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This article reports that a report, published last spring, arguing that conservative faculty members are less likely to advance in academe has drawn a withering attack in a new paper written by four scholars at the University of Pittsburgh. The original report, published in "Forum," a journal of applied research in contemporary politics, was based on a 1999 survey of 1,643 faculty members at 183 colleges in the U.S. It also contends that ideological discrimination is unlikely in higher education because political leanings are rarely discussed in the hiring process, and that it would be difficult, and probably impossible, for a potential employer to discover an applicant's political affiliation.

Highlights the challenges facing online publication of college newspapers. Advantages of created Web sites for college newspapers; Readership of online newspapers; Stages in the development of the online newspaper; Factors contributing to the popularity of the interactive features of online newspapers. INSET: Companies Help Student Papers Manage Web Sites.

Recounts the author's humorous experience of posing for a photograph for the daily paper in high school, and his disappointment when the photograph was never published. Decision of the author to become a press agent; Comparison of the high school experience to a decision by the `New York Times' against printing a story, which would include a photograph featuring the author's institution of higher education.