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VP of Operations
VP of Finance
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VP of Marketing
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Johnson said.
One of the major problems
affecting the department is the
absence of a department head for
the last four years, Steffy said.
“A department head has not
been attracted because there
hasn’t been enough of a budg
et,” he said. “There isn’t
enough money to lure someone
and as the budget situation
became worse, it aggravated
the situation.”
Steffy said he is trying to gath
er former students to voice their
concerns about the possibility
that the program may be cut.
Journalism professor Dr.
Douglas Starr said that even
though the department has lost
several faculty during the last
few years and has not replaced
them, the department will not
be eliminated.
“Journalism is a good gener
al degree.” he said. “It teaches
people how to be citizens and
they learn the First amendment
and the responsibilities when
presenting the news.”
Starr said when students
choose a major it is a person
al thing.
“Any college progratft is no
better than the student,” he said.
“You can have the best or worst
program in the world, but what
you learn is up to you.”
Eliminating the program
requires approval by A&M
President Robert M. Gates, the
Board of Regents and the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating
Board, a process that could take
a year, Johnson said.
Johnson said the option of
merging the journalism depart
ment with another department is
being considered.
Steffy acknowledged that
there have been talks to merge
with the department of speech
communication, but the journal
ism department was not interest
ed in the idea.
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ty in affected departments about
this option before pursuing it,” he
said. “The idea of merging the
department is one of three possi
bilities mentioned by the review
team in Fall 2001.”
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redesign the program to fii
recent cuts in funds.
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graduates have snatched;
journalism jobs around
country.
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