Crossroads, the official student publication of Holy Cross of Davao College (HCDC) is cash-strapped. That is why the paper’s staff is pushing for the increase of the publication fee. Among the student publications in Davao City, the Crossroads of HCDC collects the lowest publication fee, a measly P25.00.
But every time it releases its issue for the semester, I read the paper with displeasure. Its articles, especially its commentaries on specific issues that bedevil the school, reek of shallowness. Its writers’ complaints are platitudinous. Yes, its writers bring up issues, but seldom do they prove them. Add to that the paper’s penchant for dedicating a whole spreadsheet to photos alone.
While money is needed to finance the publication, I wonder if its single most problem is financial. Judging from the quality of the publication’s content, it could be that the Crossroads' biggest challenge is not money but brain.
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