Reader Survey

In order to occupy the time that I otherwise would have spent carefully crafting an intricately woven literary masterpiece about locker colors or dog years, I began an informal survey of my fellow classmates. I inquired as to whether or not they read Tangents, and why. Attempting to delve deeper into their myriad psyches, I even tried to find out what they thought would make Tangents better. What did I learn from such interrogation?

Nothing.

Actually, I did learn one thing: Tangents needs something more enticing and eye-catching. At least, I assume that's why most of the people I questioned responded with quite a bit of apathy. Anyway, my inability to learn about (a portion of) the student body's thoughts on this magazine has led me to conduct my survey in a more formal fashion, which is basically the entire point of this article. Here goes:

Of course, as I see it, there are two problems with this survey tactic. The most major one is that the people we desperately need to hear from are exactly the same ones who are unlikely to write to us. This may be because they never read Tangents and avoid it at all costs, or it may be because they're too lazy to pick up a pencil and scribble some thoughts on a piece of notebook paper during a boring class. Either way, the staff needs your help (since you're reading this) in getting people to respond. Show off those leadership skills you know you have!

The other problem is simply that, last time I meandered by, the Tangents box had completely vanished from the office. Where it went, I can only begin to imagine, but hopefully it is now resting in publication-box heaven or something like that. Anyway, what this means is that unless one of us staff members or editors actually bothers to construct a brand-spanking new box, you'll just have to hand over your comments right to a staff member, who will relay it to an editor so that it can be read by the appropriate people. Thanks for your help!

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