Likenesses of Cainon Leeds, Kevin Langel, Lori Harvey and Carl De Vries, members of the Banner News staff. Illustration by Stacey Walker
By Cainon Leeds
Editor-in-Chief
Welcome to DMACC! For all of those who just starting at DMACC this year, allow me to be among the first to roll out the welcome mat. Seriously, we could use one of those for the Banner room. And for all of those who are returning and preparing to graduate, I offer you my best wishes on your way to success.
Did you like the comic? Be honest. It was sketched by a regular DMACC student just like you and me. She didn’t have to pull any strings, fill out any paperwork, schedule any appointments, interview anybody or write any stories to get her drawing in the Banner News. All she had to do was walk into room 115, ask me to evaluate it to see if it would help the paper and then the staff took over from there.
Now not all submissions are guaranteed to be put in the paper, but a lot of them do make it in at some point, and we don’t only accept drawings. I believe that the Banner is the students’ newspaper, and as such, I think that students should be able to contribute to the paper in the way that they feel most comfortable. Whether it be reporting news stories, taking pictures of sports events, writing opinion pieces, movie, book, music and video game reviews, advertising, submitting essays, short stories, poetry or even recipes, I would like for students to feel free to submit anything and contribute in any way that interests them. I hope to hear from you soon.
Editor-in-Chief
Welcome to DMACC! For all of those who just starting at DMACC this year, allow me to be among the first to roll out the welcome mat. Seriously, we could use one of those for the Banner room. And for all of those who are returning and preparing to graduate, I offer you my best wishes on your way to success.
Did you like the comic? Be honest. It was sketched by a regular DMACC student just like you and me. She didn’t have to pull any strings, fill out any paperwork, schedule any appointments, interview anybody or write any stories to get her drawing in the Banner News. All she had to do was walk into room 115, ask me to evaluate it to see if it would help the paper and then the staff took over from there.
Now not all submissions are guaranteed to be put in the paper, but a lot of them do make it in at some point, and we don’t only accept drawings. I believe that the Banner is the students’ newspaper, and as such, I think that students should be able to contribute to the paper in the way that they feel most comfortable. Whether it be reporting news stories, taking pictures of sports events, writing opinion pieces, movie, book, music and video game reviews, advertising, submitting essays, short stories, poetry or even recipes, I would like for students to feel free to submit anything and contribute in any way that interests them. I hope to hear from you soon.