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Legislators on 'Call-In'
the leaders of the two branches of the Kansas Legislature can be questioned by the public Sunday from 10.30 p.m. to midnight on Thursday, and the chief investigators for KFKU-Angle Glee Smith, R-Learned, pro-ten pro-m of the Kansas Senate, and Calvin Strowig, R-Abilleme, speaker of the House of Representatives, will be questioned by their unseen investigators by a broadcast answer to his question by telephoning the station at 864-4530.
Funkadelic Concert
The Urban Affairs Benefit Program Committee will present the Funkadelic band in concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Hoch Auditorium, to raise money for Support of Educational Services. S.F.S. is an organization that provides counseling and tutoring programs. The band has recorded three albums, "Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow," "Maggot Brain" and "Funkadelic," their first.
KU Hillel Service Tonight
KU Hillel will have an informal Sabbath service at 7 o'clock in the Curry Room of the Kansas Union. A discussion on marriage and fertility is planned for Sunday.
Soccer Club to Organize
Editor Attacks Credibility
The Soccer Club will hold an organizational meeting at 7 p.m.
Sunday at the Westminster Center.
By RICHARD COOLEY
Kansan Staff Writer
American newspapers have lost credibility among readers in recent years by concentration on 'making words' instead of 'writing.' Mark Ethridge, editor of the New York Free Press, said yesterday.
Ethridge made the remark in accepting the William Allen University national journalistic merit on behalf of John Knight, chairman of Knight Newspapers, Inc. (NY) who was unable to attend the 23rd annual awards lunch, held in the Big Apple Union as Union yesterday afternoon.
Ethridge said the primary responsibility of newspapers should be to "make sense of the information they have failed to meet that responsibility because of their "unthinkable arrogance" toward their readers. He said many editors, in addition to his colleagues, had unconsciously begun to apply 'singular labels to plural people', and ended up "writing about society while relying on their own individual selves."
BECAUSE NEWSAPERS concentrated on reporting events instead of attitudes. Eidridge wrote that newspapers and were totally unprepared for some of the turbulent event of the last decade. Newspaper stories had been filled with such terms as "hackers," "virulent institutions" without
really telling readers what the terms meant, he said.
"We were lulled for years into talking about 'turning the corner'
Stuart Awbrey
in Vietnam, without really knowing what the term meant," he said.
Ethridge, whose career as a newsman covers more than 20 years and has made editions so official Free Press. He said the Pentagon papers controversy was an example of how news has given to American newspapers.
been reported," he said, "and yet their publication became a great issue." Even the Supreme Court, he said, considered the national interest as one involving the national interest of the United States.
"EVERYTHING IN the Pentagon Papers had already
HE SAID editors must edit out of their own personal concerns and not be swayed by popular fads.
"We can only conclude that the government's credibility is higher than ours. he said. "If we the teachers fail, the challenge facing newspaper today, he said, is to focus on focus with changing readers."
At the same lunchon, Stuart Awbrey, publisher of the Hutchinson News, became the 10th Kansas to receive the White Hat award for introduction by Whitely Austin, publisher of the Salina Journal. Awbrey outlined two basic principles which had guided his work.
"Editing," he said, "is a subjective, intuitively affair, as all real life is, and should not be beholdied to the account."
Awbrey said editors should not power the power as optimism makes the case. The services more to reinforce opinions of the public than to change them. He said that the media should be.
were examples of public opinion running counter to prevailing editorial opinion. Somewhat tongue-in-cheek, he observed that although 90 per cent of Kansas newspapers will support John Kane, the most Kansasans will "go out and vote for Vern Miller, if he runs."
Awbrey started his career as a reporter for the Hutchinson News and was later associated with the Garden City Telegram and the Burlington, Iowa. Hawkeye wrote for the Hutchinson News in 1965.
Awhey pointed out that although the power of newspapers to change opinions of the public has a responsibility to broaden the horizons of readers, to give them the options they need to make decisions on public issues, it is at the hard rock of prejudice."
Speed, 'New Journalism' Cited As Press Problems
By RON WOMBLE Kansan Staff Writer
Roscoe C. Born, associate editor of the National Observer magazine, described Thursday night the two problems in journal coverage of the press: too great an importance placed on speed and the ability to cover it.
Born said part of the trouble lay in 'the acquired instinct that makes us believe that speed is important.' Born said the importance. Born said the importance.
Born was not able to attend, so his remarks were delivered at the White Day dinner by White Day dinner by Paul C. Hood, senior editor of the New York Times.
Campus Bulletin
Chrysler Service Managers Seminar: 8.20
a.m., International Room.
Region H Restoration, Registration and
B. Cafelefer
Chrysler Seminar Luncheon noon
great time!
Computation Center: 8 a.m., Council Room, Kansas Union.
