College students "adopt" paper after tornado

http://www.uky.edu/CommInfoStudies/IRJCI/UNDstudents.html

From "Good Works" at institute for rural journalism Web site.

3040 story idea

Vermont is third in the country in the proportion of citizens in the Army National Guard (deployed to Iraq?).
Why?
What's the effect?
North and South Dakota were first and second.
http://irjci.blogspot.com/2007/12/army-national-guard-disproportionately.html

How does Guard recruit in rural states?
Guys end up serving with guys they grew up with. What sort of problems/advantages does that present?

hot lectures on the Internet

New York Times article about university lecturers who are becoming Internet stars because of their videotaped lectures appearing online:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/19/education/19cnd-physics.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin