Selection process
ASG puts new guidelines in constitution
By Walt McAllister
Of The Print
This year’s starting lineup
of Associated Student Govern­
ment officers and senators is in
and confirmed. But how were
they selected?
The selection process used
for this year was a significant
change from the method used
in previous years.
In years past, the group
has been selected by a vote of
the students of the College,
both officers and senators, with
the exception of presidential
aids who were appointed by
the president.
This year’s plan consists of
two ASG members being
elected; the president and the
vice-president. Previously, four
officers were elected. The
changes have resulted in merg­
ing the offices of vice-president
and business manager with the
dut ies of the secretary being
given to the administrative
assistant to the president.
Other officers are the ac-
Salisbury shares journalism traits
E By Karin Butler
|
For The Print
“I can’t stress good writing
habits strongly enough,” em­
phasized John Salisbury,
past executive director for
news and public affairs at KXL
radio. He recently spoke to a
journalism class at Clackamas
I Community College, giving
students his best advice on how
to succeed in broadcasting.
Salisbury explained that
some broadcast students think,
because they use the spoken
word in broadcasting, they
don’t need to know how to
write.
However, at KXL every
reporter gathers his or her own
material, and then must put it
together for themselves. Thus,
K Salisbury said, the person who
can’t write is a liability, not an
asset. Learning writing, spelling
and grammatic construction
are the important basics for
broadcast journalism, he said.
Salisbury also believes
history, geography, political
science, literature, drama,
psychology, business and
economics are important sub­
jects in a reporter’s education.
He said to succeed at
news broadcasting a person
must have a strong desire to be
a reporter, not a star. Salisbury
’ believes a reporter’s greatest
satisfaction should be in doing
the job well. Then the reporter
will be assigned special projects
and may become a feature
editor.
Modern technology has
changed broadcasting through
the years, Salisbury said. He
mentioned that the small por­
table tape recorder revolu­
tionized radio broadcasting.
Reporters are able to tape
someone’s comments or
speech and then use the tape
directly in a newscast. Recent­
ly, the mini-camera has given
television almost the same
mobility that radio news broad­
casters have had by being able
to film events as they happen.
Although Salisbury said it
has been predicted that in eight
years daily newspapers will be
obsolete, he hoped it would
not happen. He said, “Network
news is a kind of headline ser­
vice,” and anyone who expects
to get all his news from televi­
sion is shortchanging himself.
tivities director and the assistant
to the president. These officers
and the senators are selected
by a screening committee con­
sisting of two ASG officers, one
activities advisor and two
students-at-large chosen by a
faculty member.
The total number of
senators has also been reduced
this year with the size being cui
in half to 10 senators as oppos­
ed to twenty.
The system being used this
year is a result of constitutional
change brought about because
of high senate turnover, and a
need for more motivated in­
dividuals involved in ASG. The
hope is also to eliminate a
“popularity contest” held
through the election of senators
and officers.
The program is, by nature,
controversial, with many points
for and against. People on both
sides of the wall spoke loudly
during ASG meetings held last
year to decide whether or not
to place a revised constitution
up for special election by the
students. The revision did, in
fact, result in a favorable two-
thirds vote by the student body.
This year’s program will be
eyed carefully to determine the
workability of the changes, or
lack thereof.
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Wednesday, October 20, 1982
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