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...first year at college, I read every student journal of opinion and took them all absolutely seriously. Peninsula enraged me; Perspective enlightened me; the Salient amused me. I was fascinated by the fact that students could make such sophisticated arguments. I started writing editorials because I wanted to emulate the campus's outspoken opinion-makers...
...might expect this sort of thing from Peninsula, with its history of offensive writing. After all, their patron muse is the undisputed king of the obnoxious, Rush Limbaugh. A former Peninsula staff member quoted anonymously in The Crimson said he thought the magazine was often intentionally inflammatory...
...fault of the publications. The Peninsula council recognizer that the only way it can get any attention whatsoever from the liberal campus is by offending it. As an editorialist, I know that people don't read and remember the things you write unless you say something shocking or insulting. For instance, if this editorial were about NAFTA or Bosnia, you would probably glance over the first column, maybe skim the first lines of the remaining paragraphs, and then turn to Dilbert...
...however, this space were occupied instead by a guest commentary written by a Peninsula staff member (hunh hunh hunh...liberals such....), you would be talking about it with your friends over lunch, and a few of you would be outraged enough to write scathing letters to the editors...
Last semester, Peninsula provoked widespread campus debate on feminism, with little response from the newly timid Left. Wexler herself confesses an unwillingness to write a simple letter. Do we really expect her to organize a rally? G. Brent McGuire '95 Senior Council Member Peninsula...