Editorial
New standards for
J-school no surprise
In the l.ist six months, we've seen a huge mi lease
m the amount of higher education stories Myles Brand
as the new University president, legislative cuts in the
budget, harder admission standards, and the possible
closure of Portland State. Hist to name a few
This week, another story was added to the list: a
i hange in the admission requirements for the l 'inverse
tv School of Journalism.
While this doesn't affct t the entire University as a
whole, it does come as a shock to a large amount of
students And as you could probably guess, most of us
here are either in the journalism school, or are trying to
get into it
Arlminislnition officials aren’l changing the re
quirements to gel in. per se. They're just changing the
w.iy applicants are a< < epted
Under the i urrent system, almost everyliody who
completes ‘)0 < redits. has a University (d’A of 2.5 or
better, passes four lower-division tore (lasses and
passes the Ninguuge Skills Diagnostic Test gets into
the journalism st hool
Hut under the new rules whit h will take effect
in (.ill tern) 1000 school offn nils would set .1 limit
on how many students could be admitted lor exam
pie II 200 spots were open, but 250 students appls ba
se alls the school would act opt the students with the
top 200 (il’As
The reason given Im the 1 hange is overcrowding
hike the rest ol the University, the journalism school
suffers from too main students and not enough leach
eis and classes
l*o us. thr journalism sc hool is ln*tvv(*cn the prover
hi.it rock .uni a hard place Tin* m IiooI is overcrowded;
no one ( an dispute that tat t for proof, go stand in lint;
lor a journalism ( lass during registration. Watch how
mam seniors are there, waiting to get into hash classes
sin h as Reporting I
No one likes to see people who want to he journal
ism majors not get into the program. Hut (add. hard
facts and inadequate budgets are forcing the University
to make cuts across the board forcing a quota for in
coming students on the journalism si hool is just one
m<ire of those cuts
It will l)i' interesting to see what reaction tin- .111
nouncement will have on prosper tive journalism ina
jors One possible scenario lias hundreds of pre-jour
nulism majors stampeding the s< lino! with applica
tions It that happens, the inflated attendance figures
would deleat the general purpose of the quota It
would be veers before the program i lit would have a
viable ellei I
We've harped on this before, but this seems a good
as time .is am to restate mu position Until more mou
rn is pumped into higher education 1 ills in programs
will 1 onlinue
End hate games
\ lew mouths ago. I noth oil
a button worn by .1 friend ol
mint! tli.it riMil. "Pornography
is llif thcor\ rape is tin' pr.it
til Ntm I'Vt'll it Ollf Wi ll' to
disregard tlir conclusion ol
Reagan's liistiii' Department
(that thi'ii' si'i'ius to In' a link
bi'twi'i'ii pornography ami vio
li'iu i* against women |. I would
think that most ol you 11 it 1 -111
gent pi'oph' out tillin' i ouldn'l
bi'gm to ili'n\ that pornograpln
humiliatrs objec tifies anil
ili'huinani/i's
I bis stripping awav ol digili
t\ maki's violence against worn
mi all tin' mini' plausibh'
Our administration at thi'
University has repeatedly i'\
pressed its i ommitmi'nt to end
mg hate 1 ritnt's on 1 ampus
\\ ilh this as well as the i on
no turn between pornography
and woman hate in mind, it
strikes me as rather contradic
tory that pornographic materi
als are sold at two locutions on
campus, the University Hook
sitin' .uni KMI Mtiin I>esh
I'm surt* th.it many of von
.in1 .tl tins ver\ momt'iil Ir.inti
i .111 \ st m n lung Itu your t.ivoriti'
pens with ilit- .uni ul writing
\niir tiu n li'llns in whit h
vim'll kindly remind mo of the
fragility of nor rights to free
spent h and press
Kolas! I have no inti'iition ul
Ihroatoiling am ul our "in
alienable rights ()11 iIn < mi
trarv mv purpose is to en< our
ago you lo f\on iso your free
tlnm of spoocli so as |o answer
the following i|uestion Will
you tolerate woman hate in
wortl print or deed on voui
t .unpus'
loci Dict’lcman
I'hilosoptn
Accountability
Wo recently learned of the
ASl'() i losed meeting |)oli( \ at
then regular staff meetings As
student government leaders
