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ost important reporting n ^ft undone, editor says THE BATTALION THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1979 Page 9 ij l^TH^BATT^OEsTrDAILY ] iir \ Monday through Friday ( Keep Red Cross ready. . (—.— deconta: ed to ts. tern New.lJ salt beds ak if Carlsbad -enter the I to arrive he Gnomti connectio is no pro! louttbeonlp surroui ’ of a poor (p i Intemationi \ By ANDY WILLIAMS -Tl.yi Battalion Staff :t Gnome*,The media are so concerned with blast wil |he^gaudy that they ignore the is- e livestocl jues the public truly needs to unlsrstand, an associate editor of jr Texas Monthly magazine said here Wednesday night. In a speech sponsored by the Ag ricultural Communicators of Tomor row. John Bloom said that the is, of the ijL'nited States probably has the s Albuque Ivorst informed public in the world, ed the cleat l “Show me one person in 10 — in to release fad, show me one journalist in 10 — e custodyi who can explain the meaning of 1 Managem‘farm parity. He said the public is informed about everything, but Jevada Opepgiy s about nothing, ities leadiii| Ht blamed that ignorance on the rway, witli medi.is lack of initiative. porters generally don’t take the trouble to do needed research, he because it is easier to write flashy articles to catch the public’s :hwest oft ey§ lation PilolllHe gave as an example the atten- ^n given last fall’s firing of Peter Bourne, President Carter’s adviser on drug abuse. bile that story was dominating the national consciousness, he said, Iran was “moving silently toward any headd revo ' ution — silently because no one was paying attention to the ;anup willIpolitical activity there, ctions ontb , the DOE ctions on contamimli^^ lain in effed P United Press International ton experii COLLEGE STATION — Critics 1,200 feetl [) f ex P ens i ve high school athletic Dec. 10 ppQgnuns claim the extracurricular / the form s P rov i^ e httle benefit to the sion to dele P vera 8 e stu d en t and the large asible to: Hp ets — particularly that of foot- esulting mol Mj ~ cou ld be more wisely spent xicity, Den | dy later n l ible. the first c sites in i Dennis, i operatioml ets trailers said Battalion photo by Colin Crombie John Bloom, associate editor of Texas Monthly, spoke about his magazine and various aspects of journalism Wednesday night to a crowd of about 35 in the Memorial Student Center. Other issues that were generally ignored then were a price increase by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the grow ing poverty of the farmer, which led to the tractorcades to Washington. He said this laziness in research began in the 1960s, when “the bat tle lines were clear-cut and the symbols were large.” This was per fect for television coverage, he said, which was emerging in that decade — to be most effective, it needed events that could be shown on film. But reporters can no longer be just eye-witnesses, he said. “There etics may benefit the student disadvantaged high school students are more likely to attend college and get a better job if they participate in high school athletics. And when secondary schools cut their athletic budgets, Picou said, they’re getting rid of something that enhances am bition and gives support to lower- class blacks, females and rural youth. “Participation in interscholastic athletics seems to be beneficial for the development of attitudes that promote achievement in education, occupation and eventually income,” Picou said. “The high school athlete has the experience of operating under situa- S ? 1U , tions where they have to perform. .0 ICG cllTC cl These past experiences enhance in inue in H their achievement behavior later in ,rn S K|^ BUSTY MCDONALD ■ Battalion Reporter The Texas A&M University ts sampli p ress w hich was burned out of the licipalv ;ol(£ Board of Directors house on moving ar p e 5 27, will receive additional wonting space in the next couple of week: But a Texas A&M sociologist dis- rding to Dr. Steven Picou, M Press water all tation. theraWI Three mobile home-type trailers, will be a w jth a total 2,160 square feet of 1 backgro» ; l rea are (. 0 T, e move( l onto the easti end of the lot on the corner of As- bury and Hogg streets. This is the same lot where the Board of Direc-1 tors house is located. Press Director Lloyd Lyman said, I jfliis is the best possible temporary solution for us. It will give us space [ orimr offices.” , The project has been awarded to | l^ign Space International of Hous- Iton. It will cost about $25,000, said I herald D. Scott, manager of engi- ents neering design and energy in the| would'- 'department of physical plant. ^The press is now operating out of I fromab* (be shipping warehouse, also lo-[ >th torna®) ated on the lot. IjWe will continue to use the old I had some khippjng r0 om for the press,” said tornadotf ,,, “Moving the new buildings re youb onto this lot is good because it will givfe us almost the same location as s at the Pj jefori we can use the same phone unty offi f! lumbers and we ll still be close to wouldntSt the press in the shipping) [ would be 15 warehouse.” , The Texas A&M University Board | ,p to 45. ‘ of Regents has appointed a commit- re than 6P tee to decide what to do with the | twisters" olgiaged Board of Directors house, mi no decisions have been made, fficials to r “ Harter to life.” The sociologist based his assump tions on a survey of 3,248 Deep South high school seniors. He also found: —Participation in athletics tends to reinforce certain values for white males. According to Picou, white athletes generally lean toward col lege anyway and athletic participa tion puts them in contact with an achievement-oriented peer group. —Black male athletes tend to have higher levels of educational ambition than black non-athletes. — For female athletes, achieve ment is more important than the sport itself. According to Picou, the girl who makes an all-district, all region or all-state team is more likely to go on to college than a non-athlete woman. —Rural athletes who participate in high school athletic programs also have higher levels of educational as piration than similar urban kids. “Athletics do have positive effects on the development of educational ambition,” Picou said. “We know educational ambition leads to educa tional achievement which in turn leads to better jobs and higher in comes later on in life. “And it’s pretty clear from my re search that the athletic participant in high school actually receives traits that promote education, bet ter occupations and more income over the long haul than non athletes,” he said in defending high school athletic programs. 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In rich leathers, on a polished wood bottom. 36.99 is no way to see an energy crisis.” And he said that journalists must become knowledgeable about the subjects on which they are writing. “Perhaps it is too much to expect for reporters to become experts in so many disparate fields,” Bloom said. “Who has time for all this study, especially when everyone is happy without it?” He said the reader is content to believe, for instance, that oil com panies and greedy Arabs are behind the oil shortage. “These are symbols, like those of the sixties.” But, he suggested, maybe this simplistic approach is the main rea son the credibility of the media is at an all-time low. Bloom said journalists must be come more involved with their stories. “We need less accounting and more passion,” he said. “What we call objectivity often is just another way of saying, ‘We don’t want to be involved.” The idea that a reporter must be neutral in his stories is a new one, he said, adding that Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin had not be come famous journalists by being objective. “Texas Monthly was founded more than six years ago for many of the reasons I’ve outlined here to night,” he said. 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