March 18, 2008 issue

WORRIED ABOUT WIKIPEDIA: Andrew Keen makes a point during his presentation, "The Dangers of Wikipedia," in the Student Center Ballroom March 6. Keen, author of "The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture," discussed the anarchism of an open-source knowledge system in which there is an absence of central intellectual authorities. Marshall Poe, who has published several articles about Wikipedia and is this year's Thelma McAndless Scholar, provided a counterpoint. The discussion was part of the Wikipedia Lecture Series, sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, and Campus Life. Photo by Babs Rambold

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