As much as I have to say on the topic (and I've got lots to say), I'm going to focus my present comments on Kumars' request for a safeguard against comment contributions from unknown people. Also, as a note to whoever is in charge of this sort of thing, maybe we can install some sort of safeguard to make sure that only people who have any claim to knowledgeability about what goes on at Uni can contribute comments The beauty of an online publication with an open commenting system is that we receive these kinds of comments. In a situation like this, where we're suffering under a veritable deluge of comments, it can seem kind of overwhelming and yes, even annoying when people seemingly completely unrelated to Uni can voice their opinions on Uni issues. However, I think this is generally an advantage of an online publication, not a disadvantage. Yes, we open ourselves up to "fools, knaves, blowhards and nuts," as a recent germane article sent to me by Mr. Porreca phrases it. However, this also allows us to admit comments like those on Mr. Rayburn's favorite poem selection...I still have no idea who exactly "Margaret" is. Our options are the following: we could shut off commenting entirely, we could prevent any comments from appearing until they've been thoroughly read and edited, we could implement something akin to what the Agora site does, where only people with Uni NetIDs can comment (this is attractive to me in that at least we can put an end to the anonymous commenting and "first-name-only" comments), we could conceivably implement something allowing only people with UIUC (or maybe U. of I.) NetIDs to comment, we could make everyone manually register, or we could have exactly what we have now, a completely open system. I believe the last one offers the least pain and the most gain. -Ben, Online Gargoyle Editor-in-Chief [Technical Editor] P.S: To michelle, you double-posted your comment in response to anonymous...I deleted one of the (identical) versions.