Stirring the Pot (4#) -

An experimental campus news blog is attracting a lot of attention, although it can be hard to understand why . . .

Certainly, Neon Tommy is brash and disruptive, but the sparks it spreads may originate more from their advisor, Marc Cooper, who's had one foot in and one foot out of the field of professional journalism over the course of many years, yet seems to relish his role as a semi-outsider. Even so, it's an interesting ensemble.

# Melville House is planning to publish an English-language collection of written pieces by Yaoni Sanchez early next year.

# Phillip A Lobo attended the PAX East convention for computer game culture in Boston recently and describes his impressions.

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