‘CBS News’ changes format to Rather-Chung team NEW YORK (AP) — Il'i now "Tin CHS Evening News with Dan Rather and Connie Chun#" (Courage. Rather wore charcoal gray- Chung'wore red. They sat less than a foot apart, shoul der to shoulder, tightly framed "Good evening.” Rather told viewers of the Tuesday evening newscast. Then, turning to his left. Rather smiled and touched the wrist of his co-anchor and said, "anti welcome. Connie." "Thank you, Dan." she said. Rather and Chung previewed the pro gram's lop stories, she describing the load story, a poll on President Hill Clinton's sagging political fortunes, and he head lining the Bosnia situation Then, when it came time to introduce the stories, he iiad the voice-over for the poll story and the on-air interview, and she introdm ed the Bosnia story It was lug news for CHS, w here Rather m tins tiewn sole anchor for 12 years. For the first time. Rather. 61, shared the The CBS Evening Net*s set with ('.hung, one of telev ision's most telegenic newswomen It's also the first time CHS tried dual anchors The first network co-anchors were NBC’s Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, who were teamed from October 1956 to Mv w The Big Three networks' only previous male-female pairing began in 1976 at ABC. with Harry Reasoner and Barbara Walters It lasted three unhappy years and did not raise ABC's newsc nst from No .1 Chung. 47. longtime anchor of CBS Sunday newscast, bandied the network's Memorial Day broadt ast alone Rather and Chung had a midaftemoon rehearsal Tuesday before the broadcast CBS says them won't bo any big c hanges in the studio. Chung and Rather sat at the same desk, practically rubbing elbows. And. when they closed the broadcast. Chung thanked viewer# on behalf of CBS News, turned to Rather and said. "Good night. Chet." "Goodnight. David." he replied. laughter was audible on the set. and they patted each other's hands while the CHS Evening News logo was superim posed beside them and the broadcast fad ed to black. The Huntley-Brinklev referent e was a cute signoff at a network where Rather, trv ing to soften his prickly image with V net.k sweaters back in I'tHfi, made head lines by signing off with one word: “Courage." The reasons for teaming the journalists up are as varied and numerous as the people who hove commented upon it. "This program is going to have a new infusion of teamwork." Rather told CHS affiliates at their meeting here last week "It gives us increased flexibility, particu larly the flexibility to hop on big stories " Flexibility and big stories aside, higher ratings also am* part of the picture Under Rather, who succeeded Walter Cronkite. the No. 1 nightly newscast fell to No. 2. supplanted hv ABC's World Net\s Tonight On Madison Avenue, where ratings translate into advertising dollars, the teamup is viewed as a proscription for a show that has seen a slight erosion in its share of the evening news audience. "if they were in n growth mode, they probahlv wouldn't have changed o thing." said Betsy Frank, a senior execu tive of the SanU hi .* Saatchi advertising agency. "But they're not. so they did." Advertisers and affiliates see the move os a chance to combine Bather's image as a trusted, if not beloved, newsman with Chung’s softer, vivacious presence. The media response to the teamup was mixed TV Guide devoted its cover to Chung, asking "Does she have the stuff'" "Despite 22 years as a network corre spondent and three Emmy awards, her resume is still tainted with fluff," TV Guide said. Listener unable to act against vulgar show WASHINGTON (API — A listener offended by .1 National Public Radio broad' fist of repeated 1 ursmg by |obn < »<»tt« < an't challenge a federal agent \ s ivfus.il to m l against thn radio network, a < ourt ruled Tuesday Thu ( asv slums from 0 news report on ibv reputed organized crime leader's New York, trial which aired on NPR’s "All filings Consid ered" Fob 2H. JiMHt. NI’H ext erptod a 110-word passage from a wiretapped phone 1 on versation betwetm Gotti and an assot inte in whit h Gotti "used x.tri al toils, of the f word' III tunes." the U S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Gin nit noted in its det ision. "lie used it to modify virtually every noun and in one instance even a verb fi ll f-~- ing kill you')." the panel wrote "NPR math* no effort, such as substituting bleeps for any or all of these referent es. to milder the passage less offensive to persons of ordinary sensibil ity." peter Hranton. a Lookout Mountain. Tenn businessman, was offended by the hroadi asl amt filed a i omplaint w ith the Mass Media Bureau of the Federal Communit ations Commission Hut the bureau took no at tiun against NI’R And when Hranton took Ins t ase to the t ommission itself, the FCC said "the tape was part of a bona fide' news storv " that had in fat t been introduced as evi dent e in the l.otti 1 ninitial trial. for Hranton to hove "standing" to t ha I lunge the ICC s (let ision. lie bad to allege that be was injured by NPR's conduct and that the relief he sought the Ft l taking action against NI’R would redress that injury, the panel wrote I'lie court sold it is "speculative" whether reversing the Ft .I s <h*< i sion would help "protis t the jietitioner from future uxjiosuro to broad cast indexency Hranton "wasn't looking for a pound of flesh at oil." said Wash ington-based attorney Ronald 1) Maines. a communications law yer who handled the case on a pro bono tmsis att(*r Hranton bad pursued the complaint on bis own for several years Maines said the issue "was a point about which reasonable peo ple could differ. The FCC does have these indecency rules and one can make the argument that these rules were violated." The (its ision written hv Gin nil Judge Douglas H. Duisburg on liehalf ol himself and judges lames l. Hin kles and Stephen F Williams, focused on prtx edure — whether Hranton could challenge