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Three years ago The Crimson made the bold and expensive decision to distribute the paper free to all undergraduates. In prior years, the paper was door-dropped daily to all students with paid subscriptions. By attempting to freely distribute the paper for the past three years, The Crimson has truly become the prime organ of information dissemination at Harvard. And The Crimson is still unique among campus newspapers in this respect...
Although the Web site is certainly a positive step, it has not solved the circulation problems. In fact, one of my roommates contacts the site almost every day, and yet we still do not receive the paper. Kim says the Quad represents a particular challenge for distribution. "The way the streets of Cambridge run, the logical distribution route gets to the Quad last. There is no anti-Quad bias, but if the paper is late getting out, it might not get dropped door-to-door" in the Quad Houses...
Other executives seem to believe that distribution problems, in the Quad and throughout campus, are rare occurrences. Crimson President Joshua H. Simon '00 believes that "there are anomalous situations where a whole House does not get the paper door-dropped." Further, despite the fact that Quad distribution has been particularly bad this year, Simon is unaware "if [circulation problems] affect certain areas more than others...
...satisfied; it's clearly not perfect." But he insists that the business department is aware of the problem and that "there are people working on circulation every day." Those in charge of circulation seem particularly sensitive to the fact that their colleagues work so hard to get the paper out. Says Kim, "I want to see The Crimson going door-to-door, not just dropped off in the dining halls. I have lots of friends who work for The Crimson, and it really is the voice of the undergraduate community...
Georgia N. Alexakis '00, The Crimson's managing editor, seems to represent the views of most students in the news department: frustrated but understanding. Alexakis says that "it is frustrating for us. We work hard to get the paper out, and ideally everyone would get the paper." But she insists that "we are all one organization. Every department has weaknesses...