# Foward

My name is Jonah Ascoli, and I'm the owner of Compute.
Compute is a computer science journal for
anyone in Lake Braddock to enjoy.
In this article, I'll talk about the mission of this journal,
how we'll be operating in the future,
and how _you_ can participate.

## The Mission

Compute's goal is to serve as an informative news source,
catered to Lake Braddock students, while allowing journalists to
express creativity in their articles. By keeping the journal broad,
encompassing the entirety of computer science,
there are very few restrictions in what journalists can write about,
and by extension, what anyone can read about. 

## Operating Schedule

We plan on making editions every month, each with at least
one article per journalist. 
This edition will then be destributed across
Lake Braddock's computer science program, giving any CS student a
chance to read any/all of the articles written. 
The hope (and long term goal) of this project is to 
continue operating for years to come,
making it a staple in Lake Braddock's computer science program.

You may be asking, "well how would you do _that?_" 
And that's where _you_ come in!

## How _You_ Can Participate

The nature of a student-run journal is that, well, 
it needs students to run it.
Without journalists, website maintainer(s), and organizers, this journal
would inevitably die off. Furthermore, there's no upper limit on how many
contributers there can be for a journal - of course quality is more important
than quantity, but of course:

![Both is good.][assets/both-is-good.gif]

To become a journalist, all you have to do is join the 
Compute [Discord Server](https://discord.gg/WSaHCnUanJ)!
From there, I can help you do any setup needed to become a journalist!
It would be awesome to get as many people as possible for this journal,
so it would be hugely appreciated if you want to join.

There's also a Compute club! It only meets once a month for an hour,
and journalists aren't required to come to the meetings, but if you want,
you can also come to the club to get started (for more information on the club,
join the Discord server.)

Anyways, that's what Compute's all about. Since you read the whole article,
here's a picture of a cute cat:

![Cute Cat][assets/cat.jpeg]