The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 29, 1983, Image 3

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, March 29, 1983, Image 3

Newspaper Page TextTuesday, March 29,1983/The Battalion/Page 3 ist Press conference reversed inst “How-li latz submint etting co olates the ■ncy has will at they will EPA report vVashingtoi iloyee, caim by David Marchand Battalion Reporter Four local officials questioned , directors of the local media ng m tnert| j on( j a y j n a lively reverse )e transient iress conference that was held recognition of Freedom of In- mis office.Pjormation month. from FFAf an up toxic'• urned don 0” Minutes, h a camerao tical 500, pletingthec iority 1 (lists intheis ild pay her ;ke up where Local officials quiz media local The Society of Professional ournalists, Sigma Delta Chi, Missouri ! !h>ch designated March reedom of Information Id | | i ionth, and Women In Gom- 1 1 P e lunications, Inc. sponsored the 1 OTer| onference to foster community mderstanding of the workings sniffingan f the press. Dr. Edward J. Smith, head of and if he isiiexas A&M’s department of be hazardot ommunications, opened the onference by defining the re- itionship between the two roups as one of cooperation, onfkt and complexity. This onflict, which Smith called correct and appropriate,” sur- pendmgal# iced as the theme of the discus- hich youslupon, Bryan Mayor Richard Smith, d to get rid) Allege Station Mayor Gary falter, Brazos County Judge reen, and Texas of Regents Vice hairman William McKenzie uizzed Bryan-College Station agle Editor Glen Dromgoole, attalion Editor Diana Sulten- jss, KAMI) News Director eanne Norton and KBTX Jews Director Jeff Braun on heir policies and opinions. McKenzie quoted the predi- O ’ ate, “Build the news upon the lock of truth and righteous- and asked the media rep resentatives if they subscribed to aat philosophy. The panel said lat they did. But when McKenzie asked romgoole what editorial f ree- MSC council adopts constitution, bylaws But unforttii '*} H,,l,n .f ish the job,1 ' &M Board staff photo by Bill Schulz Panel members from left to right: William McKenzie, Richard Smith, Gary Halter, Dick Holmgreen, Glenn Dromgoole, Jeanne Norton, Jeff Braun, Diana Sultenfuss, and moderator Rebeca Zimmermann. dom and objective reporting was, Dromgoole said, “objective reporting doesn’t exist," but that “(the Eagle) strives for fairness.” He said the news can’t be co vered purely objectively. Smith asked the media panel about their policies on inflama- tory words used to sensational ize stories which he said often mislead the reader. Norton and Sultenf uss said they didn’t advo cate that type of reporting and writing. Halter cited a report of the arrest of the mother of tw'o Bryan police officers and ques- tionnea the relevence of the re lationship to the story. Drom goole said the prominence of a figure is important, as is the irony of a story. Norton and Braun said run ning a story like that was an indi vidual editorial decision but Sul tenfuss said that such a relation ship was irrelevent and said that a story should be run on its news value. Holmgreen cited an inaccu rate story and said, “truth will never catch the first lie that’s told.” He asked Dromgoole why retractions aren’t printed on the same page as the error. Drom goole said the Eagle prints all retractions on the opinion/edi- toral page. by Connie Edelmon Battalion Staff The Memorial Student Cen ter Council adopted a new con stitution and bylaws Monday night. Because numerous parts of the old constitution were re vised, the Constitution and Bylaws committee recom mended approving the entire new constitution instead of approving only the changes. One of the changes made in the constitution drops “Council and Directorate” from the name of the organization so as to rep resent more accurately the en tire group instead of just offic ers. Also, new offices approved by the council earlier this spring — Executive Vice Presidents for Administration, Programs and Marketing — are added in the revision. Qualifications for Council officers, committee officers, and student officers are changed from a grade point of 2.4 for the fall semester and 2.0 for spring to a 2.0 for both, as stated in the University Rules and Regula tions. Also, in case of resignation or removal of the MSC President, the Executive Vice President for Marketing and Personnel shall serve as interim president, in stead of the Vice President for Development, as was previously stated in the constitution. One change in the bylaws of the constitution designates two different levels of student offic ers of the MSC. The president, executive vice presidents, and vice presidents are officers of the council and of the organiza tion, while directors and com mittee chairmen are officers of the organization only. The office of Director of MSC Services is changed to the Dire ctor of MSC Internal Services, and the Director of Non-MSC Services is changed to Director of MSC External Services. Also included in the bylaws is a description of all MSC prog rams. All programming groups are designated committees in the description, instead of com mittees and projects, as they are usually called. Several Study Committees which were approved over the last year, were included in the list of committees. In other business, speakers were approved for Political Forum and CAMAC. Political Forum will present a debate April 18 between Senators Robert Taft and Eugene J. McCarthy, former U.S. Con gressmen and Senators. The probable topic for the debate will be Reaganomics. CAMAC will host an attorney for the Mexican-American Legal De fense Fund, Norma Veronica Cantu, on April 12. She will speak on Hispanics in Higher Education. A proposal was forwarded to the Enrichment Fund Board, which decides which MSC pro jects are worthy of extra funds, that requested $3,000 to pro duce a top-quality, 16-page brochure explaining the prog rams and leadership opportuni ties available through the MSC. The brochures would be given to campus visitors and used for public relations and Enrichment Fund purposes. =iimimiiiiMiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiU; OFFICIAL NOTICE General Studies Program Students who plan to Pre-Register for the Fall Semester in the General Studies Pro gram are URGED to pick up a Pre- registration Form in Room 100 of Harring ton Tower from Mar. 28 thru Apr. 15. ?niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiBiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil? campus andi | str active e no prettn istians bum I emarkstosi regardingO I iri ^ IcM cani ether Hi! | of some! lerearep can malt at for lit for any :1 there is® n any pii es towari treated vsi ication of ll® rous whenwi n future pil tire writersd Ives some si cation; Is# iversity andi ;r take lighlli 1 of the | nk A. Kami! 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