Thursday, October 26, 1967
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Nepalese newsmen finds KU ideal
By Diane Wengler Kansan Staff Reporter
Shyam Prasad Wagley, a native of Nepal, said KU has an ideal atmosphere for students to learn
Wagley, who works for the United States Information Service (USIS), in Kathmandu, Nepal, was in Lawrence as part of a three-month tour of the U.S. conducted by the USIS for its overseas employees.
The purpose of the trip, Wagley said, was for top USIS employees to get a first-hand view of the U.S. so they would know more about the country they are trying to promote abroad.
USIS chief
As chief of the press and publications section of the USIS in Nepal, Wagley said he tries to explain American policies, life and culture to the Nepalese people.
He takes U.S. wire service copy and USIS releases, translates them into Nepali, the national language, and then releases them to the media. Wagley said he writes what the U.S. is doing in Nepal for the people concerning their health, education and welfare. For this, he said, he interviews many American advisors and their Nepalese counterparts.
Wagley is one of nine men selected for the tour. Each of the USIS posts abroad nominated someone from their post, he said, and then the Washington office selected the final nine for the trip.
Great opportunity
"This is a great opportunity for me," Wagley said. "It is my first visit to any foreign country except India."
Wagley said he doesn't know
where any of the other eight men are now. After a three-week orientation program in Washington, D.C., he said, each man selected the things he would like to see and know about in the U.S. Because of Wagley's special interests in space installations, journalism, and university education, he visited Cape Kennedy, several newspapers and college campuses.
Wagley said he will rejoin his colleagues at Clayton, Mich., where they will all meet Oct. 26-31 to tour a typical American farm. Wagley said he must cut this visit short because he will fly to Washington, D.C., to cover Nepal's King Mahendra's visit there for radio in Nepal.
Besides touring areas in his major interest, Wagley visited two major cities—New York and San
Visited other areas
Francisco, the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas.
Wagley said he chose KU because four Nepalese students are here. This gave him the opportunity to talk to them about their impressions of American education.
Wagley also visited the University of Hawaii, Southern Illinois University, and the University of Colorado. He said although it is not on his, itherary, he hopes to visit the Berkeley campus he has heard so much about.
Wagley said he was impressed with the "quiet, undistracting" KU campus-much different than Boulder's "noisy" students. He said KU has a much better university atmosphere.
Monday afternoon, Wagley visited the Journal-World. It was the fourth newspaper he has seen. He has visited newspapers in Washington, D.C., Houston, Tex., and Ventura, Calif.
'The Screw' returns
Underground press revived
By Robert Entriken Jr.
Kansan Staff Reporter
Another turn of "The Screw" is due in November.
A group of 16 people, including one four-month-old baby, met Wednesday night at Wesley Foundation to discuss the possibility of reviving KU's underground press. They decided to publish "The Screw" again; several staff positions were filled.
It was composed of satire, poetry, biting articles on such subjects as Centennial College, and quasi-pornographic cartoons.
Will come out weekly
"The Screw," which labels itself "a twisted device for holding things tobether," had a short three-edition existence on the KU campus last fall.
The organizers agreed that a broad readership appeal is desirable. They discussed what might appeal to various living groups.
The new "Screw," to be published weekly, will have a wider scope than the earlier version, although the policy of maintaining a dissenting voice is expected to remain. The first edition should be out Nov. 11.
"The things which went well with the Greeks last year were pornographic," noted Don Olsen, a Lawrence resident who was associated with "The Screw" last year.
Several staff positions were filled at the meeting and the organizers, while maintaining the basic hierarchy of a newspaper, assigned bizarre titles to the various positions.
"Honcho" was the title given Kent Andrews, Lawrence senior, who will be managing editor for the first edition. Olsen will be the "Ad Man" in charge of soliciting commercial advertising.
The combined duties of city and feature editor, the person in charge of assigning the main news and feature stories of the paper, were taken by Linda Butler, Coffeyville sophomore, who will be listed as "Spectrum Editor."
Page makeup will be the job of the "Lay-Man." Dave Goodluxson, Des Moines, Iowa, graduate student.
Foreign writer, even
The "Foreign Correspondent," Steve Nelson, a Lawrence resident, will obtain news from sources outside of Lawrence and the KU campus. Nelson will select reprints from other underground newspapers such as the "Berkeley Barb," the "Oracle" in New York, and "The Rag" in Texas.
Rick Wrigley, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, volunteered to write a column on rock music under the title of "The New Geologist." Other staff positions such as art, sports, and fine arts editors, have not yet been filled.
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Wagley said he is not used to big newspaper operations, and wanted to spend time on small dailies. He selected Ventura, Calif., for a 10-day visit. There, he went with reporters while they covered a brush fire and auto accidents. Wagley said he was impressed with the way reporters go everywhere to cover the news, not just a few sources. Wagley said American reporters are "dedicated and energetic."
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"Dress and speech in the Southwest was so different, it was like another country," he said.
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Prior to joining the USIS, Wagley managed a movie theater and
was a tourist guide in Nepal. Because he wanted to work with a foreign government, he said, he started with the USIS as a translator.
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