It's all doom and gloom in commercial newspapers these days: buyouts, layoffs, and fleeing advertisers. However, most student newspapers seem to be doing just fine. Student publications are not entirely immune to the changes in readership and advertising spending that have severely cut into the profits of much of the newspaper industry. However,…

Describes how a group of female columnists who write about sex in college newspapers is attracting quite a following, and some controversy as well. (EV)

Describes how readership of online student newspapers is on the rise, but that few of them are making any money. (EV)

Describes "FSView," a for-profit newspaper serving Florida State University's campus. Explores whether its money-making focus has worked to the detriment of informing students. (EV)

Describes how a controversial newspaper ad opposing slavery reparations and the subsequent trashing of the student daily have set off a debate at Brown University about the competing values of sensitivity and free expression. (EV)

Explores whether conservative newspapers at Catholic colleges are reactionary or just expressing much-needed views. (EV)

Two student newspapers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison are in fierce competition for readers and advertisers. A proposal of the Badger Herald, an 18-year-old conservative weekly, that the two merge their financial operations was rejected by the liberal Daily Cardinal and the newspaper war was on. (MLW)

Discusses how two students at Governors State University say a college dean interfered with their handling of the student newspaper; the college says it was only trying to guide inexperienced journalists. A lawsuit will test how much oversight administrators can assert. (EV)

Some faculty members and administrators feel that the Dartmouth "Review" is beginning to cause serious, long-term damage to the college. Controversies sparked or fanned by the paper have cost the college the support of some alumni and have impaired its ability to attract some top students and faculty members. (MLW)

A study of student newspapers on 18 campuses found censorship was "alive and well" on every campus visited in the study. The Student Press Law Center, which provides legal counsel and advice to high-school and college student newspapers, has seen a sharp rise in the number of censorship incidents. (MLW)

Cases on the Supreme Court's agenda that involve higher education are discussed including: the delivery of labor-union material through a university's internal mail system, the denial of visas to foreigners invited to speak on campuses, the Veterans Administration's refusal to extend GI Bill education benefits of alcoholic veterans, etc. (MLW)

"Sunshine laws," which stipulate when records and meetings of state agencies must be made public, have prompted legal battles as newspapers and public-interest groups demand access to the records of public colleges. Intensifying debates in Arizona and South Carolina are described. (MLW)

"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This July 2, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "The Provost as Gatekeeper: A Former Provost Offers Advice on Managing the…