Editorial:
The month of February offers so many things.
It is now February, and this is a month with so much going on. We are proud to
celebrate our six month semi-anniversary with this edition. The Olympics are in
full swing now, Valentine’s Day is coming up and the whole month is dedicated to
Black history. It is definitely a great time of year, except for mid-terms
coming up at the end of the month.
We at the Pittsburgh Standard have
included a little bit of each subject in this month’s paper and it looks like it
will be a very enjoyable read.
After this month we only have two more papers
for the semester. This means now is the time to start writing an article for the
newspaper or write a letter to the editor.
If you do not do it now, you might
never get around to it. So please send us your thoughts and comments right now.
You probably will not regret it too much and you will become an instant
celebrity for one whole month.
Speaking of celebrities, we were thinking of
doing a celebrity look-alike contest. Our Publisher thinks our Editor looks like
one of those good-looking guys from N’Sync, so he will definitely be competing
in the contest.
So please e-mail a scanned picture
of yourself or a friend of yours and a short paragraph describing why you or
your friend looks like a certain celebrity to
snoopys.email@excite.com
Snoopy is our head judge on our
board of judges in case you were wondering.
As long as not too many people send in their
photos we will feature them all in our newspaper.
All photos need to be sent in no
later than March 15th so get those pictures taken, scanned and sent
to us so we can put your faces into our newspaper.
Starting in March we should have some other
surprises coming up for you, our faithful readers. So make sure you get the
March issue when it comes out.
As always, we continually ask for
your support and your efforts to help make this paper really truly great. Send
your comments, questions, suggestions, etc. to our Editor-in-Chief and all your
news or impressions articles to the respective editors. By the way, our new
Impressions Editor Randolph Romero can be reached at
arayburno@hotmail.com. So please feel free to contact him.
We are also happy to welcome Jon Sobolewski as
our Sports Editor. He can be reached at
jon_sobolewski@hotmail.com
So please feel free to contact him.
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Nicknames continue for me
Ramesh C. Reddy
Managing Editor
Last year, I wrote two articles regarding my nicknames given to
me by family and friends.
For Valentine's Day, I figured I will share with you nicknames I
received regarding love of people, service, and things.
Flavor-Name given to me by couple of Schenley employees because
every time students wanted juice, I asked them, "What Flavor?"
Swipe master & Swiper king - Name given to me by students who
came to C-side because I love to get students through the line before they could
count to five.
Goldfish man - Name given to me by an employee because I love to
eat goldfish. They taste really good even though they are eaten raw. Don't freak
out that I will eat your pet goldfish because I am talking about Peperidge Farm
goldfish with different flavors. he he :)
True Fan - Name given to me by a fan at the women's basketball
game because I came to show my school spirit by shaving my head and having it
colored blue & gold for the game including coloring my face.
Ladies man - Name given to me by my friends because they feel
like I know most of the ladies on this campus by name and interact with them in
a loving friendship way. I am not comfortable with that title because I feel it
gives a negative connotation.
Learn a little bit about the Kdog
Kensley O. Lewis
Layout Editor
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Kensley O. Lewis,
and I would like to take a minute out to tell you about myself.
Well the first thing I should clear up is the whole name
thing. I have only one name, Kensley, but for some reason people keep on
labeling me as though as I was a thumbtack board with letters all over it! Names
like, the Flava, cowboy, Kdog, doggie, and even sexual chocolate! I seriously
wish I knew why, but that is ok, I’m enjoying the library collection. As far
as exercise goes, I LOVE to eat, go running and play basketball. I love to get
right to business in schooling some Pitt thugs at the golden-rim courts of Trees
Hall. Basketball intramurals this semester are going to be spectacular, not only
because of the live Cameras for Kdog-Television, but there are going be some
top-notch players all over the place! Let’s just hope my squad(s) makes it to
the finals.
On a more professional level, I love to read and design web
pages. As a Studio Arts undergrad, I spend most of my days working on graphic
designs for a class called Digital Imaging (under the Studio Arts Department)
and for my own web site as well. You can visit me at www.pitt.edu/~kolst1.
I’m looking forward to going to graduate school at (CCAC)
in California so I can attain a Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) degree. I believe
that graphic designing plays a large role in shaping the economy, expanding
creativity and in spreading out communication amongst millions of people. One of
my favorite things within graphic designing is textured layering effects with
radiant colors to offer energy and emotional responses. I have several examples
of this on my personal website, that are located in my "Photo Album"
section.
Writing and laying out the pages for the Pittsburgh Standard
has been a very exciting experience. Although we are a monthly paper, I
personally think that my squad of seven kicks some serious booty for being
continuous, professional and exciting within the wonderful pages of this paper.
I also believe that it’s a good thing to talk about the positive aspects
within our (college students) lives and should emphasize them. Granted, a
majority of the students on campus love to drink, go party 24-7 and even smoke
(The Famous Ash Tray). But don’t assume that this is the road to happiness.
There’s a lot of negativity and regrets that can come out of being with the
wrong crowd. It’s tough enough working, going to class and being a part of an
on-campus organization, all at the same time. People usually give in half way
through the year because of massive pressure build up. But just take a moment to
reflect on what you currently have; the choices you can make that will benefit
you or even a close friend…hard work may come and tear us down, but the grace
of God whispers in our ears and says… "No regrets." Peace out dogs
and dawgets!
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