When presidential candidate Barack Obama settled on his campaign slogan “Change we can believe in,” he went out on a limb. Many people are terrified of change ­— we’re comfortable with what we know and the way things are.
    However, change happens, and it’s inevitable. That’s why we at the Collegian, have been changing our ways, particularly when it comes to preserving our natural resources.
    You might have noticed that our paper size is smaller by one-half inch. Though this might not seem like a huge difference, imagine all the paper that will be saved among the 11,000 copies of the Collegian that are printed five times a week and distributed on campus and around Manhattan.
    Also, we’re turning to technology to handle our assignment requests. Instead of wasting paper writing out story and photo assignments, we’ve been experimenting with filling them out on our network server.
    The Collegian editors also have been communicating through a private wiki, which our adviser set up on www.wetpaint.com. Hopefully, this will help us eliminate hand-written notes and increase our communication from wherever we are.
    Now that we’ve shared our earth-saving goals with you, we want to challenge you to think about how you might actively change your lifestyle this school year to decrease the amount of waste you produce.
    We invite you to share your ideas with us; let us know how you plan on stepping up to the challenge and facing change. Send us an e-mail at collegian@spub.ksu.edu and tell us about your latest and greatest ideas. Who knows — we might be able to share it with the campus and help save the planet.   

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3 comments

Thomas B

Tue Aug 26 2008 10:23

ok, I like the webpage, but could you slow down the automatic changing of the frontpage stories? I start reading a headline and the page changes, kinda disturbing.

Adrianne

Mon Aug 25 2008 17:25

Sounds great, my former colleagues. Keep up the hard work, and here's to a great semester. I'll be reading online everyday.

Thomas B

Mon Aug 25 2008 16:19

This webpage is so much better than the past several years

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