Welcome to York
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance that these are your first days as a student at the University of York. First of all – welcome.
You’ve probably a fair idea already why York is a great place to be a student (after all, you must be here for a reason) and there are plenty of reasons to be pleased you’re here. But now you’ve arrived, you can mostly forget all about them: priority number one is getting settled, getting involved, and becoming a member of the community.
That’s where Nouse can help, and this is as good a time as any to introduce ourselves. We are one of two newspapers published on campus, coming out three or four times a term, aiming to keep you informed on what’s going on around campus. We report on news directly related to York students, as well as allowing them make their opinions heard. We also provide full coverage of University sports, and cover both student and national politics. In addition, our Muse supplement aims to carry the very best student writing on the arts, student life, and everything else under the sun. Hopefully, we’ll keep you informed, entertained and occasionally amused over the next year.
That’s not the end of the story, though. Nouse is written and produced entirely by students, for students, and the bulk of the newspaper is produced by more than forty people who hold various editorial and non-editorial positions. You can see their names at the start of the paper. As well as these, countless others submit writing, take photographs, draw artwork and help behind the scenes to make the paper happen. If you’re interested in joining them, we’d like to hear from you. Come to one of our meetings, or email socs12@york.ac.uk.
Nouse has something of a reputation for campaigning in print on the issues that affect students, and certainly this is a big part of what we do. However, we also try to remain fair-minded and accurate, and we have no political affiliation or leaning: we are the sum total of our members, and anyone can join and have a say in what we publish. If you decide to, we hope to see you around. If you don’t, enjoy the paper, and have a fantastic year.
