Ready for college classes? All the money you’ll spend on books each semester? Those lovely college loans?

If you’re anything like I was as a freshman, you’re a little unsure about everything. You don’t know much about the other students, how you’ll deal with the pressures ahead or even where to hang out when you’re not in class.

Luckily, The BG News is here to help.

This issue offers information you can’t get anywhere else, such as a quiz to help you determine your ultimate Bowling Green hangouts, recipes you can make in your dorm room and even a handy who’s who of University administrators.

Throughout the school year, we’ll cover the campus closely. We’ll report the news that affects you most – updates to dining halls, proposals by the Undergraduate Student Government and much more.

More than 100 students just like you have worked to get this newspaper in your hands today and will continue to do so five days a week – even through blackouts and blizzards.

So, you ask, why would a bunch of college kids want to spend time in the newsroom when they could be at the bars?

We do it for you. We work late nights to get the news out to the campus and surrounding community.

And campus administrators don’t tell us what to write. That’s your job. The BG News is your newspaper.

We rely on you to tell us what we should cover. We want to know what’s confusing you in your first weeks here, how you feel about the University and how you feel about our coverage. Do you feel you’re being represented in this newspaper? Is there something you think deserves more coverage? Tell us. The BG News is your newspaper. Don’t forget that.

E-mail your thoughts and suggestions to thenews@bgnews.com. Call me at my desk at 419- 372-6966. Visit us in the newsroom in 210 West Hall. We’d love to hear from you.