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Tuesday, March 5, 1985/The Battalion/Page 3 AND LOCAL ers epartment of Communications to sponsor editorial conference By SARAH OATES Stnft Writer learn e "conser 1 Professional journalists wil ned h lt' nre a * )0Ut l * ie ,n<)S, c ' () ntr( )v ersial oecsiiilBiaffe io ooy newspaper — (he edito- rnservativfBial or opinion page — at a confer va more pcMnce Thursday in Rudder Confer- vngress’poJence Center. - clause HI ^ ie ' ( * ea * s vve re ,r y* n g l<) help rs inrliJ' M ee P professionals up to date,” said aj’ • . UQ ®B)r. Michael Buchholz, Texas A&.-M j llc es•-■ SS()( .i ate professor of coinmunica- evens —an Ions and conference coordinator, vative Byros “The journalism department is has said tin Irymg to provide continuing educa- criterionfo' l' t)n in rhe field,” Buchholz said, not onlv [We have a responsibility to our stu- . . I , penis, but also to other people who -nt with (In [re out working.” has evolve! |j Sponsored by the A8cM Depart- iient of Communications, the edito- rt has noi ‘ a l P a 8 e conference is open to any judicialfatfe 1 ^ P rof ¥ sionals ' :lll h<»"gh- 1 r , , ;hus really aimed at newspaper peo- v isn the fat s)e because it deals with the editorial should m )age,” Buchholz said. ■s’ power It n of a suit! d step bad :ess to malt the balana their flaji tote that ib ered a brid posed bytb iurger, For and forth iy organ® kmun. Fur ork, whole nest comer ■ U.S. Conn )f Columbii general. Hi at lost thei During the conference, 12 T exas burnalists and journalism teachers discuss opinion and editorial ftTiting, political cartooning, opinion jageendorsements and press law re- adngto the opinion page. Dr. Harry W, Stonecipher will pen the conference. Stonecipher is Dr. Harry W. Stonecipher an author and professor at Southern Illinois University. Jon T. Sender- ling, editorial page director of the Dallas T imes-Herald will speak on political endorsements. Tecf Warm- pold, executive editor of the San An tonio Light, will speak about law and the editorial page. Glen Dromgoole, editor of the Bryan-College Station Eagle, will take part in a panel discussion of po litical endorsements on the editorial page. Jon T. Senderling “One of the things we’re going to discuss is whether it’s a good idea to make local political endorsements,” Dromgoole said Monday. “That can be tricky, especially with a paper the size of the Eagle because you know everybody.” Dromgoole said the panel also will discuss problems a newspaper may face when it endorses a local candi date who loses an election. The problem, he said, is maintaining a good relationship with the winner. Ted Warmbold “Usually, the office-holder will deal with reporters who are covering him because he wants good cover age. The tricky thing for reporters is that they have to live with endorse ments they have nothing to do with.” The conference will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday. The regis tration fee is $30, including a lun cheon at the Memorial Student Cen ter. Registration deadline is Wednesday at Rudder Conference Center. MSC After Hours expands course selection ByJAY BLINDERMAN Reporter I For those students who need a lltle added activity, a Memorial Stu- lent Center After Hours class may be what they’re looking for. I MSC After Hours will be offering liore courses the second half of this Bemester, said Michelle Davis, an Af- 'ernmenl f Her Hours committee member, t for son | Registration for the ( lasses begins 't thinken §M a y a tthe Rudder Box Office. » I She said After Hours will offer 13 t senurm Ii ■ ■ i- ■ , , _ , Basses, including new courses in Ior- tne lenu lign languages and extended classes I hey knot L calculator use and ; uto repair, tates’rigbt I The most popular classes in the ley know! fcsthaye been aerobic s and counti \ omplex wB vestern dancing, Davis said, sion of Jet j nkers’ I “I'm so impressed with the people who to take this class. Besides, it is an enjoyment to teach a class where every one passes the final with Hying colors/' — Ira Held, the wine appreciation class instructor. Ford and Sandra Taylor teach the country western dance class, which meets at the Hall of Fame. Mary McWhorter, a junior jour nalism major, was a student of the “Taylor School of Dance.” “The first class was awkward be cause there were 200 people I didn’t know and I was afraid to dance,” McWhorter said. “Ford was a great teacher and his sense otj humor really lightened tilings up.” Self-help, hobby and special inter est classes such as wine appreciation are also offered. Ira Held, the wine appreciation instructor, is one of 63 wine masters in the world. He taught his largest class of 60 students during the first half of the semester. In his class, Held discusses the dif ference between good and bad wine. “Life is too short to drink had wi ne,” Held said. The objective is to