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By BRUCE W. CROOKER
This year presents an opportunity that is uni
que for the United States. It is also a year in
which the voters of this country are on the
horns of a dilemma concerning the race for the
presidency.
On the one hand is the incumbent president
who demonstrates a lack of initiative and fore
sight, who lurches from crisis to crisis, who
shows weakness to our enemies and inconsis
tency to our allies, who does not come to grips
with the economic crisis of our economy, who
does not have control of the destiny of this
i country nor even that of his own party.
On the other hand is an aging ex-govemor of
California who thinks that the answer to our
foreign policy is an arms race, who feels that a
woman’s place is in the home, safely under the
thumb of her husband, who believes that pollu
tion is caused by trees, who knows practically
nothing about economics, who wants the feder
al government controlling the pregnancies of
women, and who would undo laws requiring
employers to provide a safe workplace and laws
that make our land a clean place to live.
Reader’s Forum
People are in a dilemma because they see
four more years of incompetence, no matter
which of the two major party candidates they
elect.
This year is unique because, in this year, the
voters have an alternative to the mediocrity put
forth by the Democrats and Republicans. John
Anderson represents a new force on the Amer
ican political scene. Anderson brings more than
two decades of Congressional experience and a
platform that offers tough, new solutions to the
difficult problems facing our country. He repre
sents a mood, a spirit, that has enabled him to
qualify to be on the ballot in 48 states so far. His
policies, from the economy to welfare, from
energy to health care, represent clear alterna
tives to the other two candidates. He presents a
new style of honesty and candor in a campaign
in which one presidential contender
the other must carefully follow a script
fear of yet another blunder.
With the election less than a month
is vital to the future of the United Statejs
every person know the positions of eack
date and vote accordingly. For the salte
country, each person should vote for tk
vidual candidate and for what he stands,
than for his public relations image orp®
liation. As we sit at the crossroads ofot
tiny, it is important for every America^
amine the platforms of all three pr«
contenders. If each person will do this
confident that John Anderson and the(S
States will be the winner.
More information on the National
Campaign for John Anderson may be
at our table in the MSC from 11 a.m. tol
every day, or by calling Wayne Ilgeni
0582, Bruce W. Crooker at 822-7122,
zabeth Graser at 846-6115. America needsi
Anderson and John Anderson needs you
Bruce W. Crooker is a senior mici
major from Freeport.
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Psychologists develop
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By PATRICIA McCORMACK
United Press International
Do kids need to know how come animals talk
on some television commercials or shows —
despite the fact that their own mutt never utters
a syllable?
Do they need to know why a TV character
pops out of a box of dynamite or a lake or
something — but it never happens in their
world?
The answers to these questions on special
effects in television, according to psychologists,
is “yes.” But, say they, kids also need to know
about other aspects of television.
There is so much agreement on this that it’s
now trendy for boys and girls to take school
courses on television.
A pair of distinguished Yale University
psychologists, with $100,000 provided by ABC
Television, has produced a curriculum for
grades 3-to-5 they report is effective in doing
this. And they say a test involving a group from
Orange County, Conn., schools was highly suc
cessful.
In addition, Drs. Dorothy G. and Jerome L.
Singer, codirectors of the Yale Family Televi
sion Research and Consultation Center, other
benefits include improving the kids’ vocabul
ary, writing and critical thinking skills.
The curriculum they designed is called “Get
ting the Most Out of Television.” Further trials
with it are going on in about a dozen school
districts, including those in Phoenix, Ariz.;
Omaha, Neb.; Carry, N.C., Stamford, Conn.;
Portland, Ore.
The basis of the curriculum is videotapes
10-to-12 minutes in length.
“Television is so much a part of the experi
ence of growing up in this country that more
attention must be paid to how it affects children
and how the medium can be used constructive
ly,” Jerome Singer said.
“We think this project is a step in the right
direction. Our experience with these modules
in classrooms seems to demonstrate that both
teachers and children are excited about the pro
ject and welcome the chance to understand
more about the medium they’ve grown up
with.”
The Singers have received further funding
from ABC to produce a TV-viewing curriculum
for kindergarten and grades 1 and 2.
