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Residence halls test newspaper
program
By Kurt Esposito
Assistant
Campus Editor
Students living in the residence halls have the
opportunity to read national newspapers for free for one month.
Starting Monday, students living in Meredith, Harrison,
Shreve and Wiley halls have free access to editions of USA Today, the
Chicago Tribune, the Indianapolis Star, the Lafayette Journal and Courier,
and the New York Times.
Lisa Tetzloff, director of University Residences,
said the newspapers are part of a pilot program that aims to make these
newspapers available for one month. The distribution will end on Feb.
23 and at that time the Residence Hall Council will decide whether or
not to implement the program for the next academic year.
If the Residence Hall Council decides to implement
the program, it will take effect at the start of the 2001 fall semester.
Only three newspapers will be offered and they will not be free. It
will cost an estimated $10 per semester for each student and Tetzloff
said the cost will probably be added to the cost of the students' room
and board fee.
Amanda Hodson, a freshman in the School of Liberal
Arts a resident of Harrison Hall, said, "I think it's a pretty good
idea for students to read (the newspapers offered) if they have the
time so they know what's going on in the world."
Dana Curran, a freshman in the School of Technology
and resident of Meredith Hall, said she thinks that if the program does
get implemented it might not be fair that all students who live in the
halls would have to pay for the papers even if they do not read them.
The program is USA Today's "Newspaper Readership
Program," which has already been implemented at other colleges and universities.
Tetzloff said the program is designed to increase students' awareness
of the world by having newspapers readily accessible to them.
USA Today conducted surveys on student reactions
to the papers on Monday and will do a follow-up survey on the last day
of the program on Feb. 23. USA Today will then release its findings
for the Residence Hall Council to review.
Barb Frazee, interim manger of Harrison Residence
Hall, said a few students have stopped by her office to say they were
excited about the newspapers.
Tetzloff said so far that she has also seen a positive
reaction from students, but that they will wait until the end of the
pilot to see if students think it is a good use of their money.
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