Media critic proposes
cures for education
By Jus: r Brow"
Eft^.1 >3 C'”t':Dv.'- '
Today s universities need to
b o t h il l- j) o.l 1 ! 1C I / e a II tl
deprofesstona I i/e themselves
while becoming defenders of
the liter.tie tiadit.. a; .i media
.mil eiiiu .ition i ritu - lid Mon
day night
Neil Postman delivered his
spew h. The Role of the I’m
versitv in .•Vfnerii -i.fi. iuiucu
lion, to .i •.mu lull of students
and I .it ults -it the University s
Si In ii of Musa Postman is a
professor o! eommunu -ition
arts uni Sciences at New York
University
• The Uni\etsitu s ,iti; Ameni a
made a -i v fiail uni!ike fiv .It*
y eloping more and more voi a
Vioh.il hauling. Postman said
Poslitiiitl S lid he believes till!
versifies have sp. , lali/.ed rdu
i a tint: in order to respond to
the tes linologu al development
that has oii urrei) eiver the last
tiff-years., lie i ited Inisiness ad
ministration as tim; example of
,i program fh.it has tended to
professional izu universities
Postman said he believes stu
dents need to learn more than
just ,i profession
' We need to able 0 • read
■ a d write ! i.; , i: slid read x\ :t!
understanding." Postman said,
adding that he would like to
see a return to a curriculum of
more liberal arts. Including ins
turv r iigion, am! philosophy
i istmaii also s.lid 0 i he y\ ea
ry ol the trend ol multi
culturalism and the political
furi es behind them Hi' strong
I y beliesthat diiierent minor
ltv ami elinm groups siiouhi be
included in curriculum only d
their yyt-iks are ex. ellent
While wattling Universities
to return to more liberal traili
lions. Postman also said that
universities slum Id bet nine
the last hastian oi defense lor
the literal.- tradition W >■
s! m h;h • i: ' up .1
; I r
• ■1 . with tii.■ w : w»>r*i
I’ostm.m said
1
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print ir. iii.i H<- ix-hiM-s print
tu ! fmn h mote benel'n ml In
\ ''.si', v 1 suii! mediums
si.i I: is txiii’v isiori.
hi l.ii ; I'ostm.in ivIn-v es that
v isii.il ter jinplogv has hurt thi'
Arne ru .it: .-due .itiuiml s\ stem
"Ui- 11.1 v 1' tvs u'rrii alums in
1 ompetition s< hoo! .mil ti>!»>
xis)...fi and right now tetey
situs is beating thf l>ii|t'sus nut
lit SI hi ml. ‘ I’ostm.lTI s.l : J
I'll-..'in, 1 n s.ini stiuirnts pi
gr.nil's i through 12 spend , 1 i
tuns! i I 1)0(1 In’s .n fehoedv
1 :u in p .11 I' d Ay 1 111 u ,111 h 1 :; g
Pi IlOU howl'.Y)f teifV IS,.■(!
ill ihf age «l i thf average
Amuricun will have si*n ! mil
lion television commercials,
Ilf s.l id Television IS .1 VIMI.ll
lor im mod iate gr.it 1 (11 at ion
whtlf school is ,1 delayed gr.tti
firation
Postman s.ini thnl in si bool
students an' taught that solving
1 oinplfs problems 1 : ■ a e a.:
olten i li.illfiiging thought pro
cess Postman believes that tel
fV'ision is too simple arid easy
tii! this !vp. t lhins ;:ig C hap
pen
I' istm.i! 1 .mill .: ol 'li I ■
including Amusing Oursrhrs
tu ltruth He is t urrentl v wnrl.
1 n g o n t vs ■. iirii !) <1 ■ t k •• ,
Trt htui[Hil\ and How It
,1 / rlrvisu m \-ns Shim fits
speech, sponsored hy the
S.l!,;.'! ! Must! . till V howl t.t
Journalism. and the t nllcge ot
l'.dui iitioii, concluded lits first
visit to (iregon
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