Word: editting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...excel on standardized tests. While the national average is in the 50th percentile, the average home-schooled students register between the 65th and 80th percentiles. Nor is this unconventional background necessarily a disadvantage when students apply for college. With no grade-point averages or class ranks, no chance to edit the yearbook or captain the soccer team, home- schooled students must have top test scores to win admission to the most selective schools. But many colleges are eager to welcome freshmen who bring different experiences of learning. "What it really boils down to is getting a sense of a student...
Despite taking a full load of courses, Liu says he will continue to edit "The Next Progressive." He also will not give up speechwriting, which he loves. Liu is defraying his Law School tuition costs by writing speeches for corporate executives...
...credibility. A reporter writing about a group of which she is a member isn't seem as being objective--even if in reality she is. For me, this is the essence of the conflict of interest question. All of us, when told that we can't write or edit a story because of a conflict issue, have wondered about the wisdom of the policy. Often, I feel I can be objective even when officially I have a conflict. Nevertheless, though, it helps with credibility if someone else does. The Crimson is seen as being more objective by its readers this...
Bobby S. Fred also uses an alias to run an independent record label -- which he refuses to name -- and to edit a post-punk zine called Bobby Is Fred. He makes his living stuffing burritos at a Del Taco in Los Angeles. Unlike wannabes who prowl Sunset Plaza looking to get noticed, Bobby craves obscurity. He enjoys saying his favorite activity is eating at such trendy restaurants as Spago -- by serving himself from the Dumpster out back. "Look, this is a nation of disenfranchised kids," says Bobby. "The reason we don't talk to the mainstream media is because...
Such healthy cynicism about media manipulation may be a sign that hipness is still alive. Did we mention that Jeff Fox has been scarfed up already? A hip ad exec is bankrolling him to edit a hip magazine. This is where we came...