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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, OCT 7, 1975
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You don’t poke fun at research
By ROXIE HEARN
Assistant Editor
The Ombudsman is a reader service that
fields questions, complaints or comments
about The Battalion. This column is a discus
sion of calls and letters received throughout
the week.
Two items stood out on the list of
complaints this week: a column on
cockroaches written by the editor
and a misleading news article on
choice of professors.
Wednesday’s Editor’s Notes enti
tled “The lighter side of editorial
living” was supposed to be a humor
ous discussion of a research docu
ment on roaches. That’s a bad move
when the people who do the re
search are also the people who read
the newspaper.
Dr. Gordon W. Frankie of the
Entomology Department was the
first to call. His department re
ceives a $30,000 per year grant from
the Environmental Protection
Agency to find ways of controlling
cockroaches without the use of
chemical insecticides. He felt the
article was ridiculous, unfounded
and misrepresented the research of
the department.
The article was not intended to be
a slur on the researchers, or on the
German population (as many felt
the remarks aimed at German coc
kroaches were), but was merely the
editor’s attempt at humor. We
apologize for the poor judgment.
Within tlie week we hope to ha\ e
a news article on the t\pe of re
search Dr. Frankie is involved in.
The second problem we had this
week was our lead story in Friday’s
paper that announced, “Students to
choose times, profs.” The article
gave readers the impression that the
choice system was already a reality.
Actually, it is still a proposal, in little
more than the committee stage.
This is a constant problem faced
by this student newspaper: getting
the hierarchy of campus power
straight. There are all sorts of or
ganizations that must approve pol-
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effect. Student organizations arel
only the first small step.
Before choice of professors caul
become a reality, it must be aji|
proved by the student senate and I
the university s Academic Council I
Another question readers liadl
throughout the week concerned the I
layout and design on The Battalion I
A few weeks ago we started a "Spc I
cial Section that was filled with rt-1
views, coming attractions and feaj
ture stories. At f irst, it was two full
extra jxiges hut when that got too
expensive, we had to do some shift
ing on the news pages to make rooni j
for it. Were trying to work out a
better system, but in the meantime
we ll probabb just appear unor
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