Life began at Central Normal School as a weekly tabloid-size paper written primarily by faculty. Now it has grown to a broadsheet-size publication and is published three times a week.
The overall quality of the paper evolves throughout the years, as does the quality of the university.
Learning about the history of Central Michigan University is important because it makes us realize the quality of the institution we attend and all of the people who have worked so hard throughout the years to make CMU and Life what they are today.
Each semester a new editorial staff oversees the production of the paper, and the turnover of staff writers and photographers happens even more frequently. With the constant changes remains one consistency - a dedication to our university and our newspaper to improve the quality of writing and photography, as well as to expand on our coverage to reach everyone on campus, as voiced by our former adviser Jim Wojcik and current adviser Neil Hopp, both of whom have a broader view of the paper than any of us.
To many of us on the editorial staff, CM Life is our life, but to us it is worth the time commitment and dedication to put together each issue with the hopes that it is better than the one that preceded it.
CM Life's relationship with the students, faculty, staff and administration grows with every issue that finds itself on the stands every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. With hope to strengthen that relationship as well as bring everyone close together with a taste of history - a common bond everyone on this university shares no matter who they are.
We, the past and present staff writers, photographers and editors, have put our hearts into creating a newspaper for the campus and community so everyone can share in our legacy, because in another 80 years, everyone will be a part of it.
Continuing our legacy as students and as part of a strong, hard-working staff is important to us, because history makes the future, and we see the future of CMU as a bright one.
