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THE END
Don’t forget to give us some feedback

Today is the last issue of the TCU Daily Skiff for the 2003 fall semester.

For the current staff, today signifies the end of long days in front of computer screens typing up stories or making that picture or headline look just right on the page. It’s the end of countless meetings to decide what you will read every day. And the Skiff editorial staff, reporters, copy editors, designers and production staff have enjoyed every minute of it. Well maybe not every minute, but we’ve enjoyed giving you 55 issues to read.

We just ask one thing.

We need feedback. Good or bad. That means when you read that column that makes you laugh until your side hurts or read a profile or news story that you like, tell us. We can’t grow as a paper if you don’t tell us what is working and what is not. Submit a letter to the editor. We thank you for those who have sent positive words our way. Too often we seem to hear the bad more than the good. And when you put as much time and effort into a product as we do, all of the bad can ruin your motivation.

You need to remember that the Skiff is a journalist major’s laboratory. We’re going to make mistakes, and since the Skiff is seen all across campus, the work that we do always faces the most scrutiny. People make mistakes every day, but those mistakes don’t often get read or seen by lots of people.

Everyone functions better with a pat on the back or some positive words. The same goes for the Skiff staff. So when you pick up the Skiff next semester, don’t forget how much hard work and dedication goes into it.