Surveying the empty offices of The Daily Mississippian, Editor-in-Chief, Tyler Clemons, shakes his head in disbelief.
"First our website goes haywire and now this," he says. The student-run newspaper recently changed its publishing format to resemble a high school newspaper by adding colorful pictures and "zany" quotes, stopping only short from introducing a gossip column. Many question why an award-winning newspaper would make these changes. Others, however, are thrilled with the "renovations."
"Pretty pictures; me likey!" remarked Bud Landrum, a third-year-sophomore. Unfortunately for Bud, the DM will soon only be able to provide the color associated with the particularly piece of construction paper which it is printed on.
"Somehow we forgot that the students will read this crap no matter what we print. We completely forewent the journalistic route and decided to print more "Fair or Foul" articles," explained Clemons. Incredibly, advertisers chose to buy ads in the Oxford Eagle since journalism was actually taking place within their offices.
"We'll bounce back," Clemmons believes, "fair or foul?"
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