Prairie View welcomes student magazine

The student body can soon welcome a new publication to the campus.
 After a year and a half of planning and research, Etched Magazine is in the final stages with the publication date rapidly approaching. The magazine will be replacing the Prairie View A&M yearbook that has not been issued since the 2010-2011 school year and was not issued for 11 years before that.
 The content will stem from the magazine's slogan, "The Life in Purple, Etched in Gold."
 Readers can expect the content to contain expressive viewpoints and new perspectives about entertainment, fashion, campus lifestyle, campus events and a variety of global and local news.
The publication will be released once per semester. Editor-in-Chief Lloyd Johnson is confident that the anticipation for future issues will increase and ultimately generate more readers.
Johnson said, "My expectations for the magazine are to change the way students view themselves while giving them another channel for content."
Because students produce the magazine, the intended student audience will be able to connect on a more personal level. Although other publications, such as The Panther, does reach the student body and 1876 Magazine adhering to the alumni, Etched Magazine can produce edgier content.
Students interested in contributing stories or submitting pictures are offered an opportunity to do so by providing weekly assignments to include in future issues.
A sufficient amount of ad spaces will be at the disposal of local businesses, big or small, and the various departments on campus to promote and inform their readers about recent activity.
The distribution of the first fall edition will be in December 2012.