Reporter's Notebook: Financial Models, Sustainability, and a Few Jokes

Colleges are under intense financial and political pressures—from state budget cuts, high energy costs, and accusations of conflicts of interest, among other things. That didn't keep a meeting for college business officers from getting off to a lighthearted start here on Sunday as attendees were asked to agree to a Blackberry Code of Conduct.

The gist of it: Thou shalt not send dumb two-word messages to the person sitting next to you. The professional entertainer who opened

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