North Bahamas Mission Member Heads Student Newspaper
at NCU
Former
president of the Bahamian Bermudian Caymanian and Turks and Caicos
Club (BBCTI) at Northern Caribbean University, Miguel D. Taylor, is
now acting editor in chief of the school's student newspaper--The
Hilltop Trumpet. This is the first time Miguel Taylor has stepped up
to serve on the campus since his much talked about resignation as
President of the BBCTI Club two years ago. A few members of the
choir claimed there was a lack of support from the members, which
negatively impacted his image as a leader and caused his dismissal
from the position of director back in September, 2007.
The newspaper, which is operated under the United Student Movement (USM),
has been dormant for sometime now due to managerial difficulties.
The USM saw fit to invest responsibility of running the paper to Mr.
Taylor, who is believed to be very efficient, a visionary and driver
of strategies. Mr. Taylor brings his expertise as a former Cub Scout
reporter for The Nassau Guardian/Andros Chronicle, as well as a
former reporter and assistant to the chief editor of The Hilltop
Trumpet in previous years. In stating what he intends to do, Mr.
Taylor said: “I will seek to change the face of the paper, in terms
of its perception among the students. I want it to represent all
aspects of student life on campus and not just be a paper that
dominates with contents surrounding a Christian theme. It is a
student newspaper, and it should represent that in its entirety; but
I also want to bring more news content."
In response to critics who say it is already a late start in the
semester, Mr. Taylor contends that such an issue is not a factor. .
. "We will get it out!" He further stated: "The plan is to produce
two volumes of the paper before the end of the semester. I have
given a deadline to the USM president and the first issue will be
out in 12 days, and then the other in 15. The USM president has
assured and provided me with the necessary equipment to do the work,
and I also have their support. I intend not to disappoint them."
Miguel D. Taylor is a final year Mass Communications major at NCU
with a minor in Law and Political Science. Over the years he has
served in several student leadership positions namely: president,
vice president, and treasurer of BBCTI Club, former member of the
Presidents Roundtable of Students, former member of the Student
Senate, former VP of Academics- Consortium of Communications,
History, English, Geography, Music, Arts and Pre-College (C-CHEGMAP),
former PRO-International Students Assoc. (ISA), and he is the
immediate past director of the Inspirational Choir. We congratulate
him on his promotion and wish him great success. Miguel Taylor is a
member of the Freeport Seventh-day Adventist Church, Grand Bahama,
The Bahamas
