If there’s one thing I’ve learned at ASU, it’s that this University is constantly changing.

Since I set foot on campus four years ago as a freshman, I’ve seen the Tempe campus shed its designation as ASU Main. The West and Polytechnic campuses have grown in both stature and size, and the Downtown Phoenix campus has risen before my eyes.

I’ve seen new schools and majors and countless name changes — of departments, schools, buildings and campuses.

Sadly, I haven’t seen as much change at The State Press. Although in years past we’ve had a few reporters covering ASU’s other three campuses, we have remained a Tempe-centric newspaper.

Get ready for that to change.

This newspaper’s purpose is to serve the Arizona State University community, not just in Tempe but across the Valley of the Sun. This semester, we’ll be making changes inside and out to provide better coverage to the students, faculty and staff on the Downtown Phoenix, Polytechnic and West campuses.

We’re also changing to reach our readers wherever they are technologically. Our partners at the Web Devil just launched a completely new version of www.asuwebdevil.com, and you can also sign up for breaking-news updates and a preview of the next day’s paper at www.twitter.com/statepress.

As the semester progresses, please tell us how we’re doing by writing, e-mailing or calling because our aim is not to change just for change’s sake but to better serve this constantly changing University.

Brian Indrelunas
Editor in Chief

On behalf of the opinions desk here at The State Press, it’s my pleasure to welcome you to this semester’s opinions page. With that said, it is also my pleasure to offer you an opportunity of epic, world-shattering proportions: Tell us how much we suck. A lot.

Don’t get me wrong, we’d really prefer to hear how great we are, so feel free to do that, too. But, in this case, even something mean is better than nothing at all. Really, it’s just nice to know that someone is reading.

So that thing your mother told you about not saying anything at all if you don’t have anything nice to say? It’s out the window. Just write us.

Speaking of mothers though, it would be ideal to keep the insults to the point and leave our maternal units out of this whole equation. Civil discourse is what all the cool kids are doing.

Keep in mind that we are all students just like you. It is a given we will make mistakes, and it is also a given that you will catch them. Obviously, our goal is to keep the mistakes to a minimum, but that is only possible with your help.

With the exception of today’s issue, this spot will be filled with your letters. We want to hear your opinions, your thoughts, and your concerns; A newspaper without readers is like a Snickers bar without the nougat.

So please, if we did something wrong, said something idiotic, or you just straight up disagree with something on this page, write a letter to letters.editor@asu.edu. Though they may be edited for size, they will never be edited for content.

On that note, let the ranting begin.

Ben Berkley
Opinions Editor