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Seeing the media's other side
When a student dies in a freak accident it is
news. It makes the front page of the Oregonian,
the Register Guard and the Oregon Daily Emerald.
When it happens to a member of the Emerald
staff, it is more than a news story to us.
editor's note
sandy johnstone
Ken Kromer's death was a shock to the whole
Emerald staff. We will miss him. But this ex
perience made me realize something about the
media — they are callous.
After Ken's death, we became the inter
viewees, instead of the interviewers. Reporters
from all over the Northwest called to ask us how
we felt, what kind of a guy was Ken, what were his
interests, did he know much about rafting, how
old was he, how long had he been attending the
University, why was he on this trip, were we close
to him, what did he do on our staff, how did we
find out, what was our reaction.. . .
We found out from a UPI reporter. It wasn't
easy to hear that kind of news from such an im
personal source. And it got less easy to deal with
the media as the day wore on.
They were nosy. They wanted us to open our
hearts and talk honestly and openly about Ken
and how his death was affecting the staff.
I talked to a woman from the Boise Statesman.
She was nice enough, asking all of the right ques
tions — all the questions I would have asked if I
had been doing the questioning.
I tnea IU give UlC i igm an3»»cu. i wamevj iu
convey to her how much Ken meant to me, to all
of us. I wanted to tell her how fun he was, how
just talking to him could brighten the day. I
wanted to explain his enthusiasm for
photography and for journalism. I wanted to tell
her how much we all loved him.
"He will be missed," I told her, stiffly. I just
couldn't open my heart to a voice over the phone,
to someone who was impartially typing
everything I said into a computer system.
Even more impartial was the Associated Press
story. I found it on the wire when I was showing a
visitor how to use the system. It was such a nor
mal story, written in inverted pyramid form. Ken
wasn't mentioned until about the fifth paragraph.
I wanted his name written in 72 point type at the
top of the page.
As journalism students we are taught how to
conduct the "tough interviews." The reporters
who talked to us — from several radio and televi
sion stations and a half dozen newspapers — were
probably on their best behavior. But they didn't
understand. They didn't really care. It was just
another story to them.
To us, it was more than front page news. And
because of this, I think all of us will be better
reporters. We know what it is like to answer nosy
questions. We will understand how sources are
hurting, how they can't just whip out a quick
quote because a reporter asks. We will try to con
vey a sense of caring when interviewing those in
volved in a tragedy. It is a good lesson to learn.
But the price was too high.
Sandy Johnstone is the Emerald's managing
editor.
letters
Congratulates
In the past I've had occasion
to criticize the University library
for some of its acquisition
policies. Thus I take particular
pleasure in being able to con
gratulate it for its procurement
of what promises to be an ex
citing and invaluable reference
collection.
Up in the government
documents section of the library
there are a set of abstracts and
indexes which together com
prise the Declassified
Documents Quarterly collec
tion. These volumes pull
together and summarize in one
place tens of thousands of
government documents that
were prepared by agencies such
as the White House, Central In
telligence Agency, National
Security Council, |oint Chiefs of
Staff, Defense Dept., State, and
other agencies. The documents
became public due to
declassification after the 30-year
waiting period or were released
under Freedom of Information
Act requests.
A brief random browsing
through one abstract revealed
the existence of documents on
subjects such as the CIA's drug
experimentation on human sub
jects to the Joint Chiefs of Staff's
discussion of U.S. intervention
in Lebanon in 1958. All
documents listed in the
references are contained on
microfiche nearby.
Anyone seriously interested in
the formulation of U.S. foreign
policy in the post WWII era will
want to consult this collection.
Evidently the library
remembered George San
tayana's famous dicta that
"Those who forget the past are
doomed to repeat it" and that it
deserves credit and kudos.
David Isenberg
Being honest
To be honest, I was rather sur
prised. Of course my lack of
contact with the Business
School is partly to blame for my
surprise concerning their plans
to build an addition to their
facility. I don't doubt that the
Business School needs to grow
— Pres. Ronald Reagan has, for
quite some time, been insisting
that the economy is on the
"upswing." I guess it is a logical
progression of sorts.
However, I disagree with the
process that the planning of this
facility followed. Because the
project is being funded through
the gracious gift of a private
donor, those involved in the
planning believe that the design
process should be carried out
behind closed doors without
outside review. What they seem
to be forgetting is that ir
regardless of the source of a
building's funding, its intention
is that it become a part of a
public institution — the Univer
sity. A university has an impor
tant position in society.
It is more than a mere collec
tion of classrooms. It has a sym
bolic role that in the built en
vironment carries the status of
"monument.” As such, every
type of intervention within the
campus fabric must be carefully
considered. It is not enough for
the architect to, without any fur
ther evidence, say that he has
done "hundreds of placement
and sketch studies.” Especially
when the final design appears
to be merely a pragmatic solu
tion. Neither it nor the design
process are successfully preser
ving or enhancing the integrity
of the campus.
Michael Fischer
I/-V
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