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The New York Times February 23, 1998 October 27, 1997	Reporter Nick Goldin, The New York Times.
The Cornell University News Service	The Cornell University News Service publishes the Cornell Chronicle and dispatches university news releases.  Reporter Bill Steele writes in one of his articles: The mystery and sheer daring of the prank generated coverage by the national news media, beginning with an article in The New York Times on Oct. 27. The Cornell Daily Sun ran a daily "Pumpkin Watch" through Halloween and editor-in-chief Hilary Krieger was interviewed live on the scene by Matt Lauer of the Today Show on Oct. 28. The Associated Press ran a news story and photo of the pumpkin that appeared in newspapers across the nation. The Cornell News Service handled radio interviews from cities as far away as Minneapolis and Reno, Nev. CNN, MTV and NBC news programs also carried pumpkin reports.
Chronicle of Higher Education December 5, 1997.	Vincent Kiernan, senior writer.  (202) 466-1061, Washinton, DC.
December 3, 1997.	Digital Camera Network Your WebCam page, the "Cornell's Pumpkin Watch", has been selected as the DCN Webcam of the Day, and will be featured under our "DCN WebCam Awards" for 24-hours beginning 12/3/97 at 12:00pm (noon, Mountain Standard Time).
Cornell Daily Sun December 2, 1997.	Anthony Zuba, reporter for the Cornell Daily Sun.  Ths Sun had noted that the pumpkin had been atop McGraw Tower 56 days.