Word: longobardi
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Dates: during 1982-1982
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...potentially damaging story must be carefully considered. The necessity of repeating that story must be subject to even greater scrutiny. The freedom of the press must be moderated (by journalists) in the same way that a professor must maintain a professional distance in dealing with his students. David Longobardi...
...Murphy and other members of the staff stress that it is undesirable and unrealistic for the Advocate to attempt to attract too broad a readership. "It wouldn't be necessarily elitist to say that not everyone can understand poetry," says David Longobardi '84, whose position as "Pegasus" on the magazine entails scheduling poetry readings and other literary visits. "It's the nature of art to be esoteric," he insists. "Criticizing the Advocate for being esoteric because it deals with art is like saying that the Journal of American Medicine is esoteric because it deals with medicine...
...Caldwell, Murphy, and other editors stress that this super-sophisticated outlook has dissipated this year mostly because much of that element of the magazine graduated last June. "We're getting a broader group of people now," says Longobardi, noting that a large and diverse group of freshmen is in the current comp. Since all freshmen received a copy of the Advocate in their registration mailing, many came to the comp without any preconceived notions of what an Advocate per on should be like, he explains...
Editors hope this sense of openess will draw more people into the building itself. Murphy plans to install new furniture, carpets and a refrigerator to give a cozier feeling. Longobardi hopes that with beer and a neater appearance, they can make it "more of a place for people to hang out." And Caldwell is reorganizing the magazine's library...
With these changes, the Advocate may well become much more than a place for great parties "The more people who read the magazine, the more people will want to submit things," says Longobardi it can become a tool of education that's the pinnacle-- a forum for thought, something that people will read and say 'that's what people are thinking about art and literature!'" After pauses for breath he continues. "Then, the faculty will read it avidly," he says. "And then suddenly it will be the place where if you're writing something, that's where you'll want...