Over the past five years, the Courier has evolved from the brainchild of a few dedicated Communication/Journalism students to become an important piece of Fisher’s community.

The Courier has served as a news outlet, a watchdog, and perhaps most importantly, it has always attempted to represent the students’ voice. Often times, the Courier has taken a stand on tough issues through the use of editorial, hoping to incite change and hold people accountable. 

The Courier has reported on the many physical changes our campus has undergone over the past five years. When Dr. Katherine Keough passed away, we ran a special edition to commemorate her life.  The Courier has covered the many successes of our sports teams. This year, we covered the story of an alumna who biked across the country for Hurricane Katrina victims; we shared the story of the women’s basketball team as they played in memory of a teammate’s brother; we broke the story about the Saddle Ridge controversy.

In its short life, the Courier has been recognized numerous times with state and national awards, including a first place award in the General Excellence Category in the New York Press Association Better Newspaper Contest.

But as I reflect on the past four years, it is not the awards the Courier has received, the stories that the Courier has covered or the change the Courier has incited that I am most proud of.

I am the most proud of the people who have worked tirelessly to ensure that the Courier’s founding principles are preserved and that its future remains bright. The “Courier Kids” are truly something special.

As we entered the 2006-2007 school year, the Courier staff faced a difficult task: to continue to produce a quality publication without the advisor that had been with the Courier from the beginning and without important senior leadership that had been its backbone. At mid-year, staff changes could have proven to be difficult to overcome, but the staff persevered.

The staff met the challenge head-on and not only have they produced quality work, but have taken on new challenges. The Cardinal Courier has become Cardinal Courier Media and will introduce the first issue of its new  lifestyle magazine, C, this week and launch a new website next week.

As the last editor in chief with ties to the founding editors, I am confident that the Courier’s future is in capable, talented and sound hands and that the Courier Kids will continue to do great things in journalism and for the Fisher campus.