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$U_{i}$, with an audience of 6.5 million, is the most widely read and interactive lifestyle and entertainment magazine among 18- to 34-year-old college-educated young adults. Editorial content focuses on the diverse interests, activities, attitudes and concerns of students attending four-year colleges and universities. U's editorial fellows, selected each year from top graduating students, read campus newspapers, commission articles and photography by the best student journalists, and maintain an ongoing dialogue via the Internet and U.-View lines with students at hundreds of campuses nationwide.
Publisher and Editorial Director
GAMLE MORRIS SWEETLAND
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Advisory Editor
ARI CHEREN
KELLEY TUTHILL
JACKI HAMPTON VAUGHAN
Editors on Fellowship
GAYLE COHEN James Madison U.
PAUL HELTZEL Virginia Tech
ELIZABETH LEE William and Mary
Editorial Assistant J. BRENNA GUTHRIE
Advisory Council
DR. DAVID L. ADAMS Indiana U.
ROBERT BULLARD Michigan State U.
W.B. CASEY U. of Iowa
DR.JAN T. CHILDRESS Texas Tech U.
MONA CRAVENS U. of Southern California
MARK GOODMAN Student Press Law Ctr.
DR. LES HYDER Southern Methodist U.
KATHY LAWRENCE U. of Alabama
RICHARD C. LYTLE U. of Texas
LESLEY MARCELLO Nichols State U.
DR.FRANK RAGULSKY Oregon State U.
DR.J. DAVID REED Eastern Illinois U.
TOM ROLNICKI Associated Collegiate Press
RICHARD SUBLETTE Past President, CMA
LAURA WIDMER Northwest Missouri St. U.
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About last issue...
After reading your November issue's update on the University of Alabama, Birmingham's ditching of their mascot "Blaze" because he was "too white, male and violent," I just had to write this note. This smells just like the flap they had at UMass-Amherst with the Minuteman insignia and mascot, with the exact same complaints!
It just goes to show that today's colleges are caving in to a bunch of lowlifes who have nothing better to do than to bitch, moan and gripe for every little thing, and then make a big political stink about it! Doesn't the university administration have the guts to tell these punks to go back to class, learn something, and GROW UP??!!
College should be a place for learning and self-betterment ONLY, and not for protesting and carrying on about every stupid little thing! If students wish to use college life only to protest and demonstrate, then they should be kicked out of school and sent to the military, where they can learn what discipline and growing up are all about! Lloyd A. Marshall Jr., senior, State U. of New York, College at Fredonia
Your review of Pearl Jam's latest album $Vs$. is complete crap. [Rod O'Conner's] first comment on how the "masses may think twice and steer clear of $Vs$." was obviously not true when the album almost went platinum after only one week on the charts. "Daughter" and "Dissident" are both excellent works of music, not "ordinary rock" as he says. The rest of the album is full of incredible grooves, fantastic licks and strong bass. It's not as "finished" as Ten was, but this album is a fantastic sequel
COVER PHOTO: KEVIN ESTRADA, LOS ANGELES
to an incredible first album. Jason Schleifer, junior, U. of California, Santa Barbara
October reactions
Thanks a lot for the college fashions!! Now maybe I can convince my mom that I'm not the ONLY person in America who dresses - ahem - "funny." Hafizah Shamsiddeen, freshman, Pace U.
Regarding your October 1993 issue, Dartmouth is a college and not "Dartmouth U." as it was called in two articles. Also, "your school newspaper" around here is The Dartmouth, while The Dartmouth Review mentioned in your confiscation article is an off-campus weekly. Scott Meacham, junior Dartmouth College
After reading the story "Does a Real Solution Exist?" I was so angry that I was crying. I'm a conservative, and I get so tired of seeing all these "privileges" given to people that I don't think really deserve them. It seems to me that if people such as women's athletic teams want the funding that men's teams do, then they should EARN those privileges by hard work.
Regardless of Title IX, these sports should not be forced to give up something in an effort to fill the gap. If teams such as women's tennis want funding, then they should be the ones to earn that money themselves. As far as the women who are filing suit, they, in my opinion, are just selfish. Sara Kaiser freshman, Ball State U.
Cool penis article ["My thesis is bigger than yours"], but I had trouble visualizing some things the author was describing. For instance, what exactly is a "baculum?" In the future please include photos/diagrams of such exotic phenomena to further assist in reader comprehension. Once again, congratulations on what can only be described as a triumph of journalism.
Chris Georges, graduate student, U. of North Carolina
Garth Brooks ["The Great CD Debate"] is full of s---! Royalties are paid only upon the initial sale of the record, book, etc. Look at the used book market. It is HUGE!!! But do you hear [authors] complaining that used book sales are cutting into their revenues? NO!! Let's be realistic here. There will always be a market for new CDs. After all, if nobody buys a new CD, how can it become a used CD? I like to buy new CDs because I don't want to have to wait for somebody else to get tired of listening to it and sell it. I just think that Garth Brooks and his little friends are a bunch of crybabies and need to SHUT UP!! Amiri Jones, senior, Florida A&M U.
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