Our Voice

It’s the start of a new semester and here at The Colonnade, we’ve made a few New Year’s resolutions for you, our readers.

A little blue bird has taken over the dove’s place as the bird of hope. Following the recent disaster in Haiti, the American Red Cross received $35 million in donations within the first 48 hours after Tweeting that people could text “Haiti” to 90999 to donate $10, according to The American Red Cross. This astounding response from a short-form social media outlet has encouraged The Colonnade staff to use our Twitter account – at Twitter/GCSUnade – to update the GCSU community on breaking news we feel impacts your lives. Along with a 140-character description, we also intend on linking to our Web site www.GCSUnade.com to provide in-depth coverage of campus news.

Last semester, CNN.com completely re-made its Web site to be more user-friendly and interactive. We here at The Colonnade are following suit with a brand new site. Our Web editors are working hard to have this up and running by the end of March. The new site will provide a fresh new look and make it easier to navigate through the different content areas. It’s our intention to continue to add to our current graphics, slideshows and podcasts.

Toward the end of the fall semester, our advertising manager began receiving an numerous phone calls asking if we could accept personal classified advertisements. At the time we could not, but starting this semester we will be providing a platform for students, faculty, staff and community members to purchase classified ads. (For more information or to submit an ad, e-mail ColonnadeAds@gcsu.edu with the subject line: Classified.)

We look forward to another semester of serving the GCSU community in the best way we know how – by providing accurate information in a timely manner. Whether you take in your news through the good old hard newsprint, via a link on Twitter or Facebook, or straight from the Web, we hope that you will continue to trust and read The Colonnade when looking for dependable information about the GCSU community.

Please send responses to ColonnadeLetters@gcsu.edu.

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