Remember the CHRISTIS Questionnaire?

Yes, faithful reader, in issue 9 of CHRISTIS we asked YOU to tell us what you thought of the magazine by returning our questionnaire to us. Well, a grand total of FIVE people who managed to read to the end of the magazine without falling asleep or who were not too impressed for words to reply (the more likely reason). You might like to know what they thought…

The majority seemed to have discovered CHRISTIS through having known/been bribed/coerced by another CHRISTIS member sometime in the past, but were obviously impressed, as all have since been regular readers. So what did you say about the magazine itself? You all agreed that the number of articles in each issue was about right, so we hope that this can continue (get writing!). Opinion was divided over the cartoons, which raised much comment, but a majority thought that there were about the right number. However, several people did think that we printed too few letters. Unfortunately, whilst your friendly neighbourhood editorial board would love to print more letters, as it is always good to see other sides to the issues presented, we do actually print all the letters that we receive. The onus is on you to write to us when you are challenged or provoked by things you have read in CHRISTIS, or just feel strongly about anyway.

Indeed, the survey returns indicated that generally you were challenged and provoked by what you read in CHRISTIS; the subject of Christianity and Homosexuality seemed particularly to catch your interest in a debate which has dominated the last few issues… But if you felt that this balance was beginning to slip, please tell us how you think we should make amends. Please also keep suggestions coming in about how we could improve the magazine in general- we were interested to see what people had to say on this one (we didn’t just chuck your suggestions in the bin; honest!). To comment on just a few (because we only received just a few!) we will attempt to break up the text a bit better with the help of the rather nifty Wordperfect system, and also to design future surveys so that you won’t have to cut up your favourite campus Christian magazine to return them! We are also thinking (yes, we can and do actually think!) about suggestions for a regular review column, or occasional issues de voted largely to one major subject. See the results in future issues!

Finally to the smartest answer we received, this time in the “How could the layout be improved” section; one wit, who shall remain nameless (but we know who you are, Steve!) suggested a “page three pin-up (interested in a silicon implant, Wulf?)”

P.S. Congratulations to those of you who correctly said that the capital of Paraguay was Ascuncion. You win either a) one thousand “Kingdom Points” and as much quiche as you can eat. b) the entire CHRISTIS committee for a night c) nothing. (WE CHOOSE!!!)