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News
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Notes
2 B PC or Not 2 B PC
Welcome back. college men ,tnd
women. (>r is it womvti and men.'
Aw hei k. whokmnvs now,k lass
As you ( an see. tins veal s liist issue ol
/ is < rammed lull ol |xilil» al nuns mess
— the movement that has swept at toss
college campuses, seeped into < laxsioom
(listnurse and confused everyone in its
wake.
S' nne < all IH a new Nh ( ai thvsim that
threatens to redraw the boundaries ol tree
speei h ( )thet s t all P( a unit h needed
torret lion ol hrstont al ou t sight and insti
tuiionali/rd rat ism
(idlers sav it s just a hunt h ol media
In pe Being the media, we ol i oursc
leseilt that notion
Behind the Scenes
II vou tome to Santa Monita, (..till ,
you tnav meet the new stall ol I ediion.il
tellowrs wandering around Valerie, |ell.
I am el and I wete pint ked Irom middle
Xtnei ita, transplanted here, and given
the power toseleet, commission. edit and
design llie lies! work ol t iillege joinliallsls
at mss die country.
We get a Iree apartment one block
Irom the heath, editorial control ol a
puhlit alion with a 1.4Mw) circulation,
and o< i asional lice In kels lo Dodgei
games lisa lot Ix-ttet than standing on
the street comet holding signs dial sa\.
"Will edit lot tood "
You see, the entrepreneur who
founded the papei five Years ago was
adamant alxmt hiring Young journalists
whov litlgets ate still on the pulse ol the
collegiate student both (or at least
v m lew here near die wnsil Ihatw.iY.we
don’t hast- a hunt h ol slutted shuts in
txiaiil-rooms vising, “Veah. I lerh, I think
college kids want to read more articles
alxnit mutual funds...
Lots at New Stuff
And n gets belter. I his year, / is
nuking some < lunges tor the lx-tter As
well as reprinting the lx-st articles (mm
college pajx-is, now weir sending mote
college students out to write original
anu les for us, (ktnil ol like I line, except
we re not owned tn a vertical media
monopoly.) I here’s even going to Ik- a
new entertainment magazine, In, which
will Ik- a sister publication to I (<>l is
sibling publication more M '■‘h
lit addition, this vcai we editors get to
take turns penning this "News and
Notes" column, when- we c an write alxait
the hot trends and issues we uncovet
while reading every ink-stained page ol
more than 400 college newspapers
So, kick luck, ic-Lcx and enjoy the hard
work ol die 53 college jounulists (count
’em) who worked like c ra/\ to bring it all
to you.
—Ty Wenget,
Fditoron Fellowship. Ohm Suits I
RAJIV CHANDRAStKARAN 'V
The Office of Naval Research says Stanford has misspent $200 million In research appropriations. Including funds for this yacht
Probe cracks down on research
IU ROYWM PATH
/huh /Vn i; sx/emiimi l <i! Pennsylvania
\ tcdcial investigation mtu mismanaged
funds .1! mini ill.m I’ll I S it sc.mil
iiiililutiims 111.is lime inns 11 sines in ahsoih
IIHIII III 1 III' II ICSC.III ll lel.llcil C\|Hllses Hill
1 c\amii federal giant guidelines
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mscsiigatiun, sshii li Ug.m Iasi s|>ung Sslu ll
tcdci.il ailiillms uiuuscied vs ll .11 (lies
behest in lie S'JUII 111111 It 111 "I ll 11 lie • essats
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mi IS cl si I les let else tm 1 esc ai i li 1 elated
C\|K‘IISCS
Xiiimliiig 111 Dennis Fii/gihhons
spokesman till t Ilf 1 niigicssional snli
(iiiiiiiiillcc heading lilt icsless, si hools have
iiiiilm mis misuitrl pitied "s.igue Icilcial
guidelines. 1 .iiising admiiii.slratuis In misuse
Iax|iasci s motirs at numerous insnuitinns
" \s |ii!m Dingt'll D \ln li , ami head ut
the siiIh niiiiiiii lee I said Stanford is
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Winsford acquires majority ownership of U.
I he l.o\ \ nge les based \\llisloid
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stabilin lii.i unique puhllt atloti lli.U has
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and if tit e among i idlege and mmeisitt
students tin(nighout the ( ountit s.u<!
(.av le Moms Stscclland. i liaiiman 'it
Wmsiotd and its netsl\ I.led suhsidian
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I’icnkI* in Imrsloi .ind M< ill i Relations
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.idminislratuis used hmulicds dI thousands
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iniilii.nl null 111 liiiiil ill! campus
slumping i i iiii i .uni fi»i ill |iici i.iimlit < if 11ic
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tesigned in tin wake ill the Si.inliml
myestigaimn. saving 11 would Ik ilillu nil in
Ii ii| ihc uniseisiis with ihc kiiiIihu iw
sin n nim In ii; his 11 'Ii' is | ii i siilent
Uni Si ,i nli ii ii spokesman lens She j >.t i ■ I
said [lie SJimi rnillmn the unnenuty m.n have
inissiK iil is in iiis|hi11■ li\ .ulininisli.urns wlm
l» lieu Si.uili ml should nut have In pas I mi k
unities ilic giiveitiimmi alli-.hIs Ii.is ajij>i• isc<I
liiw.ml iniln ci i ii si .in Ii ,i|i|iiiijiii.ilmns
lilt (Min c nl Nasal Research s.iul
Slattlmd has Hot piosen Itsi nslsvveie liight i
ill.ill (In’ alii Kiel I J hi i enlace |iln\nli d In I In
gi nei i n i leu I 11 s.ns Si.mini il slmnlil has e In
pas a li it nl that S'J'Mi nullum h.u k
Stanlmd ailminisliatm s dis.tgiee
Sliepaid s.nil Siantnnl hegau paving h.u k
tile gmei nnieul Im tuisspenl government
appinpu,itiims this seal anil $1 ih niillmn
has Keen paid h.u k thus lai he said
I mu Rolieitsim, deputy tcgional msiiei tm
crenel nl lot the I)ep.u Imettl nl Hi allh and
11 til nai 1 Si isn is. said mans nl the si In mis
i halted the gi is e i n men I Im “eiilet
l.iiiimcni' i s|h -uses t halves he said i leal l\
ale nut I elated to I eseal t il Slip}ml 1
lln lede i al gin el mi lent should not liavi
to pas lot memheiship in i iiuntrs t luhs m
Im tilings like the sat lit at Staniotd.
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Stanluid's misspendings also im hided
>7,UUII in linen Ini the plesldelll s hoiisi
$_* Non In tel ill hlsli a gt and pi aim, S 1.1 Mil I
Ini a i eclat lined i lu st $_‘.htMl a month Ini
llmseis ill dll plesldelll S Imllse Si IKHI lot
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