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Last year, although there were fewer candidates in the race, Crimson coverage managed to Readers questioned The Crimson's credibility, since many of those young on staff editorials had connections to the Undergraduate Council and several of the candidates were Crimson editors. Candidates angry about receiving down arrows and being called WASPs, ugly or spoiled objected to "Crimson Wisdom" by Daniel C. Allen '97 and Andrew A. Green '98, a take-off of Newsweek's "Conventional Wisdom." But this year, as we experience a popular election for the second time, "Crimson Wisdom" came and went without reader comment, and only...
Shawn G. Zeller '97 is The Crimson's ombudsperson, or reader representative. He may be reached on e-mail at szeller@fas.harvard.edu or at home at 493-2490. He is not a Crimson editor or executive, and his opinions are his alone...
...wide election (I was away last year), I didn't know exactly what to expect from campus press coverage. Today's (Tuesday, Dec. 3) Crimson is causing me to fear the worst, though I hope my fears are unfounded. The headline, "Campaigns Ready for Upcoming U.C. Election" tells the reader to expect little issue discussion and lots of (or at least some) horse race coverage. This is borne out with discussion in the article on " character of the campaign" and quotes from candidates not about issues, but about campaign tactics...
Even worse, to keep the reader entertained, the article brings in comic relief comments by a candidate discussing "porn channels". Granted, porn is always funny but perhaps for the first Crimson article on the council elections during campaign period, a few sentences or quotes on the issues might have been more useful to the readership...
...camera ready, it might be poured directly onto the screen. That quality gives the book immediacy, but don't give the credit to Crichton's literary skill. He simply sketches in the familiar elements--a determined, divorced heroine; techno-speak; footsteps in the dark--and the reader, conditioned by the scores of suspense films he has seen, reflexively provides the art direction, special effects and stars (say Jodie Foster and perhaps Courteney Cox in a surprisingly strong Best Supporting Actress-nominated performance...