expose an unfamiliar group with the knowledge needed to select good wine, Held said. “I’m so impressed with the people who to take this class,” Held .said. “Besides, it is an enjoyment to teach a class where every one passes the fi nal with flying colors.” Registration, will take continue through Wednesday at the Rudder Tower box office from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. Late registration will he March 19 from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. at the Rudder Box Of fice. Classes will be gin March 25 and will last for six weeks. Rumours Who will serve the food? By CATHIE ANDERSON Staff Writer The Memorial Student Center Council discussed a proposal that would allow the Department of Food Services to undertake food preparation in Rumours during a Monday evening meeting. The council also discussed the importance of Texas A&M fac ulty to MSC programming and the legal implications of begin ning an MSC Theology Commit tee. The MSC Council building op erations committee, chaired by Mike Brunner, reviewed the Food Services proposal and brought it to the council for dis cussion. Brunner said that Food Services thought it could run a more cost-effective operation in Rumours. Rumours has not al ways operated in the black. The Food Services proposal suggested that Food Services should control food preparation while the coun cil controlled the remainder of the area. Gloria Hogan, the manager of Rumours, told the building oper ations committee in its Feb. 28 meeting that most of Rumours’ difficulties arise during the sum mer months when fewer students use the facility. Hogan said that she likes the Food Services sug gestion and that the change would probably be necessary. T he Food Services Department said in its proposal that it should be the only organization on cam pus serving food to students. Jim Reynolds, MSC director and council treasurer, said the council was not opposed to get ting out of the food service busi ness in principle, but this might cause other problems for the council’s control of Rumours. MSC President Pat Wood said he was also concerned that the council could lose its grasp on us ing Rumours for student pro gramming. Because the council was unsure of the implications of turning food preparation in Ru mours over to Food Services, the proposal was tabled until the building operations committee investigates the matter further. Approval for a program pro posed by the MSC International Programs Committee brought up the importance of University fac ulty to MSC student program ming. The committee had re quested to bring Dr. Howard Shapiro from Southern Vermont College to present a program that would show people how to be have in a foreign country. Ivo Lopez, president of the In ternational Student Association, said that the committee had tal ented faculty at A&M from which to choose, and he could not un derstand the need to bring in someone from another campus in this instance. Lopez said the com mittee could nave saved the money, which they used to bring Shapiro here. Tracey Howard, vice president for Cultural Programs, said that the MSC Council Cultural Pro grams study committee had ad vised the committee of this. But the group had already done ad vanced planning with the Shapiro program and Howard said that her committee feared that cancelling the program might ruin the International Programs Committee members’ motivation. Thus the program received ap proval, but council members agreed that all MSC committees should be made to realize that Texas A&M faculty is a valuable resource to MSC programming and should receive first inspec tion when committees make pro gramming decisions. The Council also discussed the legal problems that could occur if the group recognized a theologi cal committee. No decisions were made on this issue, and it was sent to the cultural programs study committee for further study. ist for til >ard Editor r itor Editor da Snider ay Mallett i Williams lien Clark uiderson, i Bullard, Jrawford, »atti Flint, Leopold, rry Oslin, tae Poyec ley Smith en Bloch, la Martin en Steffy [ike Lane ale Smith - Bennett ine Hurt / Casper, ak Irwin, ean Saito A&M hose of th e •ssarilftep- ors, facility ,’spapetfoi ■,hy classes t words in edit fcuep n niainia 1 " ' and must re writer %!, Friday fir holiday ire S16/ 5 per fv‘‘ \1cDonald ttion, fX 2630, Ad- -X 77841 m, e Balia 1 ' Texas What group will be performing on the Johnny Carson Show March 12 and in Rudder Auditorium March 19? 6 men from Cambridge, England performing in a variety of vocal selection from Renaissance Madrigals and contemporary pieces all performed acapella presented by MSC Opas March 19 8:00 p.m. Tickets available MSC Box Office 845-1234 and all Ticketron Outlets “Their artistry remains astonishing. They are not so much six singers as a single instrument. ” — NEWSWEEK Get Tickets before Spring Break