http://bywillatkinson.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:45:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://bywillatkinson.com/2007/05/22/update-my-latest-position/ Winthrop students pay almost $1,000 each academic year for an “activity fee.” More than 80 percent of that fee goes to the athletic department. The amount going to the athletic department has also been increasing steadily: Read the entire story. http://bywillatkinson.com/2007/04/25/investigation-winthrops-student-activity-fees/ My sincerest apologies for the sporadic updates. This is Winthrop’s last full week of classes and I have a great deal of exams and projects to complete. The Johnsonian will be releasing a special investigative reporting issue next week. The issue will not be published under The Johnsonian’s masthead, ... http://bywillatkinson.com/2007/04/17/last-week-o-classes/ Talk of an ‘08 Fred Thompson presidential run is once again surfacing. Never discount the importance of superficiality in American politics (for reference, see Jesse Ventura, the 1960 Kennedy/Nixon debate, or the Washington Post story on “the politics of beauty”). That aside, Thompson’s prospects - already aided by a strong ... http://bywillatkinson.com/2007/04/09/the-resemblence-factor-fred-thompson-and-president-ford/ Jim Cramer, of Mad Money fame, has nothing good to say about newspapers. According to Cramer, papers “don’t need to exist” and they missed the opportunity to capitalize on the Web. Above all, Cramer lampoons these companies for their poor financial management. Newspapers “seem to be run, ... http://bywillatkinson.com/2007/04/03/cramer-newspapers-dont-need-to-exist/ Billionaire real-estate entrepreneur Sam Zell has purchased the Tribune Company in an $8.2 billion buyout. http://bywillatkinson.com/2007/04/02/speculation-over/ In the Johnsonian’s office Monday night, we brought up a point that may be overlooked: why not alter the delivery method of print newspapers? Why not make a nice looking machine that delivers a newspaper and a hot cup of a coffee for 75 cents? It could be ... http://bywillatkinson.com/2007/03/27/for-hurting-newspapers-delivery-method-may-want-to-be-considered/ From the paper that brought you the Staples Center revenue sharing controversy, a new scandal has hit the LA Times. Brian Grazer, the noted Hollywood producer, was slated to guest-edit the Times’ editorial page. Unbeknownst to readers, the LA Times’ editorial page editor, Andres Martinez, was having a ... http://bywillatkinson.com/2007/03/23/fallout-at-the-la-times/ PC World named Packard Bell computers as the worst PCs of all time. The company “was a perennial bottom dweller in PC World’s reliability and service ratings” and had twice the industry-standard product return rate. Packard Bell no longer sells PCs on the American market. I actually have a ... http://bywillatkinson.com/2007/03/21/pc-world-names-packard-bell-the-worst-pcs-of-all-time/ After so many heartbreaking losses, Winthrop has finally managed to advance in the NCAA tournament after defeating Notre Dame 74-64. The Eagles play Oregon today at 2:50 p.m. The Seattle Times has an interesting story on the game. The story puts Winthrop vs. Oregon as a New Balance vs. ... http://bywillatkinson.com/2007/03/18/winthrop-advances-in-ncaa-tournament/