About

Alte Sententiam

The Alte Sententiam is HOL Ravenclaw's running newspaper. Currently, the Alte runs a number of stories which include but are not limited to: articles, reviews, scientifics, columns, puzzles, poetry, and graphics. Points are awarded per submission, and occasionally, so are beans.

The Beginning

The Alte Sententiam was started sometime in 2002 or 2003 by then-prefect Odysseus Moody (yes, she's a female). In those early years Alte went through a couple of different incarnations at the time, with web genius Conary Barclay and graphics goddess Kenna Love taking the helm in the layout design.

First Reboot

After a year or two of hiatus, the Alte Sententiam demanded a reboot, one that prefects Celestia Starr and Malien Clementielle took to heart. Between the two, a new layout was designed--by Mal--and it got seriously legit from there when Celestia even got the Alte a new email address (which we still actually use to this day!). This version of Alte lasted around two to three years before it went under again, mostly due to lack of submissions, lack of time, and certainly lack of enthusiasts willing to run it on a monthly basis.

Second Reboot

A generation of prefects later, one Chloe Fairchilde suggested revamping the Alte. This included a new design by Cassandra Lobiesk and an addition of the Scientifics section, where people submitted articles on the more scientific aspect of hobbies, occurrences, and other miscellaneous topics. From 2005 to 2006, Chloe and Cassandra Lobiesk produced one issue, a culmination of work throughout the entire year. It was then that they decided a monthly newspaper would not work, that it was too strenuous and there were clearly not enough submissions to sustain it. By 2006, the Alte became a bi-monthly newspaper.
When Chloe left, it landed on the amazing Cassandra Lobiesk to continue the newspaper, which she did with great dedication and skill. At this point, Leah Samson (or Faye Laramie) took the helm in Alte's web design. This led to a change to CMS WordPress, which made it possible to put the amazing editors to work in ways that hadn't been possible before.
Years and a couple layouts later, however, the Alte went back to basics with a simpler, more static layout.

Third Time's the Charm

In 2016 Alte took another hiatus, but is now returning with Polaris Black, Prof. Ryan Granger and Gail Allen as the driving forces behind it.
It is a great honour to be able to continue the glorious tradition of Alte left to us be previous generations, and we look forward to adding the next chapter to the great story of Alte Sententiam.

- Prof. Cassandra Lobiesk (Editor-in-Chief) -
Lightly edited by Gail Allen to bring it up to date

Points

* Articles: 10 each (max 20)
* Graphics: 10 each (max 20)
* Extra: 10 each (max 20)
* DBC: 5 each (max 20)
* Bingo: 10 each (max 20)
TOTAL: 90 max

Editors earn up to 30 points on Editor-in-Chief's discretion.