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When I joined The Crimson, the comp posters advertised "make a difference." I was somewhat disturbed to see new comp posters reading "make headlines." The new appeal is to the ego; the old appeal was to the moral sense. I hope this change doesn't mean much; I know that in the time I've been reading the paper, The Crimson has, in addition to making headlines, made a difference...
...allegation of under the table cash,Lichten said all Harvard contracts require "thatthe people will adhere to laws regardingwithholding tax, workers comp and wage taxes...
...tell by its name, the science comp does something that the general news comp, in which it is still firmly grounded, fails to do: It specializes a little bit. It reaches out to science concentrators who might not be interested in covering Faculty tenure battles or the cops beat, and gives them an opportunity to write about subjects that genuinely interest them...
With the addition of the science comp, some reporters may not share that sentiment. Their job, they might feel, is to interest readers in the possibilities of genetics, not to find waste and scandal in the Bio Labs. They'd rather leave that to the investigative team...
...both models are important. Readers must be informed and provoked, but it's not such a bad thing if they're also educated. The Crimson always needs new perspectives on anything it covers, and the science comp seems at least to be a short term solution to gaining those perspectives...