Letter from the Editor: January 2025

Kylie Mackenzie

READING TIME: 3 MINUTES

Welcome back UNB Saint John!

As the winter term has officially begun, the Baron will resume our daily publications.

Kylie Mackenzie/Submitted

I want to thank all students, staff, and faculty for the immense support we received on our fall semester physical print that we distributed in early December. The papers flew off the shelves at a speed we could not have possibly anticipated! Your enthusiasm for our publication is greatly appreciated and noted and we will be sure to order even more copies for our winter semester print in April.

At the Baron, we have a saying that we are "Funded by students, Run by students, and we are FOR students". It is with this sentiment in mind that I am beyond excited to announce that we will be hosting our first-ever campus event called "Breakfast with the Baron" on January 22nd from 11:00 to 12:30 pm. This event will be hosted in the Baron office, on the second floor of the Thomas J Condon Student Center, and we will have free coffee and baked goods for anyone who stops by! This event is a great opportunity to meet Baron staff and editors, ask about job opportunities and student journalism, and tell us what stories YOU want to see shared. We are YOUR paper and we can't wait to meet and speak with you!

Breakfast with the Baron poster

In other exciting news, we have a new Instagram account! Our old account was restricted within Canada due to Bill C-18 but after many conversations with fellow university newspapers, we have decided to create a new account from scratch. While we are sad to lose our old content, we are so excited to start fresh and build our online community once again! If you are interested in staying up to date on our daily publications and for reminders about our upcoming event, give us a follow at @unbsj.thebaron on Instagram as well as on TikTok under the same username.

Additionally, as you may have noticed by clicking on this article, we have a new website! This has been a long overdue update and has brought many new features while increasing easy accessibility. Take some time to explore the new features!

I want to wish you all a wonderful winter term and encourage you all to attend our first event later this month! Please feel free to contact me by email at editor@thebaron.ca or stop by our office to chat!

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