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Cash For Textbooks Mon.- Fri. Smith Family Bookstore 768 E. 13th 1 Bl. From Campus 345-1651 BUY 1 GET 2 FREE (of equal valuef on shirts, skirts, blouses anti pants. Lazar’s Bazar 164 H' Broadway Downtown Mall 687-0139 Weekend Special $2500 200 FREE MILES Friday afternoon to Monday morning A-WAV 683-0874 #7 Coburg Road Some Restrictions Journalism includes 'funny business' By Doug Nash The stereotypical journalism course may not be overwhelmingly appealing to the elective hungry student Perhaps the most common image is that of sweating students frantically struggling with battered typewriters to meet classroom deadlines. Those images don't hold true in "Caricature and Graphic Humor ” Students in that class are in the funny business — they study cartoons ‘ It’s really an art appreciation course," says Professor Roy Paul Nelson, a former editorial cartoonist for the Eugene Register-Guard and author of three cartooning books. "My goal is not to make cartoonists out of them but to get them to understand the uses of art in the news media .” Nelson’s course originally appeared in the late 50s under the title "Editorial-Cartooning," to emphasize the "serious phase of the art.” The course has since branched out into gag cartoons, comic strips, book illustrations, advertising and greeting cards. Expanding the topics covered in the class has drawn more students as well. " Earlier we were lucky to get a dozen students in the class,” Nelson says About 55 or 60 people are in the class now While most of them are journalism majors, they have varied reasons for enrollment. "I haven’t done any drawing since grade school,” admits journalism graduate student Dean Baker, who intends to use what he learns in the class for the Skinner City Weekly, his newly formed public newsletter "I plan to make a living doing illustrative work,” explains senior art major Betsy Charlton /// v\V Mr V//A\uv'' Cartoon by Brian Hahn Top: a gag cartoon by a current cartoon student. Above: a caricature of Professor Nelson by a former student Cartoon by Ragnar Askeland "Aside from the drawing portion of the class, we've developed a good background in the his tory of caricature " Drawing ability does not give one an unfair advantage in Nelson’s class. "He is not impressed by a flashy drawing,” Charlton says. Instead, Nelson uses class time to trace the development of the cartoon and expound its importance "Cartoons dress up the writing,” he says Despite being an art-related course, Nelson bases his grades mostly on an written examina tion and a book report. Still, students have ample opportunity to try their hand at drawing And while there are few Gary Trudeau's in the class and nobody has yet come up with a replacement for Trudeau’s "Doonesbury" strip, Nelson says many students are often pleasantly surprised "Many journalism students are artists, of a sort The two talents go together fairly well " Most people will put their learned graphic abilities to work, Nelson says "It's amazing how many jobs there are where a little drawing comes in handy " Cartoons are the lifeblood of the class Nel son's approach insures that most of the time is devoted to his students presentations Indeed, Nelson seems to obtain a great deal of personal enjoyment from the course Handing back homework that ranged from complex drawings to stick figures. Nelson treats each with equal sensitivity "I really wish I didn't have to grade these, he apologizes. LAW PRACTICE READY - MADE FOR UNDERGRADUATES * GRADUATES r A MARINE CORPS OFFICER SELECTION OFFICER WILL BE ON YOUR CAMPUS DATE: Today PLACE: Lobby EMU TIME: 10 am to 3 pm PHONE: (503) 221-3016 (COLLECT) ★ GUARANTEED LAW PROGRAM ★ ADVANCED EDUCATION ★ START $22,000 ★ LEADERSHIP SKILLS SEE CAPTAIN DURDEN. X XK November 18, 1982 In support of the Great American Smokeout, the following places will have a COLD TURKEY SANDWICH LUNCH SPECIAL GIANT GRINDER • E.M.U. TAYLORS • RENNIE’S FACULTY CLUB