the FCC dec ision. rather than on the nubs ency rules Boston newspaper rejects offer BOSTON (AJ’1 — The Boston Globe reportedly rejected « $1.09 billion offer from The New York Tiroes (Jo., end ana lyst!. say New England's largest newspaper can afford to play hard to get. antic.ipating more suitors may be in the wings. "There are very few major market newspapers that are ever going to be for sale,” said John Morton, a media analyst in Washington. "When one like this comes along, it's an extremely attractive proposi tion.'' Family trusts that control fi9 percent of the Globe's parent company. Affiliated Publica tions Inc., expire in 1906. rais ing speculation that the news paper might seek a merger before then. Time magazine reported in its June 7 issue that The Sew York Times had been negotiat ing since January to acquire the Globe for $1.09 billion, but The Wall Street /ourtial said Tues day that Affiliated rejected the proposal. Globe spokesman Richard Gulla and New York Time* Co. spokeswoman Nancy Nielsen declined to comment Tuesday. “The owners of Affiliated don't have to do anything right away “ Morton said "They can wait until the New England economy picks up ami rev enues pick up. There's even a possibility that the trusts can Ihj extended" Analysts agreed that New England's lingering recession makes it a good time to buy a newspaper but a bad time to sell one because the value of nuwspapers fall when their profits decline Revenue at the Globe fell 5.1 percent in 1990 and 5.6 percent in 1991. rebounding 5 4 per cent last year to $414 million, the Globe said. Operating income rose 69.4 percent last year to $30 million, the first increase in operating results since 1987. thanks in part to lower newsprint prices Affiliated reported first-quar ter profits this year of $5.6 mil lion. The company's stock doted Tuesday at 13 1/6 on the Now York Stock Exchange, up 3/4. Meanwhile, an early retire ment offer meant to trim the paper's payroll was accepted by 62 employees, but the 1,100 members of the company's biggest union have been work ing without a contract since 1990. The union proposed Tues day that negotiations resume |une 16 to discuss health insur ance deductions, a proposed lower wage structure for new ly hired workers and the issue of hiring subcontractors for non-editorial functions. "We have said all along that they're trying to save money to make the debt- more mar ketable," said Robert Iordan, president of The Boston Globa Employees Association. But the Globe already is an attratrtive target, said William R. Elfers, president of Com munity Newspaper Co., a sub sidiary of the venture capital arm of Fidelity Investments, which has bought one small daily and 72 weekly newspa pers in New England. "The franchise that the Globe has today is nationally envi able. because the Boston mar ketplace, despite the severity of the recession, is still one of the most attractive demo graphic media markets in the United States," Elfers said. Founded in 1872, the Globe is one of the last remaining major dailies not owned by a newspaper chain. Its daily circulation is 505,000, making it the 12th largest newspaper in the coun try, and the circulation of The Sunday Boston Globe recently reached a record HI 1.000, mak ing it the ninth-largest. Already, 18 cents of every advertising dollar in metro politan Boston ends up at the Globe. “And bear in mind." Morton said, "there aren’t many news papers left to be bought" I i *? trit •» r inft intuitu *m. ftli tiM i <>nltu t [hi I V/Hitf <»/ / riMdi' iiiul St*» i u i \ f I tS(> I w/ill^vi ILlIl, I^JS). Hmh/u<?i> ill ill/.ilMr <»M h i/lli'Nl . The Department of Leisure Studies and Services has purposefully scheduled classes to compliment the majority of the University of Oregon's Summer Session classes Campus wide, more than 90 percent of classes are offered Monday through Thursday (or Friday). Each of the workshops start at 12 00 noon on Friday until 4 50 p m . 8 00 a m to 5 00 p m on Saturdays and Sundays While the academic assignments vary, generally a paper or project report is assigned and due within two weeks of the completion of the workshop The Environmental Awareness workshops give students a rare opportunity to truly understand the many facets of our region Students will be close to the things they study see, smell, hear and touch in order to gain a wide perspective and a magical appreciation for Oregon Attendance and satisfactory completion of the assignment are mandatory to receive a passing grade Following are one to two credit workshops currently offered in Leisure Studies and Services during Summer Session: Esraeiul harness Deschutes Headwaters River Recreation Deserts . Volcanic Cascades Crater lake . Tidepools. Rivers. Dunes & Beaches Lakes. Environmental Projects Wilderness June 10-13 June 16-20 June 25-27 .July 9-11 .July 16-18 .July 23-25 July 30-August 1 August 6 8 August 13-15 August 18-22 August 27-29 foteiaice ItesePreiesiiMPnirai DART.June 30-July 2 Research Adolescent. Substance Abuse Adult Child of Alcoholics Alcohol College Student Drugs® Sports July 12-14 August 4-5 .July 8 9 July 19-21 July 28 30 AAHE/BEST. OR Institute of Addiction Studies.July 26-30 Conference at Lewis & Clark College Tobacco Prevention.Conference, July 14-16 Hazard Compulsive Behavior.Conference, July 21-23 Organization & Operation.June 28-30 Peer Helper Fetal Alcohol Syndrome June 21-23 Drug Abuse June 23 25 Prevention Education AIDS® Other STDs.July 26-28 Recreanoo and Tsunsi!) letsure/Work Motives.June 11-13 Event Management June 18-20 Consumer Behavior.June 25-27 International Tourism.July 2-4 Computer Information. July 9-11 Systems in Tourism Festival Management July 16-18 Delivering quality Leisure Services July 23-25 Canadian Tourism...July 30-August 1 Oregon Tourism: Issues August 6-8 and Opportunities Sustainable Tourism August 13-15 and 20-22 this is a 3 credit class