The only excuse I have for not updating this sitesince May 21, 2002, is that my ethernet cable wentbad.

That, and I graduated, moved away and took a job.

Sandra Keats, who I'm proud to say is still a student,is taking over. This is my "hand-off" note.

For Sandra's sake, I'd like the record to note thatshe wanted to take this over much earlier. It has,after all, been many, many days since the 2002-03school year started, most of which were wasted over aheated bidding war for the rights to NUcomment.com.

See, after the awards started rolling in from the SPJ and others, NUcomment's old nemesis, the NU student site HereAndNow, did an about-face and decided it wanted to "merge" our site with theirs. They offered NUcomment the name recognition and university-affiliated legitimacy we always wanted, while Keats only offered 10 bucks and her experience as a former staffer.

But HereAndNow wanted a lot (and in the end, toomuch): They begged for "More stories about the vulva!"; they pleaded for"pictures of Evan Marriott in his skivvies!"; they outright demanded"an off-color joke about the captured al Qaeda mastermind!"; butNUcomment, despite want of wider audience, wouldn'tsink to that level.

So after months of deliberation and the aforementionedbid-off, I decided it was best to hand the reins toKeats. She is a talented journalist and NUcomment'sproper heir -- as well as its lone suitor. It madesense, and she's gonna do great, I promise. For allthree issues.

Keep reading.
Luke
(outgoing NUcomment editor-in-chief)

But before I continue on this rant of absurdity, I just have to say that this magazine would never have been possible without all the hard work and long hours put in by so many people, aka ME. Nah, I’m just kidding. I’m nothing, man. Have you seen the size of the shoes I’m trying to fill? Starting with Stacy and John then Slade Sohmer, and then Luke Winn, this is really quite a challenge, but an honor at the same time.

That being said, as your new NUcomment editor-in-chief, I start off by being honest with you (mom, that’s your fault)—which, if you know me at all, is the only way I know how to be. And if you don’t know me, I guarantee that after the next couple issues, you’ll know me better than you should. Most people do. So to start on that whole honesty kick, right now I’m at that point of delirium when you’ve been staring at a computer screen for four days straight and you have so much coffee in you that you think you might have a heart attack and the only thing you can do to keep your eyes open is to continuously stuff pretzels in your mouth. No? I guess that’s just me then.

Anyway, just to give you a little background on where I’m coming from and why this magazine is so important to me, I have to tell you that I came to NU wanting to be a broadcast journalist, aka Katie Couric (okay, enough with the pointing and laughing). I was really into it while I was a freshman, but by sophomore year I became completely disillusioned with life in general and especially with Medill. That’s when I discovered NUcomment and that’s when I wrote my first magazine article ever—about vaginas. Ever since, I’ve been totally hooked. I dropped broadcast and picked up the magazine concentration and now, by George, I am the editor of that very magazine. It’s great to be here. And I apologize for the delay. I know you’ve been craving more NUcomment, but I was gone Fall Quarter and couldn’t do it up from New York. But I’m back and so is the Comment.

In this issue:

I’m trying to keep it as real as always, but with a mostly new staff and a little Keats flair. For one, I’ve replaced the Eats Department with Sex. A valuable trade, I think. The new sex column could quite possibly be the best click you ever make. Try it, you’ll like it.

What else do we got? Just to keep the kids happy, Slade is still ranting about God knows what and I’m sarcastically criticizing someone or something at this school. This time I take on the Chicago Weekend Shuttle. From the new writers on the block, we have an inside look at the two hottest, most steamy bands on campus—Buddha’s Belly and No Doctors. And on top of that, the Comment brings you downtown to Gay Chicago straight-girl style and gives you an Evanston lunch venue comparison with all the turkey on the table. I mean, what else do you really need?

So, read on people. And then tell your friends what you’ve seen and heard ... NUcomment is back and it’s better than ever.

Sincerely,

Sandra Keats
Editor-in-Chief

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