Waking up for class, walking down to Lane on a Friday morning, getting some breakfast and reading a copy of the Tartan was a highlight of the day for some Gordon College students. However, the times are changing. The anticipated Friday morning moment of getting the student news paper is replaced with a daily updated online resource. Is this new online Tartan a good or a bad change for Gordon College?
Baxter enjoys journalism. She is a junior and a Communications major on the writing track at Gordon. Though she feels the change from print news to online is “good for the environment”, she adds, “There was something nice about waking up, getting terrible coffee in Lane, and reading the Tartan. Oh, people would make fun of me for reading it, but I enjoyed it.”
Veronica Pierce is also a junior and a Communications major at Gordon; however she is on the media track. When asked whether she prefers print news or online news, Veronica said, “I like print news, I may skim the online Tartan. But there was something exciting about rushing to read about a friend featured or a friend’s article.”
Both Communications majors, both with similar feelings about the Tartan: put it back in print. The anticipation and the excitement about the Student News were lost when it made the transition from print to online.
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