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Writing to Us, and Writing for Us

Over the years, our business
and advertising staffs have
conducted a great deal of re-
search. It establishes, they tell
us, that among magazines for a
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ON CAMPUS is the "most re-
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dents. That's fine, but we would
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about every issue. (Despite
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We pay attention to what
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pact we're having. We appreci-
ate that people take the trou-
ble to communicate with us in
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some to correct, some to praise.
Examples of each appear in
this month's letters column on
page 5. Note, particularly, the
serious responses to the fake-
ID story that ran in our Sep-
tember issue.
And speaking of writing, we
publish a MY TURN column in
every issue, always written by a
student. The MY TURN for Octo-
ber described one student's re-

action to noticing, suddenly,
that her parents were growing
older. Months ago she had sent
us a note asking whether we
would be interested in such an
essay. We encouraged her, and
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readers were, too. In response
to frequent inquiries, we de-
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of interest to many students.
The essays should be between
1,200 and 1,500 words. We wel-
come your contributions and
your thinking.


Entertainment
Television: Writer / Producer /
Director Jay Tarses blends
comedy and drama Page 8
Dabney Coleman and Blair
Brown: familiar faces in
bigger roles age 12
The lasting allure of old
TV shows Page 14
Education
* Gallaudet: A pioneering
college for educating the
world's deaf Page 16
Rat funerals as Gallaudet's rite
of passage Page 17
* With more strings attached to
donations, educators resist
assaults on academic
independence Page 19
College Life
Fashion: The fall's favorite
fripperies Page 22
Sports: Getting kicks
from soccer Page 24
Careers
* Meteorologists are a lot more
than TV showmen Page 28
West Point's first black
commandant of cadets Page 30
Resumes: Greeting-card
writers and artists; an
interview video; a
veterinarian Page 32
The Arts
Music: A guide to classic
jazz recordings Page 34
Theater: Monologuist Spalding
Gray; the Flying Karamazov
Brothers's brand of staged
juggling Page 38
Books: A paperback series on
contemporary artists; a
sojourn through Tibet Page 45
Departments
Multiple Choice: Columbia "wins"
a record streak;
Colorado's official fool;
a penny-pinching
freshman at Illinois collects
$20,000; shrimp and ham
provoke a controversy over
* keeping kosher at Brandeis;
Laser Palace at Lawrence
University; Georgia Tech
wrecks WREK Page 26
My Turn Page 46
The Mail Page 5
Cover: Photo by Art Streiber
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