A rundown of The Flat Hat’s opinion on other top stories in this issue:
- Over the course of the past year, College students have registered to vote in droves — enough for them to form one of the largest voting blocs in Williamsburg. But there’s still time to make it even larger. To be eligible for the presidential election, voters must register by Oct. 6. That’s Monday. In a year in which Virginia’s 13 electoral votes could swing the election, in which registering to vote in Williamsburg has never been easier, we cannot fathom why anyone might remain a political wallflower.
Sure, the college agre group has always shown a remarkable ambivalence for the democratic process, but Williamsburg isn’t home to the typical college demographic. If students can hold their noses to the grindstone for 90 hours a week, surely they can spare the 15 minutes it takes to register and vote.
- Every week, 690,000 Americans turn to The Onion for top-notch journalistic satire. Now, members of the Student Assembly want to bring the weekly paper to the College of William and Mary. We suggest they direct their resources elsewhere. We’d find the plan more appealing if there were anything to be gained from providing a hard copy of the publication. But it’s available online, and content exclusive to the paper version has always been city-specific.
So, while students might enjoy knowing what they’re missing in Washington, providing real newspapers like the Wall Street Journal or the New York Times would serve us better.
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Flat hat is going to tell
Flat hat is going to tell us what newspaper to read & how our money should be spent on media? I have a new idea: have a referendum on what publications should get money from students!. Students can choose from the papers that receive money from Publications Council & then add in the local papers that Student Assembly is now funding, the Onion, & the Wall Street Journal & New York Times. I would really like to see which ones win out there. I have a feeling Flat hat would not make it!.
“But it’s available
“But it’s available online, and content exclusive to the paper version has always been city-specific.”
This is simply not true. Half of the nationally published content of each print edition of The Onion is not published online. The Flat Hat, on the other hand, has no published articles that are not online. I would be entirely in favor of getting rid of the print edition of The Flat Hat and replacing it with the New York Times.
Some might argue that a
Some might argue that a majority of the Onion’s content is not city-specific either. Then again, it’s not that they’re a more respectable news source than the Flat Hat or anything.
Oh wait, yeah they are.
Some might argue that the
Some might argue that the New York Times also runs National and International News. Then again, it’s not that they have more national and international coverage than any other newspaper in the United States or anything.
Oh wait, yeah they do.
I agree with Thanks. Also,
I agree with Thanks. Also, isn’t the New York Times city-specific? Frankly, I don’t give a damn what I’m missing in New York either, but at least the Onion is entertaining.
Thanks, Flat Hat, for
Thanks, Flat Hat, for deciding for me what newspapers would serve me better. Guess what? The NY Times and other papers (not to mention the Flat Hat) are all online as well. Perhaps I might like a hard copy of the Onion in addition to a copy of your publication? But then again, you know best.