"Basically, the misperception this year is that editorial standards have changed somehow this year," Toloui said.

Toloui said that time commitment had not been aproblem among editors in the past.

"It's definitely not the magazine that is goingin a whole new direction," Toloui said. "We seeourselves as doing the same things that [otherforeign policy journals] are doing."

Jarrett N. Blanc' 97, managing editor, agreedwith Toloui.

"We're doing very well. We continue to getsuperb authors," Blanc said. "I don't really seeany major change."

But Blanc admitted that meetings of theexecutive board in the past two weeks have beenextremely contentious as board members discussedthe future direction of the magazine.

According to one staffer, who wished to remainanonymous, the meetings have been "heated" aseditors vented anger about the magazine.

"They're trying to make their undergraduatejournal to be like the big foreign policyjournals," the staffer said.

But Blanc maintains that the meetings have been"highly professional" and conciliatory.

IRC President Edwin U blames the resignationsand complaints on typical fluctuations withinstudent organizations. "There will always bepeople joining and leaving," U said