Word: wilfulness
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...publisher and general manager of the HarBus, Wil Stevens, did so little work on the paper that the other four proprietors agreed to fire him. When the paper's editor, Jeff Chokel, approached Stevens right before Christmas and asked him to resign, Stevens refused, pleaded that he would devote more time to the HarBus, and offered Chokel $500 of his profits, with the understanding that Chokel instead of Stevens would lay out and write headlines for the paper's final 12 issues...
...problem of personal antagonism is most acute between Wil Stevens and publications editor Sam Withro. Two weeks ago they almost began a physical fight with each other in the Kresge dining hall. When interviewed last week, Withro said Stevens was "an operator from the start. I personally really admired him for his operational ability to get people to do things but really resented it when he started operating on me and giving me all the goddamned work...
With Withro in almost universal disfavor, Wil Stevens was the second man to be turned against, although it took almost the whole first semester for the four other proprietors to harden themselves enough to ask him to resign. Stevens had become only a figurehead for the HarBus...
Chokel's group assumed that personal friendships would be able to solve all problems. Wil Stevens and Sean Withro, who had been in the same first-year section, however, became arch enemies...
...offense is another story. It is also potentially the best in the Ivy Leagne, but only against Columbia, admittedly a weak opponent, did it put everything together for an extended period of time. It wil have to, this Saturday, Unless Hornblower and Ballantyne stay healthy, it probably may have trouble doing...