Editorial: Date The Leader

She’s witty, flawless, iridescent, and whimsical. She’s strong, resilient, and omnipotent. To many, she would be the dream woman. To us, she is The Leader. 

The Leader is looking for some new matches, and we are hoping that you swipe right on joining us. 

While our typical editorials may attempt to invoke change on a campus-wide level, this one is an attempt to change your life. To be completely upfront, we need people to help us on The Leader. We are hoping that some of you lovely readers want to join us in a long-term relationship. 

There are so many aspects of what we do here at The Leader, it strictly does not just come down to student journalists. We are a safe space for anyone on campus, with members of our staff varying in different majors. 

We have journalism majors, English majors, and computer science majors all a part of our staff and we are looking to diversify it more. In journalism a voice is important, and we want to create a staff that reflects various voices to continue the tradition of having a robust newspaper where readers feel reflected. 

Without the team of editors and our faculty adviser, The Leader would cease to exist. It’s readers and writers like you that keep us alive and published, but we need your continued support and participation. 

Being on The Leader is like being in a relationship. She’s always on your mind, you devote your days to her, and you work on creating work that will build her up. 

The Leader stands out amongst other organizations because we’re unique in our mission — unbiased reporting to provide accurate news to the campus community with no prior review.

Throughout the years, The Leader has collected numerous prestigious awards for the work published each year in statewide competitions against other universities such as Northwestern University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Only a fool would pass up having these accolades under their belt. 

While you can get a glimpse of who each of our editors are through the dating profiles shown, there is so much more to our staff than you could ever imagine. When you see us all walking as a group on campus, there is no denying that we are having a good time. 

If you want to stalk our social media pages, as anyone does when they first match with someone, our Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter are all under the handle @elmhurstleader, or check out our Spotify @leadernewsec. If you want to set up a date or have any questions, email [email protected]. 

With any dating profile, of course, this is just a tease of who we are and what we do at The Leader. Anyone is welcome to join us on a “date” at our meetings every Tuesday in Old Main 107 from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. 

We hope you don’t end up ghosting us, and we are looking forward to meeting you soon.