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High-Quality Reporting by the Plainsman, and the Board of Tru$tee$ Challenged

The Plainsman is out today, and once again full of articles good enough that they have abolutely no business being in a student newspapers. I mean, I'm a huge fan of student run newspapers, but usually the content is not as good as The Plainsman has been over the past few years. I will mourn it when its newly elected editor, Napo Too many students call it the Complainsman Monasterio ruins it. Let's hope he preserves some of the existing staff (like, say, stellar journalist Ryan Lee, who barely lost the editorial election to Napo). That said... Eat this, Bobby Lowder! theplainsman.com | The Auburn Plainsman Online | Newspapers file suit against board

Freepers Debate Libertarianism and Conservatism

There is a debate raging on the previously mentioned FreeRepublic in response to Jonah Goldberg's column on Libertarianism and the Right -- or rather, Harry Browne's response to Goldberg's column. Most of it seems pretty insipid, and is quickly focusing on hot-button issues such as Church/state and abortion. But it's always interesting to see schismatic fights at work (well, interesting to me anyway...).

Reporting on Weblogs Neglects Political Networks

Not to be self-referential or anything, but Slate is running an article on blogging. Unfortunately, while mentioning several community blogs such as Slashdot, they neglect one of the most successful community-participation sites of all, the Independent Media Center. Or, on the other side of the political arena, Free Republic. These political sites are totally revolutionizing the way people in political movements network, get news, and organize actions. Slashdot ... reviews computer books. Oh well.

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