Msrthrr* Ittir* < * Win o't ‘4*lcl 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 daiirtiniiald M#»r«t trial i &.* Jt -■ a&» #*• f «*■ jriifcB - * **’•■■* | 1976 (i.iitT7*.i»jL;rsi|d Belushi 1977 .lilT'TlllCMlii Arrests end student occupation i; 1978 i r.. daily emerald Students protest Iranian takeover K'Xi't 1979 daily emerald C*rt*r *nilesrt*v draft r, 1971 that organization came into a state of legal existence un der tho provisions of the Oregon Non profit Corporation Act. The first meeting of the Board of Directors of the new cor poration was held in ihe EMU on Nov. 2. 1971 EMERALD Continued from Page i ministration and llm paper." fi<* said ' Ihe administration al the University was uf tie opinion that it would not hi- .1 had idea to absolve themselves of any re spunsibiht v, herans said 'They said. 'You're on your own. arid you i an fare the 1 < uisi-quem es. just like the big pis >p If I! : bin II said cutting tile legal ties be twe.-u the Hnurnld and the University m.ide it easier lor tlie administration to ileal with tin1 stale hoard and the l.eglsia lure wh.t ri ijaesleais about tile /mere/d s t ontent arose Although It helped lii.it the admtnislra lion would throw no otistai les in the in 1 t-r.lit s path to indepeoderir e, Kerens said the paper still fared a number of stum filing him ks One was eliminated whi'li the i Ml which at ted as .t hill rolleilor. gave, the I mom Id a clean slate hi absorbing thou sands of dollars in past debt, Kerims said, which allowed the paper to apply lor a bank loan With independence also entne greater liability The University and state board would no longer absorb the responsibility or the tost of any potential legal action, whii h meant the Knwruld had to pur 1 base libel and liability insurance We yvere able to secure the insurance for a reasonable rate,'' herans said "The insurance agent salt! it would he very hard to prove libel against u student pub In ation tier ause no one thinks it's a 1 red ihle sOliri e " Additional 1 ost came to the newspaper because the independent Emerald ysas no longer part of the University, so it could no longer t.ike any of its serve es The biggest service the pre indrpen dent I'm oral d received free-of-cost was rent lor the paper s office space, then in Room tot Allen Mall llushnell said the (taper considered renting office space in a house off cam pus. hut decided it needed to he "at the iusirt of the University Thai heart was the l.’MU, where the inter.ild moved In l‘»7:i to its current home in Suite too, occupying space once used by the ASl'() Another economic change, one that was part of the motivation to establish an independent t'nu’mld. was that the paper would he able to at cumulate whatever profits exist at the eml of each fiscal year Mils change gave the Emerald growth potential, allowing the paper to purchase new equipment and modernize its pro duction methods periodically (IXtilv Emerald ‘1U 20th Anniversary Issue One of the first changes in production was the setup of the Emt'rdltf s own pro dilution shop Previously, tfie University printing sliop did the production "With our own production lac titties, when stories happened we were able to reai t to them more quickly." Hushnell s.mi "Wo had control of our own destiny bis ause our deadlines were more flexi ble " Although the split from the University i uusi d no tensions with the administra tion. the Sc hool of Journalism was less than pleased, Kerens said. Kit,ms said the spill from the journ ism school ac tually began in tin- lia'ais with thn upsurge in student activism “Them had always been an old bn. s network that, had an informal i onto: I over I he newspaper," he said. Up into the 1900s, the Enirruhl s! f mostly consisted of students who h i been encolingi-d In, journalism laeui’.. Kerens said Then more activist-urn nt I students began to join the stall, tippi j the halaiK:e "The journalism school kind of lost | effective control over the paper, lie sn "No small amount of tension evuh I ! from that Kerans said that tension made itself felt on the old publications hoard, which h a significant number of journalism lat i ty on it "It was a very, very chilly almosphi : in Allen Hall," he said. At that point, the stall decided that I cause it had been running a dilfen : t kind of press than what the journalism school had m mind, the paper might well go Independent, Kerans said Before the limeruId's independuni ■ tiie newspaper’s management would sign up for a one-credit critique class The journalism school dean would sit down with them during lunch on l-'ridays and critique the week's papers “The critique was in terms of what journalism educators thought aliout the product we wore producing," Bushnell said, adding that the focus was more on style and grammar than on content Kerans said some faculty on campus felt that the journalism school should have held tighter control over what the Emi'nihl published. "The 'led' newspaper was the solution at a number of colleges," ho said "It hap period at a lot of private colleges and at a lot of public colleges and universities "On tins campus, it was not the major tty opinion, but it was an openly held po sition " g"B w*, 11 /.if left 19/9-00 shill mombors John Healy and Jody Murray wont cra/y with perforated com puler tape, stringing old f mi'i aid stories everywhere fop the 19/8-79 stall at work amid much clutter Near loll Handy Shilts. managing editor in 1974-75 and author ol And tho Band Played On, a book telling ol the early days ol tho AIDS epidemic Hushnell said uvon alter tho EmcruId achioved independence, tin1 paper man aged tn maintain a glvo-and take relation ship with the journalism school, often go ing into journalism classes to recruit stall members. "I think we had a better working rela tionship than tho paper does now," hi; said. Along with the independent Enwrald came tho hiring of a non-student general manager, who was relegated to the papers business affairs only and would have no say in the content of the publication, Hushnell said "The whole Idea was to strengthen .inti por|)utuiito the role the college press could play," Hushnoll said "It should («• a place for some experimentation. "Wo did things that the professional newspapers weren't doing, hut are sum lar to what they are doing now." It is for that reason the need lor stu dent journalists to have a forum for ex perunentation that Hushnoll opposes the idea of college newspaper advisers "It seems that an adviser would put the newspaper back to the point we were trv ing to get out of,” he said ‘It seems that an adviser would put the newspaper back to the point we were trying to get out of. ’ Art Bushnell, Emerald editor, 1971-72, Vice president, Reuters news agency 1981 daily emerald Welcome back to freedom' 1982 Hcstj.w U S no? al fault In iettanon n *■ n ■ ‘ n itjiv . , emerald 1983 V.^vcjrmv emerald Nations at risk 1984 i Oregon <*av p' emerald Mb* (Vm%«h „ . __. __ W *, h&fc***» > * K a -. s’ WM® H«rt cjkr%lroy« VtondUit' wi V«**% H*mp«JHr? 1985 Orcftw Daily Emerald k lb M&4 1986 1987 1988 f %*«> *14fr »• ^ v f.» «• \ < ' * |Mk«on vivtv pfiK Utrm ftopr k *livr‘ 1989 1990 ()regun DAILY EMERALD Q