Word: paged
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Cooke said that the eventual goal of her office is to maximize the use of the College's Web page as the primary means for the communication of events and activities on campus...
Saturday's audience--which included top brass from Mass. Hall, members of the Corporation and Board of Overseers as well as prominent alumni and donors--responded favorably to the speech and seemed overcome by the breadth of Rudenstine's 16-page lecture, which he has composed off-and-on over the past 18 months...
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...
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...
...fine line between such worthwhile news photos and so-called "filler," but I believe that the line does exist. Using Monday's paper as an example, I'd classify the photo of the U.S. aircraft landing on a carrier in the Persian Gulf from the Real World page as worthwhile news. Harvard students should know about urgent movements of U.S. troops. On the other hand, the quarter-page photo on page A-6 of that same paper of a Paris fashion show featuring spring 1998 styles was unquestionably filler...