Free Newspapers Prompt Boom in Campus Readership

But competition from 'USA Today' and 'The New York Times' may threaten student papers

By LEO REISBERG

It's not clear whether they're too poor, too lazy, or too busy, but college students aren't reading newspapers the way they once did. So Pennsylvania State University has made it easier for them.

Two years ago, its president, Graham B. Spanier, arranged...