Complex sentence: Then editor Lee Schwanz observed that the generation on campus was made up of people who had been in the war and been to Europe and the Pacific, so he made a move toward covering more international, national, state, and local news.
Split into simpler sentences: Then editor Lee Schwanz observed that the generation on campus was now made up of several people who had been in a war and fought in Europe and the Pacific. Schwanz made a move toward covering more international, national, state, and local news.