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4/29/10--Back from the dead.
Back from the dead.

-K.

8/13/09--So about three weeks ago I got back from Chile, more about that later, probably a story or two in upcoming issues. But then I find out that my computer (which is actually my brother's computer) has been hulk-smashed by the floor. This is the computer that I'm hosting the site from, that my Adobe InDesign is on, everything, gone. So we sent it in and now... now, now, now it is back! Which means CoS is back! I'll be working on the next edition right away, finding writers and ad-holders. So be ready!

6/32/09--It is finished.

-K.

6/31/09--So not too long ago, I successfully destroyed this entire website. It was critically injured, however I am right now working my hardest to get it into working condition. I changed the header from its original form, then deleted its original form and now am left with crap. But hopefully I can fix it. If not, you're going to have to look at this poopy looking page for the rest of CoS's newspaper career.

-K.

5/31/09--This has been the most difficult time I've ever had handing out pieces of paper. Let me tell you a story:

So I designed the first edition in not too long. We had a couple writers drop out, no big deal. I just got new writers to write new stories. So I get the whole thing nice and pretty looking, and I take it to school where it's going to be printed. I print it off and then head to Staples. 100 double-sided legal copies cost me nearly 20 bucks. (I KNOW, RIGHT?!) But I have to pick them up at 4:30, so by the time I get them school is over. I planned on handing them out on the last two days of school. I take the copies home that night and some authority figures in my household decide they need to take a look at them before I distribute. They didn't agree with the articles, but the primary concern they had was 1.) the not-so-crossed-out "bastard" in the crack story and 2.) just the crack story in general. They concluded that I couldn't give them out at school, period. Minor setback, "I'll just give them out elsewhere." Soon after that thought, I get a call. It's one of my ad-holders. They want their ad out of the newspaper, because it was improperly worded due to a misunderstanding. So, I got to crossing ads out with pen. Still in the clear. But then I saw some problems with my story. That was it. It was time to start from scratch, and by "start from scratch" I mean edit the old one. Now I'm stuck with 100 first-run, crappy editions of CoS.

I figure soon enough I'll spend 20 more bones (SERIOUSLY, STAPLES?!) to run copies to hand out to restaurants or something.

-K.

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