wrote or edited, for what headlines they put on those stories everyday, and what

cut lines they would put under a photo. But the push-me-pull-you animal reminds

me of the problems that Professor Ben Patterson had when his students in

Magazine Journalism tried to make Orange and Blue magazine offer its students

some stories of true substance. I remember a very fine cover story about why

black students avoided UF and chose other colleges in Florida. The piece was

direct, factual, and an in-depth look at a really uncomfortable truth. Provost Bob

Ryan blew a fuse. He called the dean. He wanted Ben Patterson's hide, and

student government allocated some funds to the always struggling Orange and

Blue magazine. Student government leaders demanding that a horn-tooting logo

be placed prominently on the cover. Patterson, not being stupid, figured out a

way that he could get that logo on the cover. It did not make the student

government leaders very happy, as I remember, because he had it reduced to a

little, tiny microdot. It was on the shirt that made it look sort of like one of those

little symbols. Somehow the student government folks didn't laugh at that, but

we got a big laugh in the college. Hello, push-me-pull-you.

 When you think about the achievements of tonight's hall of fame winners,

consider their push-me-pull-you experiences. They leave a legacy to those of

you who are currently working on all those long days and nights at the

Independent Florida Alligator. They'll be the first to tell you that the push-me-

pull-you beast wasn't always moving in the directions that they had first

designated or chosen. They represent the best of what I think is unique to the

University of Florida, the new herd of push-me-pull-you journalists direct from the