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Source: Odessa American, TexasAug.迷你倉 16--It's been a long time, two years to be exact, since the University of Texas of the Permian Basin's bi-monthly newspaper, Mesa Journal, has been available in physical form.In August 2011, due to budget cuts, the paper switched from its traditional physical medium to a completely digital portable document format (PDF) system that some argue had a stark decline in readership and accessibility.UTPB President David Watts agreed that by going back in print the paper will reach a different audience and that the physical medium is an accessible one.He did concede that while the decision to move the paper to online only was due to the lack of resources to devote to the program, the move may have had a negative impact on the paper."The move to online only was an experiment encouraged by limited resources," Watts said when asked if he supported the online-only medium. "It may have been pre-mature."Teresa Sewell, UTPB senior associate vice president of student services, said after two years spent online-only, UTPB students indicated they would like to see the paper back in print."The PDF-version just wasn't very user-friendly," Sewell said.Odessa American City Editor Celinda Hawkins started as advisor for the Mesa Journal in January 2012 and said it has been a challenge to keep the Mesa Journal visible.Hawkins continued by saying it hasn't been easy to stay relevant because of the drawbacks in accessibility that came with a PDF file.She described going before the UTPB student senate in May of 2012 to argue their case to go back in print, which was approved by the senate given the Mesa Journal would only print half as many copies per edition as they normally have in the past. But, ultimately the funds to go back in p文件倉int were not granted until one year later in May 2013."We are very excited about that," Hawkins said.Incoming editor of the Mesa Journal Jared Wilson is planning to hit the ground running with their first print issue having been printed Thursday.Wilson said his first issue aboard the Mesa Journal was their last issue in print and he feels a lot of the quality of the paper was sacrificed during the switch to online only."There were just a lot of limitations," Wilson said. "We didn't feel like people really knew what we were doing."With a new office, an HTML website and the paper going back in print, Wilson is excited for the new school semester to start to show other UTPB students that the Mesa Journal is back and looking to be more involved.And so are the new staff members."When it was in print I read every issue," incoming Mesa Journal business manager Tom Glenn said. "When it went online I didn't look at it once."Glenn, a newcomer to the Mesa Journal fold, is just as excited."I think it's a really exciting time to bring the paper back to print while the university celebrates its 40th year anniversary," Glenn said.Sewell is also pleased with the compromise to go back in print and create a new website that will allow comments and input from the paper's readers."It's nice for students who work on it to be able to see a hard copy and show it off," Sewell said. "And with the new online features, students will be able to comment on the different stories--it just makes it more dynamic."Contact Chris Bartlett at 432-333-7782, email at cbartlett@oaoa.com, or on Twitter at @OAChrisBartlettCopyright: ___ (c)2013 the Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) Visit the Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) at .oaoa.com Distributed by MCT Information Services存倉