Three publications with their own individual voices, issues and styles that represent parts of NU that aren't always publicized or written about. With more campus publications in print, common ideas among students can be expressed and shared. As a university, such a lack of student publications simply looks bad.
Some universities have competing weekly student newspapers.
Others put out student-run magazines and journals on a weekly or monthly basis. The fact that NU is nowhere near this standard sends a message to other schools, and to college-bound high school seniors, that there is no place here for students to express themselves and share ideas throught the written word. Unfortunately, this only ads to the myth that NU is a school where nobody knows each other, and the only thing people care about is their co-op job and getting their degree. The infrequency of publication of the Times, Spectrum and Onyx is in no way the fault of the editors, writers and staffpeople of those respective journals. The problem lies in a misinterpretation of the role media groups play on campus by the Student Center administration.