New editor

Tonight was different at the Accent office. This semester I come in around 6:30, since I'm at orchestra when we're supposed to start at 6. Typically only Matt and the two Emily's are in the office when I get there. Last semester almost everyone was there right away, but this semester a lot of people are in classes until a bit later. Adrienne comes in at 7 and Katie is sometimes there at the start, but more often comes after 7 or so. Stefan has a class until 9 or 9:30 and Aimee comes around then too. It's interesting to watch the dynamics change as people get to the office. At first we're all pretty studiously editing, but we get more vocal and chatty as more people come in.

But tonight there was a new factor thrown in. Andrea, a student from News Reporting class who writes for the paper this semester, came by around 7. She was just informed that she'll be the new Accent editor for next year. This are going to be WAY different next year. Most of the leadership staff will have graduated. Let's see. Here's a list of those of us graduating: editor, managing editor, news editor, copyeditor, one of the layout people, front page designer, religion editor, opinion editor. There might be more, but those are the ones I can think of right now. So, as you can see, most of the main leadership of the paper, and many of the other contributing staff will be gone next year.

Andrea wanted to see how things happen at the office. When she came in, only Matt and I were there. Emily had just left to go to a soccer game. So I talked to Andrea about what we did in the office on Tuesday nights and then told her about my specific job and tried to tell her a bit about some of the other jobs on the staff. Then I told her she was free to help us edit some of the pages. She took me up on the offer and stayed around until more people showed up so she could see how things really work when everyone is at the office. She asked everyone what their jobs were and watched the transformation of the paper. Anyway, I know the Accent will be way different next year, but I think Andrea is a good person to leave in charge. I bet she'll be hanging out in the office with us until the end of the school year.