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To Our Readers:

During the last three years, Hermes enjoyed great success covering the greek
community, specifically those at Syracuse and Cornell universities. The
publication won 16 regional and national awards for journalism in its first two
years and found a need within fraternity and sorority systems for a new voice,
one that would reflect fraternal life more accurately and completely.

With these successes, however, came several challenges that to this date the
publication's management have yet to overcome. Although many greeks voiced a
need for a new media, others did not and grew to resent a publication covering
their activities. Though Hermes hired two paid interns, who are greek, and
recruited dozens of greeks to contribute, the publication always struggled to
engage the very community it covered. Few chapters used Hermes in the way the
company's founders envisioned and as a result, advertising and the resources
necessary to continue this publication became scarce.

It comes with great disappointment to announce that Hermes will cease
publishing. The current management apologizes in advance to the loyal readers,
contributors and advertisers of this newspaper. Your support has been incredible
and though Hermes is ending its three-year run, every bit of success is owed to
you.

Any questions regarding the closing of Hermes can be addressed to either Emily
Kulkus, who will remain in the Syracuse area reporting for the Post-Standard, or
Justin Silverman, who is currently looking for other publishing opportunities.
Emily can be reached at EmilyKulkus@Hotmail.com and Justin can be emailed at
Justin@OnlineHermes.com.