The Vulture is back, New and possibly even Improved. For those of you who don't know, The Vulture started towards the end of last year, and three issues were published before 50% of the editorial staff graduated. The remaining half has decided to continue the paper, although not without major changes; namely, it has no definite direction whatsoever anymore. Last year, The Vulture was essentially several students' reaction to media sensationalism and the seemingly total lack of journalistic integrity in national and local news reporting. All three issues of The Vulture featured a World News section, meant to inform readers of those events that were almost completely ignored by the tabloid-styled reports on Channel Seven and its cohorts. The rest of the paper was a mostly random assortment of feature articles, editorials, and reviews. Well, we made our statement, and now we're ready to move on to the more weird.
   This issue does contain some serious articles, however. The feature story is an editorial written by an experienced Internet user, exploring some of the implications of censorship in "cyberspace." The other serious piece is a reprint of a letter that has been around the world via electronic mail; it is a story about a peace demonstration in Israel the day of Rabin's assassination. (Does anyone understand the references to the 'Elven Nation' in this letter? We don't.) On the lighter side, we've reproduced another piece of e-mail that's been forwarded everywhere, an incredibly accurate and amusing (we think) summary of growing up in the 1980's. See what you think.
   You may perceive some semblance of a theme here. One story is about the Internet, and two others are from the Internet. Well, two of the fundamental tenets of the net are free speech and free distribution. And here we are, a newsletter of sorts. Same idea, in a way. In the future, you may read more here about or from the Internet. But that's it, as far as planning goes.
   The Vulture staff welcomes submissions, which MUST be signed (you will be contacted to verify that you are the real author.) If you wish, you can supply a pseudonym that the article will be credited to (or you can ask to be anonymous.) We may or may not choose to print the articles we receive. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit articles for content, form, or length. Letters are also welcome. All writing must be legible. Please leave your submissions/letters in locker number 58 (through the vents.) It's across from the attendance office.

-Editor

...and now for something completely different.