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From: lkk@mit-eddie.UUCP (Larry Kolodney)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.misc,net.motss
Subject: Re: Corrupting youth: Conservative [sic.] Campus Tabloids
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Date: Thu, 18-Oct-84 12:15:53 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 18 12:15:53 1984
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"I'm seeking information, anecdotes, relevant law from netters who
have a knowledge of:
	3) Any campus tabloids; also, student & alumni campaigns against
	   them.  Personal experiences?"

At MIT we have a paper called ERGO.  It is in a some what different 
class than the papers you mentioned. It calls itself the "Campus Voice
of Reason", and claims to be governed by the Objectivist philosophy of
Ayn Rand.

	Rather than a tabloid, it is a very ugly (layout wise) paper
whose main body consists of long dry articles, with no pictures or
features to speak of.

	Most people on campus consider it something of a joke ("Ego:The
campest voice of reason"), but it does have a non-trivial following
nevertheless.  It is rarely offensive, rather simply stupid.  

	MIT students are generally too caught up in their technical work
to publish a real paper (offensive or otherwise), so we end up with pale
versions of other campus rags.

-- 
larry kolodney (The Devil's Advocate)

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