Word: comped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...doesn't have to be that way, if recent history is any indicator. Within the past year, more than half a dozen current and prospective intrepid science concentrators--some in biology, biochemistry, chemistry and physics, to name a few--have taken the plunge and decided to comp Crimson news. Science concentrators, it seems, have suddenly realized (as this biology concentrator has) that it's possible to become really involved at The Crimson and still get into medical or graduate school...
...change? The time commitment is still the same. But this year, we've tried to solve the problem of generating interest. Most of those science concentrators who have joined us have done so through The Crimson's new science comp...
...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...
...endeavor was less than a success. The representatives I talked to rolled their eyes and told me I was the millionth sophomore to ask about summer jobs. Comp culture had struck again: we all wanted to be the first ones into the boardroom, even if it was only to sweep the floor. In any case, most of the companies had no formal programs (translation: come back in two years, kid). If I really tried--tracked down recruiters, wrote a hundred resumes, grovelled and begged--I might be able to find something. Is it really worth it to kill myself...