Hello, Pulitzer? It's me Steven...

One week into school and we're onto the publiction of pour sixth issue of the Daily Emerald and I am still alive. After what was essentially two weeks of non-stop work on Jen and my behalf thing have finally started coming together without us needing to feel like we are micromanaging. Saturday was the first day in three weeks I hadn't done anything related to the Emerald and the resat was MUCH needed. So far the paper has exceeded my expectations, for the most part the front page color has been good and our election coverage and new design are — well — stunning. On Friday we were getting calls to the front desk just to tell us how great the paper was, and as anyone who has ever worked in a newspaper can tell you — that kind of thing NEVER happens. It's 8:20ish now and it looks like we're going to send the paper to bed for the first time (last week our first paper went to bed at 4am, although it was a whopping 20 pages of solid content).

Also, Mt. St. Helens is most likely gonna blow so this will probably be like the most exciting few weeks of publishing ever: election, disaster, local stuff and now international news wire from the AP. It just doesn't get any better than this kids.