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A new challenge for Penley

The Associated Students of CSU welcomed Blanche Hughes, vice president of Student Affairs, to the senate chambers floor Wednesday to discuss with students Penley's consideration of a proposal from Gannett as to a possible takeover of the Collegian. While it was refreshing to see a friendly, communicative voice from a notoriously under-the-radar administration, it was obvious Dr.

Romney knows how

By Nick Hemenway

With fewer than two weeks left until the daunting Super Tuesday, the field of presidential candidates is narrowing. Similarly, the topics discussed seem to be honing in on one central topic-the economy. Although you could ask ten economists about the state of our nation's economy and get ten different opinions back, we all can agree that we need to take steps to steer our economy in the right direction.

We will not accept corporate ownership

By Jennifer Walton, Leah Mori, Adam Gibbs, Anne Waite, Brooke Schledewitz, Jeri Humphries, Bridget Cass

Media critic and University of Illinois professor Robert McChesney once described journalism as "the oxygen of democracy." As graduate students and recent graduate alumni of the Department of Journalism & Technical Communication at CSU who are studying and working for the media systems that provide such oxygen to this country, we are appalled that CSU would consider buying into the concept of corporate ownership of an independent media outlet that is, as yet, still freely able to contribute to informing a democratic society.

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