The Western Concept

by Casey Neumiller 

Since you’re reading this, you clearly have found the Western Concept. As Dickinson State University’s student news source, I hope you’ve already bookmarked the site and intend on returning again.

It’s my pleasure to bring the Concept back into publication again. Sure, it isn’t the old newspaper-style print, but it’s now a form that’s extremely accessible. With all this new-fangled technology all over campus, it’s probably easier to find a computer nowadays than a print copy of a newspaper anyways.

I’m happy to have our kickoff issue out. While it’s certainly not as large as the regular issues you’ll expect every two weeks, it’s full of valuable information to help you kick off your semester at Dickinson State. From sports previews to new professors to movie reviews, it’s here. We even have a guest column with advice for college living by a DSU alumni (an editor himself for The Washburn Leader).

I can say it’s my honor to be at the helm of this project for the year. I was fortunate to run across a flier advertising an opening for the assistant editor of the Concept last year. A night of caffeine and resume-writing later, I submitted an application. To my utter surprise, I was hired a few weeks later after an interview with the Student Board of Publications.

And now I’m going to use my little moment of fame to self-promote. After all, if you have the microphone, why not use it? For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Casey Neumiller, a senior Secondary English Education and Computer Science double-major. I’ve been working hard for some time here at DSU, cramming four years of college into six. I like long walks on the beach of Patterson Lake, and…Oh, sorry. My advisor just informed me this wasn’t supposed to be a personal ad.

At any rate, the Concept is back, and it’s good to be a part of this Dickinson State tradition. I won’t bore you yet, but welcome back to campus. I hope you enjoy the ride we’re about to take you on.