<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/magazine/winter-2008/free-spirit-finds-voice.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>A Free Spirit Finds a Voice</title><excerpt>As Horizon editor in 1971-1972, Jerry Jamison ’73 became well acquainted with Westmont administrators. “They called me into their offices all the time when we put in articles that got us into trouble,” he says. Under his leadership, the student newspaper appeared twice a week and sold enough ads to turn a profit. With carefully cultivated inside information, the staff broke stories such as Lyle Hillegas’ appointment as president and embezzlement by a college employee. Editorials ran on the first page criticizing the trustees, personnel decisions, the code of conduct and mandatory chapel. The generational conflicts that exploded in violence on some campuses played out within the pages of the paper.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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