Editor's Notes

While looking through the archives, I found a copy of the Manhattan Mercury newspaper in which a story I wrote in November of 1965 was published. For my first college level reporting class, I wrote about a college stunt I was involved with.

Unlike some student stunts which are filled with danger, ours was pretty harmless, if you don’t take into consideration college students losing a few hours of pre-Thanksgiving break sleep.

While I didn’t have a hand in organizing the stunt, the organizers expected me to use my connections and get them the desired publicity. I served as their spokesman deali...