WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF CAN-EX?

CAN-EX is an alternative news wire for campus publications. CAN-EX will provide alternative publications with a steady supply of news and articles about issues related to campuses and communities, as well as national and international political topics.

WHO IS INVOLVED?

Anyone involved in producing alternative media, particularly for student or youth communities.

WHY DO WE NEED CAN-EX?

At a time when mainstream media are becoming ever more narrow in its political dialogue and ownership, alternative media must continue to work more closely together in expanding the scope of political discussion. Alternative media serves an invaluable role in offering a voice for the voiceless, building solidarity across various progressive movements, exposing the unspoken truths ignored by mainstream media, and providing a dissenting perspective on political and social issues.

The CAN-EX hopes to minimize the amount of work that goes into design and article development. Since mainstream press wires are too expensive and too supportive of current political trends and institutions, CAN-EX offers a free, standardized library/wire of alternative and dissenting materials. An alternative news wire can be an essential mechanism for the creation and maintenance of alternative journals.

HOW IS CAN-EX DIFFERENT FROM OTHER CANET E-MAIL LISTS?

Unlike other CANET e-mail lists, CAN-EX is not a discussion list. The only postings on CAN-EX, aside from facilitative updates/commentary, will be material for campus publications. Material can include articles, press releases, essays, poetry, etc., more or less anything that can be sent via e-mail, and that alternative journalists might be interested in printing.

To contact the list's facilitator, email can-exfacil@pencil.math.missouri.edu.

We invite you to subscribe to this list; you may unsubscribe at any time. We ask that to keep list volume down you be careful not to post things to the list that you wanted to send to an individual.

To subscribe via the web, please fill out this form:

To subscribe manually, please follow these instructions:

1. TO SUBSCRIBE to the list, send e-mail to: canet@pencil.math.missouri.edu with a subject of "canet" whose body just says:
   sub can-ex Firstname Lastname

   TO SEND A MESSAGE to the list, e-mail it to: can-ex@pencil.math.missouri.edu

   TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail to: canet@pencil.math.missouri.edu with a subject of "canet" whose body ONLY says:

   unsub can-ex

   If the volume of mail on this list becomes too large, you can always change your subscription to a "digest" (1 big message per day) by sending e-mail to: canet@pencil.math.missouri.edu with subject "canet" and body:

   set can-ex mail digest

   To undo this use "ack" in place of "digest".
   To suppress mail for the summer, use "postpone" in place of "digest".

For a full list of Campus Activists' Network lists, send email to: canet-info@pencil.math.missouri.edu

If you have any other questions, please contact the facilitator.