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PHI KAPPA PHI: will hold its annual initiation banquet in
226 MSC at 6:30 p.m..
VIETNAMESE STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will meet at
noon in front of Academic Building to hold silent protest
in commemoration of the anniversary of the fall of South
Vietnam. At 7 p.m. on April 30 they will hold torch pa
rades at Rudder Fountain.
PHI KAPPA PHI HONOR SOCIETY: tickets for Annual
Initiation Banquet can be picked up in 205 Reed McDonald
before Friday.
OFF—CAMPUS CENTER: will be holding roommate ses
sions for off-campus students looking/or roommates an
d/or housing for tall or summer 1985. S
Sessions start today
IP: invites everyone to the
7:30 p.m. in Rm'101, Soil Sc
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BMg.
FAMU CHESS CLUB: will meet Wednesday in 305AB Rud
der from 8:30-11 p.m. Plavers of all strengths welcome.
THEATRE: will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. in
Those interested in helping with this sum-
fS, Neil Simon’s “Star Spangled Girl” and
s “Ten Little Indians”, are invited to the
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lost his credit to me as a reporter.
He obviously did not take the time to
research.”
Amy Lister, also of Chi Omega!
said, “(The column) was so off the
wall that people thought it was fun
ny.”
Powe said, “(Students) laugh and
make fun and criticize. If we’re so
below contempt, then why do they
take us so seriously?”
But columnists at The Battalion
said they don’t intend to needle their
readers —just make them think.
Kevin Inda, a columnist for the
spring semester, said, “I don’t think
I’ve ever written anything to stir
things up.”
Inda said he prefers to write
about local happenings.
“People like to read stuff they can
really get a grasp on,” he said.
But Loren Steffy, former column
ist, got inspiration for his columns
from a different source.
“Generally, I just pick up a paper
and see what makes me mad,” Steffy
said. “I’m trying to get people to
shift their attention to the national
side (of events).”
The two columnists say that they
made a good team this spring and
that their message was clear.
“The point is usually to say things
do go wrong at A&M,” Steffy said.
But Dr. Daniel Fallon, dean of the
College of Liberal Arts, said the
problem with The Battalion’s writ
ten opinions is not the opinions
themselves, nor the research behind
them.
“The tone of the editorial is more
strident than it needs to be,” Fallon
said. “A sort of bow to the audience
would be more helpful, as opposed
to jumping in with all the trumpets
blaring.”
Some students also find problems
with The Battalion’s coverage of na
tional news.
Eric Thode, former speaker pro
tern of the Student Senate, said, “If
you’re reading it for national news,
you shouldn’t be. It’s a school paper.
It ought to be school news.”
Denis Davis, Memorial Student
Center Council president, said The
Battalion’s stories on the council are
“well informed and correct,” but
that she does not completely trust
the newspaper’s national news cov
erage.
The Battalion uses The Asso
ciated Press wire seWice in addition
to local stories.
Spring Editor Brigid Brockman
said, “All too often we do end up us
ing the wire service just to fill up the
paper.”
Dillard Stone, former reporter for
The Brazosport Facts, said, “You
won’t be able to fill a local paper five
days a week with local news.”
Fallon adds, “The Batt actually
provides more national and interna
tional news than The Eagle.”
What seems to rankle readers the
most is when The Battalion report
ers dive into unfamiliar realms, and
some people and organizations are
misrepresented.
Rollins said “I think (The Battal
ion’s coverage) varied by who was
doing the reporting. Some reported
very well, some were clueless. (Some
reporters) had no grip on the reality
of what the Corps was doing.”
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Stone, who also is a teaching assis
tant in the communications depart
ment, said, “Being students, the peo
ple at The Batt cannot build a
consistency (in reporting areas) that
is available to professional journal
ists. That makes it difficult to de
velop and maintain sources.”
C.J. Leabo, professor of journa
lism, said, “One of the weaknesses of
The Battalion is that it does not have
a well-structured city desk.”
The newspaper needs a better sys
tem to keep tabs on local news and a
more organized calendar system for
future events, he said.
Brockman said that The Battal
ion’s coverage of club activities could
be more thorough if the club would
send information about its activities
to the newspaper.
But the hardest aspect of news
writing to explain is those blatant
mistakes.
Leabo said, “We stand naked be
fore the public everyday.”
And unfortunately the facts and
figures sometimes miss the mark.
Dr. Carolyn Adair, director of the
Department of Student Activities,
said, “There’s been a lot of inaccu
racy (in The Battalion).”
Jim Collins, Student Government
election commissioner, said report
ers often have shown up for an in
terview without note pads, and the
result of a remembered quote was a
misquote.
Donald Carter, associate registrar
of admissions and records, said,
“They have misquoted us and given
erroneous information.”
Registration and graduation dates
incorrectly printed m The Battalion
have prompted some students to
make unnecessary trips to Carter’s
office, only to be to be told not to be
lieve everything they read in the
newspaper, Carter said.
Some misprints have even “caused
the higher administration to get
down on us,” he adds.
To remedy those errors, Carter
said he now asks Battalion reporters
to double-check the facts with him
before the newspaper carries the
story.
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