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Editor discusses abortion coverage
Wichita paper focused on events, showed both sides, Smith says
By Ted Burnham
l rrw(»kl Contributor
The managing «*«1 jlor of The
Wnhita Enf{ln mi I d hi> h n «•
learned many lessons during
Ins Iasi 25 yours in journalism,
perhaps mosi importantly that
newspapers um truly help the
communities they serve
It's Oh to < are. ' said Steven
A Smith, a University graduate
and former Oregon Daily t iiirr
alii editorial page editor Smith
spoke I ridav at the journalism
school's first ('handler Lecture,
an annual series made possible
by a gilt from Robert W ('hand
lor, editor of the fiend Hulhtin
"{We urn) bring i aring to our
newspaper everyday without
(compromising) o>ir ethical
standards or losing our role as
watchdogs." Smith said
Smith, who saw the f.ug/e
through Wic hitu’s "Summer of
Men \ the afairtlon clinic
blockades sponsoreci by ihe
group Openition Rescue has
helped his paper ls-c ume one of
the mosi modern dailies in the
nation Police in Wichita made
thousands of arrests of people
protesting boih for and against
legali/.ed ala >rtions
During ihe blockades which
began m mid-July ami ended in
I ala August, Smith and ills staff
at (lie Hugh found themselves
in a constant bind
"It was Impossible to break
new jour nail slit ground,"
Smith stud, adding that Ids pa
per attempted to focus events,
not issues in what was " a no
win situation
Despite demands from Oper
ation Rescue to print photos of
fetuses and an editorial post
turn at the pa|ier that w s de
cidedly pro choir e, the l.uglr
made a strong effort to deal
with abortion not as a proce
dure, hut to cover the events
that occurred in Wii hi to as fair
|\ as possible.
Abortion, which Smith sug
gesti d is the most divisive is
sue since the abolition of slav
erv in the loth century, brought
even response imaginable to
the / u'/e newsroom
"Wi really r arne dose to war
in the streets of Wichita,"
Smith said
About f>0 percent of letters
the paper received complained
that news about the bloc kades
was biased against Operation
Resi in Smith said, while -It)
percent said the pro choice pro
ti tors were being shown m a
negative light
By offending Both sides.
Smith said, the Eng I a proved it
could cut through the drama
end focus on the events in
Wichita events which will
continue to a fit* t the city for
years
By remembering the impact
of how and what the paper
writes and prints, the Eaglo
managed to offend many, hut
helped to inform main more,
and served to help stabilize a
city on the edge, he said
The abortion issue was no!
the only major story the Engle
covered well, Smith said The
Persian Gulf war, a horrible tor
nado season and heated local
elections were other stories the
paper c arried
The war was tfie best prime
time, mude-for-TV war ever,
Smith said "Television (be
came) a prisoner of its own im
ages." he said
Many people returned to the:
newspapers for more depth on
the war Smith said graphics in
the Engle showed the war the
wav no television could, and
the paper's coverage of the: war
Steven A. Smith
proved that a newspaper can
still "compute with television'
even on big stories
When tornadoes hit Wichita
in April. Smith said his paper
tried its best not to he sensa
tional with the story, tint rather
to reach out to the community
and show events from a person
al point id view By recognizing
all people and institutions that
contributed to the relief effort,
the Englv showed that papers
can "have a heart" when poo
pin need it. he said
Speaker calls for foreign language proficiency
By Denms Fitzgerald
fmtvakl Roportw
No student should receive 'in undergradu
,iii- degree (mm un American < ■.11 *• ».;*• with
out demonstrating proficiency m a srunul
language unci learning foreign cultures, said
tin president of the American ( uuncil on
Education Thuisdm
Koln-rt Atwell, mum il piesulent. was on
i iitnpus Thursday to speak, to the ; nuerslty
Foundation Hoard of trustees at 1 ut trends
in higher education
Atwell s proposal Is one ol several recom
mended hv the Atnerii an Council on bdma
lion, a Washington, 1H based assot latnin
that represents about l.MM) colleges, univer
sitii's and educational organizations nation
wide
"I'm not talking about credits." hi) said
"I'm talking atxiul profit ient.y
Atwell said he behoves Americans
uvcn i ollego-oducated Americans know
far loo little uliout the rest of the world As
world economic competition tHicomos more
fieri e. the United States vs ill increasingly
lose influence it it does not think, and per
form globally he said
1'here are 45.000 foreign students study
ing here and only about It),IKK) American
student-, study mg abroad. Atvs ell said
We re a very uthntu erittli society he
said
OI the levs students who study overseas,
must are Irom well-to-do families and go to
England, where no language harrier exists,
Atvsril said lie wants to see more lower-in
i uHu; students studying abroad and more
American students in Asian and developing
countries
' I think we need more financial aid so
needy people get a chance to go abroad," he
saul
Atwell said In: believes that Congress is
willing to give higher education more niori
ey for fin.tm ml aid and other needs, and il
is the exec utive branch which tel uses to ad
mit to tlie need for more funding
Atwell had no comment on the State
Board of Higher Education’s proposal to pay
*>t> million to bail out athletic departments
at lour vear colleges However, he did sev
that he prefers smaller programs such as
N't .A A Division 111 because:, .it those schools
athletics must compete lor funding against
academic programs
"II a minor amount ol money had to !>e al
lotted, vali d see a big change, he said
Before becoming council president in
I'lH-t Atwell was president of I’ilzer Col
lege, in Orange County. Calif He holds lit
honorary doctoral degrees
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