Region II Recreation, Registration and Headquarters: 9 a.m., Pine Room.
Luxo-Barrillan: 11:30 a.m., Alcove
English Room.
History: noon, Cottonwood Cafeteria.
Russian Table. loun. Headwallark Calefcater.
Region II Recreation Table Tennis
Tournament; soon, Ballroom.
Social Welfare Peace Studies moon
Alcore A. Calderona
Physio-Ecologixs: moon, Alcore C.
Calderona
Tournament: noon. Ballroom:
Region II Recreation Chess Tournament:
Muslim Students Prayer: 12:43 p.m.
Room 299
Jayhawk Room
Muslim Students Prayer
12:45 p.m.
Region II Recreation Bridge Tournament noon, Jayhawk Room.
COMMUNITY MPA Students: noon, Alcove D. Cafeteria,
Russian Table: noon, Meadowlark
Cafeteria.
Room.
SUA Popular Films: 7 p.m., Woodruff
& Responsibilities: 3 p.m. Government Office
German Staff: 3:30 p.m. Regionalist
Students Rights and Responsibilities: 3 p.m. Governors Room.
p.m. Big 8 Room.
IVCF: 7 p.m. International Room.
Auditorium
Commission on the Status of Women: 7
resulted from too great an emphasis on speed were "inexusable" to the readers.
IVCF: 7 p.m. International Room.
Hilbert: 7 p.m. Curry Room.
The second category, "the new
KC PV School Club: p.m. 7/15 Robinson
Kansas-Arizona Gymnastics: 7:30 p.m.
Robinson Gymnastium,
Kanahla Resorts Arena:
HIS ADVICE WAS, "Slow down; time is not of the essence." The second category, "the new
Hall SUA Popular Films: 9:30 p.m., Woodruff.
Washington College
Faculty Recital: 8 p.m., Swarthout Recital
Hall.
SUN Popular 9 a.m. Woodward
SATURDAY
Macrane Workstation 3 a.m. Museum of
SATURDAY
MacArthur Way, 306 S. Broadway, museum of
Children's Theater, 2 p.m., university
Children's Theatre, 2 p.m., University
Freshman Basketball, 5:45 p.m., Allen
Freshman Basketball, 8:00 p.m., Allen Field House
SIA Fossilisk Tournament, p.m.
SIA Fossilisk Tournament, p.m.
Carrish Corail Reception, p.m.
Webb, 10 a.m.
Guest Organist, Mariane Webb: 8 p.m.
Swarthorst Recital Hall.
Paul C. Hood
history to prove "there is nothing new about new journalism."
journalism" includes advocacy journalism, activist journalism and reform journalism, he said. Born cite events in journalism
"It is a return to the worst of our past." he said.
Born said the new journalist entered journalism because he wanted to "use the newspaper to espouse his cause."
"We can't forgive the practice of turning newspapers into personal mouthpieces," he said.
BORN DEScribed the new journalist as one who will distill facts to accomplish what he believes is the greater good.
He suggested journalists "not only resist the inroads of new journalism, but also the new journalism", a "fiduciary journalism" one as a trustee of
Born said the new journalist believed objectivity was impossible to obtain so there was no need to try to do so.
"The core of the definition of a newspaperman," Born said, "is that he tries to be objective."
Both Born and Hood have been with the National Observer throughout its ten-year existence.
He characterized the reporter as "the readers' agent with no ulterior motives."
Kansas Editors Discuss Current News Policies
six editors discussed editorial writing Thursday afternoon at an Editorial Colloquium which was part of the 23rd annual observance of William Allen White Day. The colloquium was held in memory of Elmer F. Littler, KU professor of journalism.
The discussion dealt with the place of personal journalism and advocacy journalism in today's keeping opinion out of news columns and the use of the page one editorial were also discussed.
Other topics concerned ninority groups' access to a
John H. Colburn, editor of the Wichita Eagle-Beacon, served as chairman of the panel. Other patrons of the gallery are the Detroit Free Press; Whitely Austin, publisher of the Salina Journal; W. W. Baker, editor of the Kansas City Star; Kenneth C. Bromson, editor of the Kansas City Times; Emerson E. Lynn Jr., publisher of the Iola Register.
newspaper for expression of their opinions and policies of letter to the editor.
KU Considers New Computer
Use Kansan Classified
James Rosen, associate vice-chancellor for academic affairs, said Thursday in contact distributions between University of Kansas and Honeywell Corporation for the improvement of computer service have not been completed. He knew the computer committee, said the possibility of replacing the Honeywell 635 with the Honeywell 800 could result in a cost increase and an expansion of services.
Rosser said he expected to have further information and details of the agreement early next week.
The contract between Honeywell and the University must be reviewed by university officials. The department of administration
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is pressing presumptive evidence that the Soviet Union had touched off another underground attack.
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