From sj-approval Fri May 26 17:29:45 1995 Return-Path: Received: by world.std.com (5.65c/Spike-2.0) id AA25903; Fri, 26 May 1995 21:29:56 -0400 Received: from YFN2.YSU.EDU by world.std.com (5.65c/Spike-2.0) id AA25884; Fri, 26 May 1995 21:29:55 -0400 Received: by yfn2.ysu.edu id AA00703 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for sj@world.std.com); Fri, 26 May 1995 21:29:45 -0400 Date: Fri, 26 May 1995 21:29:45 -0400 Message-Id: <199505270129.AA00703@yfn2.ysu.edu> From: bj193@yfn.ysu.edu (Noah Schaffer) To: sj@world.std.com Subject: Re: Cadence Funding Sender: sj-approval@world.std.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: sj Josh--Thanks for your comments. I didn't find them at all to long, and your story is quite fascinating. It is good to hear about an indie newspaper that was started to allow for serious, un-biased, un-censored news coverage. One of the problems that I have with most non-school funded papers is that they tend to be little more than parodies of the school-funded paper, with no real point other than to tell a few jokes. While Cadence has had more than it's share of irreverent material, we feel that, at the end of the day, the focus of the paper needs to be on news that isn't covered by the other papers in our school. I have two questions for you: 1. You mentioned expanding your circulation into one or two other schools. I assume this also means expanding your staff to include students at these schools. Does anyone know of other student newspapers that are not limited to just one school? ( Besides, of course, those cheezy student essay rags that are region-wide-- I'm thinking of student-run and operated, hard news organizations). Are you worried about balencing content between the schools? Do you forsee the extra costs and efforts being made up for by additional revenue? 2. It appears that the paper was founded entirely by students. One of the things that I have noticed about other student newspapers is that the "faculty advisor" plays a key role. In our school-funded paper, the faculty advisors are paid a stipend by the school-system and play a major role in both reviewing content and focus. On the other hand, there is Cadence. We do have a faculty advisor, in order to meet school regulations. That said, even though I have been a member of the paper since before it began printing, and am now one of the chief editors, I do not even know what our faculty advisor looks like. She has devoted any time or energy to Cadence since agreeing to be our advisor, and we have not sought her advice on any matters. This situation has it's draw-backs but in the end is a positive force both in forcing us to be completely responsible for our content and in allowing for a paper that has more appeal to readers and potential news members. I'd like to hear what others have to say on the topic of faculty advisors, or lack thereof. -- Noah Schaffer Brookline MA Personal mail: bj193@yfn.ysu.edu Newspaper Feedback: cadence@world.std.com