from within the Kugene Coin
Wi
IFC: say yes to child care's needs
lonight the Incidental l ee (onimittee
will review .1 special request submitted In
the (!hild (!.«r«* Task Force to the sum ol
more than $10,000 The money is being re
(|uested to cover a 1UHH-BII defic it in the
ASl () (,'hild ( are SuhsicK Program
Last week, the li t I approved the request,
which the ASl () latei vetoed I he ASl ()
c ilc'd lac k of funds in the spec ial request
budget Live of the seven II L members will
need vote* in favor cit the request to override
the veto
dent Association and the Oregon Student
I.o!>!)\ are working to increase? the at e essihil
it\ ot child can? programs for students It a<
cess to child (.are is such a concern ol our
student government and student lobbyists
the ASt ’() should show its support In giving
the suhsith program the monrv it needs
To some it ma\ seem like a lot ot momn
to dish out Year after war, espei iall\ when
the program goes over budget, hut many
peoplt? do not understand how valuable the
subsidy program is to student parents at the
l Jniversit v
rhc l.isk tnr« t* ( laims tin' liftic it resulted
frmn int reuses in the number uf eligible fam
ilies. increases in payout rates, increases in
maximum subsid\ eligibility ceilings, an
under predu linn ut w inter and spring subsi
d\ lusts, and l\ll st.itl accounting errors
which were not discovered until aftei the
regular budget s ear
The subsidy program has run over budg
et in the past, and the A St 'O is not pleased
w ith liaving to make < outilined adjustments
In their i ampaign Andy ( l.irk and Si ott
U si kul! i laimed tiles would be strung slip
purlers nl i hild care programs Student lob
by mg groups siii h as the I nited State-, Stu
(.mid (..iri! (.nsts am (limning. A lull
time slot in the KMl! Child Care program
costs about $275 a month That comes to
more than $2,000 a year just for ( liilei (.are
Cast year students voted to increase their
student lees lor the suhsidv program I he
students have said they support the program
and they have put their money behind their
words.
ASCO should try to find the funds in
their u( ( ounts to i over the defic it It may be
a lot of money hut it is for a worthwhile pro
gram that helps to ini lease access to edin a
tion tor a group ol students who already
have a dittii ult road ahead of them.
Letters_
mumtv we Here ven mn
i filled about \vlicit access -.lii
drills .it llir University h,ni‘ to
tin- di i ision making pun css mi
tin'll studriit government
ll.u IIIH closed meetings .il
lows students iui opportunity
within ,i dei ision- uinkinn pro
i ess to hold the dec ision milk
ers iic i oimt.ihle It students .md
the press do not have some
structured access to monitor or
.11tec t polic \ or pronr.im dec i
sums, then they .ire lieinn <><
lively ext holed from the gov
eminent they hind
The current sy stem of closed
meetings does not allow lull
representation of students by
the student government Stu
dents have to he able to do
uiore than observe the final de
i isions ol ASl'() in the pages ol
the om:
Student accessibility and ac
c ountability ol their appointed
dec ision makers are more im
portant than protecting those
dec ision makers If the ASl JO
is afraid of what student opin
ion might be about what goes
on in thr mcnlings lhc\ should
n‘c\.unmr Ilnur .ibilil\ to rcpie
scnl students
And\ Harris
President. \SI.( (
\nd three other
ASK (. exec utives
Wrong
Shannon Oliver, i o-directoi
ul llir Student Campaign lor
Disarmament, objei.ted to the
presence ot the head eartogra
pher ot the CIA on campus.
Inst ,i correction At least
three posters gave Ins name,
t runk Kdmundson. and his af
filiation. His visit was not se
i ret
Olivet believes that it is
wrong for departments .1 mi the
()l!ii e of ( .inn Planning and
Plat ement to nffei students the
opportunitv to speak In l-IA
representatives about jobs I be
lieve that it is wrong tot anyone
tu tell students wlin Ihev ina\
or may not talk to
1, <iiso. deplore illegal covert
activities Perhaps the best wa\
to eliminate them is to have
( l.\ policy-makers come from
the t'diversity, instead of from
some military school in the
Southeast
Kill hoy
Geography professor
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