Journalism school invites high
school students to conference
By Stephanie Holland
Emerald Reporter
Don't lie surprised by wandering high s< hool
students on the sidewalks and hungry kids in the
KMl: I- ishhowl on Thursday.
Mure than 200 Oregon hikIi si hool students
will visit the I hiiversitv from 0 a in to I |i rn for
the litre! annual Oregon Scholastic Press High
School Press Conference, sponsored In the I'm
versitv's Sc hool of Journalism
"We've already douhled our enrollment tins
year said Jennifer king. assistant dean for exter
nal affairs and i onferenc e c oordinalor It's kind
of exc iling."
I lie keynote speaker lor till! c onlerelic e Is
Maik Xusman. editor ol Portland's Willtimrllf
It rrk In 108ft. Xusman w.is awarded the Bruce
Baer award lor puhln allairs tcporling. the most
prestigious honor in Oregon journalism In lOHfi.
lie won the Cerald l.oeh Award lor distinguished
business and (inane i.il loiirnalism, awarded by
the I'M .A (,raduate School of Management
Xusinan s topic is The Real Truth About Jour
nalism Till going to speak on myths about the
profession that I hope to sliattei he said
Contrary to w hat many journalism students
are taught in sc hool, objective journalism is not
the i orrec I way to report stories Xusman said
"Pm going to say that’s bullshit lie said
The best journalism is ai tuelly interpretive
Advisers and students from high si hool
newspapers and yearbooks yvill attend i onferenc e
sessions designed to explore topic s sue h as sex
ism in journalism, yearbook layout and design,
photos that communicate, editorial yxritmg and
relating environmental issues to a student news
paper
In addition, eight sessions will be offered for
individual newspaper evaluations by Kaiuh
Beam, an assistant professor of journalism: ka\
Itlai k. c its editor of The RegisterUuard. Arnold
Ismach. dean of the Sr hool of (ournalism: and
l)unr an Mi Donald, an assot late professor of jour
nalism
Ismach will host a luncheon for advisers,
u ho are invited to share concerns, tips and slrate
Hies for working with high si hool journalism slu
dents
"It will be a problem-sharing session." Is
mar h said "I'd like to find what particularly is
on their minds these days
The 1 onfereili e w llii h I lists eai h school Slit
tor registration plus $10 per student, is not de
signed to make a profit for the Si hool of journal
ism. king said
"It breaks even." she said "The conference
'isn't a rnonev making deal It's a service to the
state high schools
The t)7-vear old ( begun Si holastn I’ress. one
ol the si\ oldest high si hool press assoi latinos in
the United Stales was founded in 11121 b\ the
late I a ii U Allen, dean of the Si hool of |ournal
islil
The assoi lation was formed to improve jour
nalism at the high school level, to promote relat
isi ,u tivities within the secondary si hunts, to en
i outage high standards of instruction, to help
teachers who supervise iiirriiulai at tivities in
lournalism and to work with other state and na
t H ilia I press assoi iations in furthering these pur
poses
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women alone. " he said
frohnmaver has not yet
formulated specific plans to
deal with such issues as
funding for education, the1
workers' compensation sys
tem. the timber industry,
and campaign finance re
form, but detailed plans will
lx: made public: early in the
c ampeign. frohnmaver said
"This will be an issueori
ented campaign with con
crete proposals." frohnmay
er said, adding that he is is
allowing time to researc h is
sues and listen to public,
opinion, lie said
frohnmaver has a multi
front strategy fur combating
drug abuse and drug-related
crime in Oregon based on a
blueprint he helped formu
late when he was president
of the National Assoc ialion
of Attorneys General in
l'ltir HH frohnmaver said
"It's not just a law en
forcement problem." frohn
maver said "It s a c oininu
nit) problem that we own
together ’
In 1'iHa frohnmaver with
drew from consideration 'is
the Repuhlii an c andidate for
governor in order to devote
more time to his family.
Two ol Ins daughters, ages
Hi and It), suffer from a
fatal hone marrow disorder,
franc oni's anemia frohn
mayor said Tuesday his chil
dren's conditions have st.ihi
lized and that the family
wholeheartedly supports his
campaign.
"1 know better the mean
ing of courage, because I've
seen two young girls endure
hardship, pain and illness
with realism, with spunk
and with inspirational and
contagious optimism.''
Frohnmayer said
Frit; Stinemates, chair of
the University's College Re
public .ms. was among those
who welcomed Frohnmay
er s announcement.
"I’ve been waiting for
Dave to run tor governor for
years." Stinemates said
"He's the best candidate we
have He's the one to get
Neil out of office. ’
Frohn mayor's advantage
will be in attracting inde
pendent voters and disen
chanted Democrats in addi
tion to Republicans.
Stinemates said.
Frohnmayer is currently
m his third consecutive term
as state attorney general He
was a University law school
professor from 1071 to 1981
and a special counsel to the
UniversiU president from
1971 to 1979 I le was a rep
resentative to the state legis
lature from south Fugene in
1975, 1977 and 1979
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