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Continued from page 1
Johnson said he believes a
degree from A&M will maintain
its value despite the closure of
the department.
South said there has been a
nationwide movement towar
defining journalism education,
started by the president of
Columbia University.
Four of six schools that
A&M is striving to emulate in
the Vision 2020 plan do not
have journalism programs,
Johnson said.
Overall, Johnson said a budg
et reduction on $400,000 led
him to the decision to cut the
department.
“If I wouldn’t have cut it
from journalism, I would have
had to cut from political science,
psychology or English,” he said.
However, the College of
Liberal Arts Web site also cites
“University priorities” as a fac
tor in the decision.
Kempe and Hall questioned
why A&M has focused on elim
inating journalism.
“1 don’t know why they’re
centering on journalism,”
Kempe said. “Other depart
ments like mathematics and psy
chology are not as well known
either.”
Hall said the recommenda
tion seems to point to a train of
thought detrimental to the field
of journalism.
“(They must be thinking)
let’s give up on having journal
ists,” he said, “and just make
engineers.”
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Convocation will begin today
1:40 p.m. in front of the Cushing
Library. Faculty and administe
tion will march across campus
to Rudder Auditorium. Viewers
will be addressed in the auditor
um at 2 p.m. by James 1
Dunderstadt, president emeritus
of the University of Michigan.
Former chancellor of
Germany to speak
Helmut Kohl, former chancel
lor of Germany who oversaw
the fall of the Berlin Wall, wii
give a lecture to students today
during his visit to Texas P
Kohl will receive the first
al George Bush Award for
Excellence in Public Service
from the Bush Foundation
According to the Bryan-College
Station Eagle, the recipient ol
this award is chosen by former
President George Bush.
Kohl held his office as chan
cellor from 1982 to 1998, when
Social Democrat Gerhard
Schroeder was elected.
The ceremony will begin at 6
p.m. today in the Annenberg
Presidential Conference
Center at the George Bush
Presidential Library and
Museum. Free tickets can be
through the Memorial Student
Center box office.
Freshman elections
start tomorrow
Freshmen elections will take
place today and tomorrow, start
ing at 9 a.m. Wednesday and
running through 5 p.m.Thursday.
Members of the Class of
2007 can vote online at
vote.tamu.edu. Candidates
running for the offices of presi
dent, vice president, treasurer,
social secretary and freshman
senator have posted profiles
that can be viewed under the
election guide a!
election.tamu.edu.
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be held next week, Oct. 9 and tti.
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