Commenting on ABC’s support of the pro
ject, Melvin A. Goldberg, vice president,
news, social and technology research for the
television network, said:
“We believe children who are educated how
to use television better will ultimately appreci
ate the medium more and perhaps contribute to
its growth.”
Nan-Lynn Nelson and Bing Bingham are
the on-air hosts of “Getting the Most Out of
Television.”
Nelson was featured in NBC’s Emmy Award
winning children’s series “Hot Hero Sand
wich.” Bingham portrays Alex in “Dear Alex &
Annie,” ABC’s musical.advice.,column-of-the-
air for adolescents. ■ ' '
The Singers said the aim is to “use children’s
natural interest in television to enhance cogni
tive and social skills.”
“The emphasis was on teaching children ab
out television so that they could better under
stand the medium and what it offers, and so that
they could learn to be less passive viewers and
more discriminating consumers.”
Capsules of videotapes that go with the
—“The Technical Side of Television”: How
television pictures are made and broadcast and
how television equipment reproduces pictures
and sound. Children are shown a TVstudio and
control room, studio sets and parts of a camera.
Electronic transmission is explained.
— “People Make Programs”: Designed to
show students how people work together to
plan and produce TV programs. This unit also
explains different types of programs — such as
comedies, dramas, and animated shows.
— “The Magic of Television”; Illustrates how
special effects are produced and used to en
hance the action or story. The module also
teaches how to distinguish between fantasy and
reality on TV.
— “The Characters We See on Television”:
Explores the use of TV characters as role mod
els and highlights certain character behaviors
which, through enjoyable on TV, should not be
imitated in real life.
— “Action and Violence”: This unit is de
signed to teach the distinction between fantasy
action of entertainment TV and the real-life
action news and sports. Ways in which violence
and action are staged are illustrated through
demonstrations of staged fights and break-away
props. Students are cautioned against imitating
certain types of TV action.
— “The Real World of Television”: A review
of different types of news programs, such as
newscasts, documentaries, newsmagazines and
public affairs shows. This module explains how
a TV news program is produced and how other
sources of news, such as newspapers and maga
zines, are important adjuncts to TV news.
— “Commercials”: Teaches youngsters how
to be more informed and discriminatng con
sumers. The module explains the purpose and
intent of TV commericals and illustrates certain
advertising techniques used for product en
hancement.
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Reader hits inability ofcoaching staff
Editor:
This letter will probably be received after the
Texas Tech game, but whatever the outcome,
my opinion will not change. I would first like to
state that I am not a ‘bad Ag.’ I support our
University in many ways and want to see it
become the best in the country in academics
and athletics. However, I feel that I must ex
press my opinion on the ability, or should I say
inability, of our coaching staff.
Due to the drug controversy that has risen in
the past couple of weeks, I do support Tom
Wilson’s decision of dismissing the two players
involved, but I also believe it was blown out of
proportion. No one can tell me that two players
can cause defeats of 42-0 and 25-9 in consecu
tive weeks, when one of the above didn’t parti
cipate in the last game. Anyone who has any
football knowledge could tell that our team was
ill-prepared for the Penn State game. The basic
fundamentals of blocking and tackling were
missing from this game. To solve this problem
Mr. Wilson demotes some of his first team to
the second team. Has he thought of taking the
blame for such a poor performance? In fact I
have never heard him take the blame for a
defeat. For once I would like to see Mr. Wilson
blame himself and his coaching staff for a poor
peformance and not the players. Maybe he
should take a lesson from Lou Holtz, Bill Yeo
man, Bum Phillips and others.
Let’s look at past and present facts that show
what kind of coaching we have had and now
have. We have been in the top ten or top five in
recruiting in the past decade, but how many
times have we been in the Cotton Bowl during
that time? There are 21 Aggies presently in the
NFL, more than any other major school in the
country. Twenty of these players have been
selected in the past 6-7 years, and a majority of
them start. There will probably be four orf
Aggies selected this year. This tells the*
story of our coaching staff s inability to brinj |
the talent of our players during their te}| 1
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that will be consistent with our very I
players. I still have confidence in our pl ! '
despite our coaching staff, and think the)
override their handicap and win the co«
ence.
Gig ’em.
Mike Frederick
Warped
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