Ampersand

We’re not sure if anyone has noticed, but this year there’s a woman editing the Ampersand. That’s right. A full-fledged, real life, honest to God, 100% Man. And a woman. Women generally have a hard time getting places in the comedy world, mostly due to the fact that they aren’t funny. So when a female does overcome that sort of handicap and rises to a position as illustrious as Ampersand editor, the event deserves commemoration. But is it really fair to attribute this tremendous
accomplishment to just one individual? Isn’t there something more to it? We believe this is a triumph for all women. A time for the fairer sex to stand up let it be known to the world that mediocrity is no longer above them. Women, we salute you.

Oh yeah, earlier this week we were accused of producing "first draft quality" work by an individual who will not be named. It hit us kind of hard at first, but we slowly came realize there was a certain degree of truth to the statement. So we’re going to work on that. This week we’ve tried put together a comedy page of what we consider first and half draft quality. The difference is subtle, and you may not even notice it, but trust that it’s there. Our long term plan is to improve about a half a draft every three weeks for the rest of the semester, eventually attaining a level of quality that will appease even our harshest critics. And there won’t be any typos either.