With the use of a brief questionnaire, we surveyed 100 students in an attempt to understand those who we cater to. We do our best to write entertaining and interesting articles but 49 percent of our Skyline student population sample still do not read the campus newspaper. Surprisingly, 59 percent are aware of the paper’s existence and 51 percent consider themselves to be “a well read person,” to a certain degree. The results may seem discouraging. But over half of the sample population still want to be informed of events that could affect their lives on college ground. The contradictions in the responses give us hope, but to further our research we also asked questions that required more than a “yes,” “no” and “to some degree” answer. We posed questions pertaining to the progress of the newspaper, proper coverage of the different campus cultures, student interests, angles that the school paper should consider and reasons why they read newspapers. Judging from the responses we received, our success is hampered by the lack of advertisement, monotony and deficiency of views on certain articles. Our respondents seem to imply that we have not done a good job in relating to all ethnicities and cultures that reside in the “racial melting pot” we affectionately call our school. To remedy our situation we asked them what subjects they wanted to read about. The sample student population expressed their interests by listing their hobbies and desires. To our credit, most of their requests were already given ample spaces in the Features, Entertainment and Sports section of the newspaper. Video game reviews, movie reviews, book reviews, club event schedules, out of campus sports events, in-campus sports events, and performance art listings, are all ready and waiting to be read. However, it is still ignored by most due to the belief that newspapers are supposedly boring. We have come to the conclusion that we cater to a restless, busy, and diverse audience. The results also reflect the students at Skyline; educated but undecided in what to do with their lives as well as those completely immersed in their studies that have set out to reach a goal. Our readers are also usually in a point of transition, from high school to junior college or professionals who are learning new trades, but none of these qualities are known for celebrating school spirit. Although we strive to create a pleasurable and informative reading experience while still retaining a level of professionalism, most of our insatiable peers still criticize and mock us with great disdain or completely ignore us. To most of us who consider journalism to be our future profession, this is our gauntlet, our trial by fire. We view journalism as our art, an art created amidst constriction. Our limbs bound by border spaces and indentions, we form and shape products of literature. Chained to black and white texts and pictures; we organize, rephrase, spell check, and express our thoughts with great detail and color. It is fluid and ever-changing as each new issue is printed. This pavement gray parchment we call, “The Skyline View” is our masterpiece. Regardless of what we may feel, half of being an artist is to show our work. With our heads held high we publish it for all to see, but still our efforts seem useless. At least a thousand out of two thousand we publish are left shelved and unread. Our masterpiece lay flat on their racks. Read the Skyline View. Pick up a copy, we assure you a satisfying read and best of all, it’s free.