Longing for a tangible paper

Ben Wylde, Chief Opinion Editor • Mar 17, 2013

This may be the most ironic article ever written. Every day in homeroom, I pick up a newspaper and read through it, something I know not many students do in this school. The reason they don’t pick up The Pantagraph or an issue of The Chicago Tribune is because they can’t relate or aren’t interested in the stories. That’s why we’re here. The student paper is by students and for students.

Unfortunately, this year we don’t have a hard copy newspaper to offer the school. There’s something just so much more rewarding about having a tangible newspaper in your hand. Maybe I’m just a sentimental man living in a digital and detached world, but I’m accurate in saying that the majority of the school read The Inkspot when it was still a hard copy (and a lot more than read it now).

I know the chances of getting the money to produce printed copies of the paper are slim, but I can dream.

This is strange because students don’t seem to be taking to the new online paper. While this generation has gladly taken to the digital world, it seems that they still appreciate a tangible copy.

We all know the district has bigger things on their plate, but if they do receive money and are able to fund the newspaper, it would definitely increase the number of readers in the school.

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About the Contributor

Ben Wylde, Chief Opinion Editor

Ben Wylde is a senior at NCHS that plays baseball and basketball and is a member of geography club and I-club. This is Ben’s third year as a journalism student and is likely to be the chief opinion editor this year for the Inkspot. Biggest Pet Peeve The biggest peeve I have is when I have a teacher that is writing on the board with short sleeves who also is not working out their triceps and when he/she writes on the board the droopy unused tissue flaps back and forth. Slogan to Live by The slogan I live by is, "Rock the boat, don't rock the boat, baby. Rock the boat, don't tip the boat over." Guilty Pleasure My guilty pleasure is the Carnitas Nachos dish at Fiesta Ranchera (which is not on the menu) that tingles my taste buds and soothes any discomfort I may have.