#Stay afloat crossword clue free

“The outside pages help shield the puzzles from the elements, and the extra weight helps so that the paper doesn’t blow away so easily.”Īmong the higher-ups at the Daily Bruin, there have also been talks of a compromise in which the Daily Bruin would keep the same number of pages but fill those pages entirely with crosswords and Sudokus instead of articles. “Personally, I like the extra pages,” said Sing. Others, such as 2nd-year Electrical Engineering major Thomas Sing delight in the non-puzzle content.

Not all are opposed to the Daily Bruin’s extra filler. However, they have been reluctant to definitively side with CALPIRG in fear of making an association which might damage their paper’s reputation. Public interest advocacy group CALPIRG has started a petition asking the Daily Bruin to stop printing their superfluous pages as they are wasteful and harmful to the environment.ĭaily Bruin staff seem open to this idea given that the printing of extraneous elements also raises their own printing costs. Some have called for the Daily Bruin to do away with such unnecessary items as the “front page” and “Opinion” and “Sports” sections. “No one wants to know what’s happening on campus,” said Whitlock, “especially in class, and that’s why everyone does these puzzles.”Īsked for his opinion on the Daily Bruin’s complete reliance on crosswords and Sudokus for viability, 4th-year History major and avid crossword-doer Alex Estevez said, “Here’s a clue: 2 words, 7 letters for ‘leave me alone and let me do my crossword’.” Added fellow 4th-year crossword enthusiast Ron Mathers: “Fuck off.” Without these two crucial draws, no person would pick up the Daily Bruin, and no advertiser would be willing to purchase ad space in an “unread” paper. In a standard issue of the Daily Bruin, the Sudoku can be found amidst the classified ads, and the crossword puzzle is often adjacent to a large half-page ad space. “We’ve known for a long time that people only get the Daily Bruin for the crossword and Sudoku, and that’s why we position our most valuable ads around them.”

#Stay afloat crossword clue free

“The Daily Bruin is a free newspaper, so our revenue and livelihood as a paper are completely dependent on advertisement sales,” commented Daily Bruin editor Brian Whitlock. This statistic, though, is nothing new to Daily Bruin staff. WESTWOOD-A recent survey of Daily Bruin readership revealed that 100% of readers only picked up the award-winning student-run newspaper for its crossword puzzle and Sudoku. A number of former Daily Bruin staff members have parlayed their experience working on the paper into successful careers as Will Shortz impersonators.