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Providing the A&M communi
ty with quality news reporting
while training an inexperienced
news staff will remain a constant
challenge for The Battalion next
semester, said incoming editor in
chief and senior journalism ma
jor Steve O'Brien.
"The people that work here go
to class," O'Brien said. "They're
full time students like everyone
else, they're not paid like profes
sionals. This is part of their
learning process. During this
process, they will make mis
takes."
O'Brien, who first joined The
Battalion staff as a sports writer
in the spring 1991, was nominat
ed for editor in chief by the Stu
dent Publications Board Nov. 4
and was approved the following
week by A&M Provost Dr. E.
Dean Gage.
O'Brien said The Battalion
staff must constantly strive to im
prove because it is so widely
read at Texas A&M.
"We are one of the onty two
major papers in this metropolis,"
he said. "Obviously that means
many more people will use us as
their source of news and will
look to us as opinion leaders."
The Battalion was recently
awarded the Regional Pacemaker
- the "Pulitzer" of college news
papers - for newspaper journal
ism. O'Brien believes this na
tional recognition is a sign of bet
ter things to come.
"I would like to think that it
helped the students' perception
of The Battalion," he said. "I
know that a lot of students find
the newspaper just kind of aver
age, but compared to other col
lege newspapers, just like our
football team, we're one of the
best three or four in the country."
Still, controversy has followed
The Battalion this semester, in
cluding accusations of racial in
sensitivity after the newspaper
ran a cartoon depicting
African-American state legislatoi
as a small black dog.
"There have been things
semester that have led to ques
tions of our sensitivity toward;
minorities," O'Brien said, "bul
people have to remember thai
things can be interpreted in a lol
of different ways. There's always
a chance for one group to look a!
something different than anotli
er."
O'Brien said the composifa
of the spring staff is a cross-seo
tion of different backgrounds, b
eluding members from minority
groups, fraternities and th
Corps of Cadets. There are mort
women than men on the newspa
per staff. O'Brien said this vari
ety of people on staff will serve
as a strength for the newspaper.
"I believe our diverse staff wffl
eliminate any insensitivity by
any other staff member," 0'Briei
said. "I think we have succeeded
in a lot of areas by covering
ticultural issues."
The content of The Battalion is
independent of the University.
O'Brien, who was managing edi
tor this fall, said this freedom
gives the newspaper the oppor
tunity to offer readers all sides of
the story because it remains free
from direct University control.
"The administration could set
their own agenda (with control
of the content) and decide whal
they think is important for the
students to know and censor sto
ries or opinions that they thought
were bad for the university,"
O'Brien said. "We report the
facts regardless of who could be
affected. As long as we are accu
rate fair and truthful, then we
have done our job."
O'Brien said he wants to have
a cooperative relationship with
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