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...trip down the ever-dangerous Muller Hill Road, but professional journalists generally have much more trying lives than student-journalists do.But it is indeed that closeness of access and the connection to our subjects that creates the discomfort we must deal with. When we step into the press box, we must shed our Harvard gear and adopt a stance of neutrality. It doesn’t matter if the volleyball team just clinched the Ivy League, if the hockey team just forced overtime in the Beanpot championship game, or if Clifton Dawson just broke the record for rushing yards...
...academic environment at universities is served greatly by a diversity of thought and opinion. Often this is most perceptibly reflected in student journalism. This year, though, censorship of the student presses at many prominent schools threatened to compromise the free speech environment that is essential to a quality education. For example, Gannett, the well-known publisher of USA Today, entered into talks with the president of Colorado State to discuss a business partnership with their school paper. Partnerships with student publications and for-profit corporations are dangerous. Such deals will most likely serve to limit the leadership opportunities for student...
...Ultimately, in wielding the freedom of the press, students must continue to be bold while recognizing the need to be well-informed and responsible in what gets published on college campuses. The academic environment depends...
...hide their pinstriped heart. Fellow Yankees fan Kendall A. Kulper ’08 said she counted some dirty looks while touring Fenway Park in a Jeter jersey as the most unpleasant first-hand interaction with citizens of Red Sox Nation. Then again, even Kulper didn’t press her luck when she took in her first live game at Fenway last season. “I couldn’t find my Jeter shirt,” she recalled, “but my boyfriend said point-blank he wouldn’t defend me during a brawl...
...gave Hofstra the win—and Madick the loss—in the ninth.Perhaps no one but Madick will ever know how much the leg bruise affected her in the latter stages of that NCAA game. Only a few people witnessed the pitcher limp into the post-game press conference with a big bag of ice strapped to her leg and no excuses. She credited Hofstra’s sluggers and blamed herself for missing pitches. Then she limped off.She came back the next day to hurl seven innings of one-run ball as the Crimson was eliminated from...