When I arrived on campus early Monday morning, I immediately headed to the newspaper dispensers near Turlington to get my copy of the New York Times. They only held copies of USA Today. I assumed that particular dispenser was simply out of the New York Times, so I checked the one near Library West. Again, only USA Today.
I know I'm not the only one on campus who considers the free copy of the New York Times to be the highlight of the day. In the past, copies of the New York Times usually run out by 11 a.m. at the latest, while copies of USA Today remain in the stands late in the evening. The New York Times is an internationally respected, educational newspaper, while USA Today focuses on gossip and dumbs down the news it does cover. The fact that copies of the New York Times have been snapped up so quickly shows that other people on campus agree with this assessment.
Student Government should bring back the New York Times. If budget cuts are forcing them to drop one paper, they should drop USA Today instead.
I miss my paper.
