Goldman said that the BU faculty members in Pakistan had taught the Afghani rebels the basics of good journalism regardless of political ideology. "What we've tried to do is teach them to be objective, to be independent and to confirm their stories. We'd be just as willing to help the Sandinistas, Cubans or the Soviets develop an independent media." Original Ballots Found From Allegedly Corrupt Student Election

COLUMBIA

A missing ballot box from last spring's Columbia College Student Council elections has been found, but those involved have little hope that the find will shed any more light on the controversy surrounding recent accusations of ballot box-stuffing and miscounting, The Columbia Spectator reported last week.

The former election commission co-chairman said last month that his successor and another member of the commission had rigged last spring's election to help elect the current council vice chairman and another candidate, who lost the bid.

The ballot box may not be complete, since some ballots were removed for recounting, and it is unclear whether the box contains the computer sheet voters must sign to ensure that students vote only once.

If the sheet is found, a group investigating the charges of corruption may be able to determine if there are any false signatures by matching the signatures on the computer sheet with actual student signatures on record. Junior Took His Own Life, Autopsy Finds

PRINCETON

An autopsy report has confirmed that the knife wounds which proved fatal to a Princeton junior last month were self-inflicted, despite earlier suspicions that he may have been murdered, The Daily Princetonian reported late last month.

Laurance D. Myers died September 17 from cardiac arrest while receiving emergency treatment for severe wounds to his chest, abdomen and wrists. The County Prosecutor later determined that there was no evidence to contradict the hypothesis of suicide.

Myers had been diagnosed over the summer as having a chemical imbalance in his brain, leading to a schizoid personality. He had been receiving psychiatric care.