After almost two years of advancing in the ranks of (and losing more and more of my free time to) this paper, I have officially committed to letting it take over my life completely come Fall 2014. I really did this to myself, though. Ever since I signed on to this Greek news source my freshman year, I found myself diving deeper and deeper into what exactly goes into creating a weekly publication.

Haley Mowdy, former Editor-in-Chief, began molding me to step up to larger roles than simply writing, my eagerness to do more apparent. Since her reign as Editor-in-Chief, the paper has grown by unexpectedly vast amounts thanks to her and her team’s constant work. The pages that a once small staff scrambled to fill are now overflowing with content from our plethora of writers.

This publication’s success wouldn’t be possible without the people behind the scenes. The leadership team is the backbone of this paper, their hard work throughout the year showing in how much we’ve grown these past two semesters. We have more writers than we ever thought possible and are still growing, only a few houses away from being represented by every chapter in our campus’ Greek community. New applicants show interest every day, wanting their voice to be heard by the frat and srat population on campus. 

The most rewarding part of helping to nurture this paper’s growth was watching the change in our staff. While our numbers were once small and constantly fluctuating, the impressive growth of the team brought about a steady staff of members in the Greek community devoted to providing quality entertainment news to the fraternity and sorority readership on campus. The writers that help to fill these pages weekly can now be counted on to constantly provide quality content.  

This paper offers so much more than just writing opportunities, though. We are constantly on the look out for new additions to our photography and sales teams, with new leadership applications opening every semester. We strive to go past being an observer of the Greek community, our focus being on predicting what you want to read before you even knew you were interested. We don’t want to simply be spectators of the Greek community, we want to provide new ideas, insights and stories that members of this campus look forward to reading every week. 

The huge strides this paper has made from its start are astounding, its growth catching local and national attention. But I want this paper to continue to evolve, and to delve deeper into the Greek community to make sure what we write is what you, our readers, want to read. So send me your comments, questions, concerns, ideas, anything. The best way to cater to an audience is to hear what they have to say, so come Fall 2014 I’m asking the Greek community of OU to speak up!