In journalism circles, a lot of time is spent worrying about the inexorable fall of the newspaper. They look at fever charts of ad revenues plummeting and circulation falling off, and they can’t imagine how they’ll survive.
Author Archives: Jeff Schenck
The Bruin is ready to get with the times
From the beginning, newspapers have told you what’s going on in the world. They were there to cover Sept. 11. They were there to tell you UCLA’s chancellor was stepping down. They were there to tell you your horoscope on your birthday. But simply telling you isn’t enough anymore. Instead of a monologue, today’s technology […]
Competition would provide boost
July 4. Good time for a cold war. Now, I don’t often advocate unjustified wars ““ it’s just that our freedoms are slipping away. And we need Cold War II to save them. All the grand American institutions that flourished under our competition with the Soviets have since gone the way of the Bay of […]
Don’t sacrifice sleep for that 4.0 GPA
The three of us would stay up all night, just talking away. We were like a bunch of high school girls at their first sleepover. Only we weren’t your typical high school girls. That’s because we were college men. The great irony of our first year here was our profession that we just loved sleep. […]
Dark poetry doesn’t equal criminal threat
Zero tolerance at high schools is meant for guns and knives. But when schools start punishing students for writing and sharing literature, I begin to fear for my own safety. Exhibit A: George T., a boy who you probably have not heard of, went to Juvenile Hall for 100 days because of poetry he wrote, […]
Web community can’t replace real friends
One of the greatest dilemmas of social interaction is staring me in the face. Someone I don’t even remember is waiting for me to decide whether I will confirm our friendship with a quick click. This is what my friendships have sunk to since they were swallowed up in the social muck that is Thefacebook.com, […]
Watch your wireless: ‘Net mooching is here
Would you feel cheated if someone tapped into your phone line and started making calls on your dime? Of course. Would you feel cheated if someone tapped into your Internet connection and started surfing on your dime? Maybe. With the exciting new technology of wireless Internet, people no longer need to be chained slavishly to […]