paper roll after finishing Hawk Topics.
In the highest of spirits we will bring you all of this, plus a weekly events calendar to keep you in the know about where to see and be seen, a long feature story, and a riveting personal essay in every issue written by one of our dedicated staffers.
Look for us on Thursdays, as you’re preparing for each and every glorious weekend of this semester. We’ll be right there with you.
Netzer is a Lawrence senior in journalism. She is the editor of Jayplay.
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