The Advance

The jewel of Kansas Wesleyan publications is "The Advance." It's amazing breaking story coverage and easy to navigate layouts along with high quality photography makes this student publication indispensable to campus.

I might have been reaching a bit with that one. No one on "The Advance" knows much about newspapers, although we have come far, we need to go farther . When I started out on the staff of this publication, it was apparent how terrible armature we were.

The editor claimed to be an AP style wiz who was inflexible to any commands, and two strong willed individuals in the class managed to take over the publication by swaying class and advisor opinion. Both of these class members were very contradictory towards each others' ideas and little got accomplished in the long run.

Now we are more established.

The former editor stepped down and one strong willed individual took over. The other took some time off so it worked out great. It needs to get better though.

In the beginning, "The Advance" started out as a tabloid style publication dominated by pictures of landscapes lacking people, oversized captions, small articles, and excessive ads to dominate space. The paper lacked any controversy and consisted of fluffy features and opinion columns.

Now, although not nearly an excellent publication, we have at least grown. We've managed to supply plenty of controversy, cut back the fluff, and moved to a larger page size. The photo quality is still lacking in many aspects, but design in general has improved. I wish I could be a part of the staff for a few more years and watch the growth continue.