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...picture and wondered why on earth it was in the paper? Take, for example, the random picture of a protest in Vancouver that was in last week's newspaper. Or Monday's shot of Whoopi Goldberg waving her hand. One reader referred to these types of pictures as "filler." I think that "filler" is a very good description...
Editors often resort to "filler" to fill the page--literally. Even with the new layout, a longer paper and more advertisements in the fall season means that "filler" is often necessary to preserve the continuity of the page. Classic "filler" usually takes the form of messages from The Crimson. Boxes that say "Your Ad Here," or "Got a hot news tip?" are blatant filler. Reuters news photos are a welcome alternative to this, but should still be used as little as possible. However, rather than analyze the intent of Crimson editors in page layout, I'd like to extend...
Armed with this new definition, it seems to me that there has been more "filler" in The Crimson this year than years past. Though a limited number of such articles or photos can provoke interest, too many can threaten the cohesiveness of the newspaper. I am generally talking about the kind of photo or article that seems not to warrant inclusion in the paper, such as national news that is neither significant nor interesting, or piecemeal entertainment news from faraway cities. I am not, however, referring to campus photos as filler...
Also, unaccompanied off-campus photos are not necessarily filler. Some news stories can be presented better through a photo than an article. News pictures can be a wonderful way to combat the phenomenon of campus-induced isolation. More people will check out an interesting picture on the Real World page, for example, than will read all the articles. According to Crimson President Joshua J. Schanker '98, The Crimson has made a special effort, in response to reader input, to include more national news, photos and Associated Press stories...
There are some sexist, NC-17 lyrics here, and like many double CDs, there's a good deal of filler. But the scolding, inspiring chorus of A Better Tomorrow--"You can't party your life away...'cause your seeds grow up the same way"--indicates that Wu-Tang is at least headed in the right direction...