Word: schaffer
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...Sarah J. Schaffer's column appears on alternate Fridays...
Upon reading Sarah Schaffer's oped about the importance of the Crimson to the Harvard community (Opinion, Jan. 22), I wanted to provide a few suggestions to the 124th Editorial Guard on how the Crimson can become an even more significant element of Harvard life. These four humble ideas are only meant to give the new editors an idea of where a daily reader of the Crimson for four years feels the paper should...
Make the paper free: it is imperative, as Ms. Schaffer insisted, that a student newspaper, a forum where students can debate and freely exchange ideas, be available to all students without charge. While $34 sounds like pocket change to most students, there are many of us, yours truly among them, that simply cannot come up with that kind of money. I walked into the Leverett dining hall on the morning of the January 22nd and saw several of my housemates fervently discussing David Goldbrenner's oped about whether or not recruiting was more socially valuable than public service...
...that most of these ideas many not be realized in my last semester here, I pray that one day in the near future the Crimson will be free, diverse, on-line and an even more critical facet of student life. If the Crimson wants to be read, as Ms. Schaffer affirmed, then let it continue to make itself readable and accessible. --Sozi Sozinho...
...opinion page, we have seen views on both sides of the issues, and Editorial Chair Sarah J. Schaffer '97 has continued her policy of printing all letters to the editor, space permitting. Most important, Crimson staff editorials permit dissenters to separate their views from the majority opinion, thus allowing readers to know which editorials had overwhelming support and which did not. You won't see this policy at many daily newspapers, yet it is one of the best aspects of The Crimson's opinion page. Especially with regard to endorsements, the prominence of dissenting views has helped to focus...