We call this section the Lifestyles Section because it is supposed to cover topics relevant to the student lifestyle at The University of Alabama. That reaches from food to fashion and everything in-between.

For as long as I’ve worked for the section – the past two years of my undergraduate career – we’ve worked to bring students information about what’s going on around Tuscaloosa, and who is doing cool things. In my opinion, the two editors who came before me did quite a good job of that.

As far as I’m concerned, every week there will be an event to preview, a band to profile and a column to write, but now that I’m editor, I want to ensure that this is what you want to be reading.

What type of article, if any, would get you to open up to the section every day and read it? Do we need more music, more movies, more features, more food, more fashion, more anything? Are we doing exactly what you want us to do, or have you never read a lifestyles article in your life?

Think of what you expect to get from the News section every day and what you expect to get from the Sports section; Lifestyles, in my opinion, should cover everything in between.

What do you look for when you browse Pinterest? When you’re planning your weekend, what are you planning? When you’re reading a profile, what type of person do you want be profiled? These are the questions I ask myself every week when I decide what will go into the section, but the section isn’t about my lifestyle, it’s about yours.

Over the next month, assistant Lifestyles editor Lauren Ferguson and I have plans to incorporate new feature ideas we’ve gotten from outside sources, but we want more.

The goal I have for the Lifestyles Section during my time as the editor is to make it a must-read and to incorporate daily stories the students of Alabama would enjoy reading. We’re open to story ideas, graphic ideas and anything else you could think of that’s part of your lifestyle.

If you have any suggestions or comments about future plans of the Lifestyles Section, please feel free to email us at [email protected] or tweet us at @CW_TheScene.