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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Monday, Oct. 21, 1985
Editors discuss newspaper standards
By Bengt Ljung Of the Kansan staff
Kansas editors discussed the public's distrust of newspapers and the importance of small town newspapers in promoting general knowledge at Editors' Day on Saturday morning in Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
Diane Borden, Gannett professional in residence, told about 130 professional journalists and students that three-fourths of all adults had problems believing the media.
"Many think that we are biased," she said, "that we sensationalize, that we invade people's privacy when they are not there."
She said a survey by the American Society of
Newspaper Editors also indicated that readers
questioned the honesty and ethical standards of newspapers. She said she thought the readers were right.
"The newspapers are less biased than in the early part of the century, but many have deserved the loss of credibility," she said. "Now, many journalists are rude and less sensitive."
Borden said the readers' trust would be improved by making better newspapers. Journalists have to stress accuracy, fairness and compassion, she said. They also have to be accessible so readers can voice their opinions and emphasize different kinds of news.
Al Scroggins, former dean of journalism at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, said he was distressed by students' ignorance of general knowledge.
He quoted a Newsweek column from Sept. 23, in which college students identified Mark Twain as the inventor of the cotton gin, Benito Mussolini as a Russian 18th century leader and Beirut as a city in Germany.
Scroggins said, "They have been reared on TV. Public schools are not as strong as they have been."
Sroggins said small town newspapers could be an important tool to make people participate in the community, which would stimulate greater general knowledge.
Also at Editors' Day, John Chandler, publisher of the Holton Recorder from 1950 until his death in 1982, was inducted into the Kansas Newspaper Editors' Hall of Fame by Calder Pickett, Clyde M. Reed distinguished professor of journalism.
2-year equipment drive called successful
By Kady McMaster Of the Kansan staff
The University of Kansas has raised $2.5 million of the $12 million needed for teaching and research equipment through a two-year drive, a KU administrator said yesterday.
Edward Meyen, associate vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and public service, said about $1 million in cash and pledges and about $1.5 million in new and used equipment was raised during the drive.
"The University conducted a study that showed we needed about $12 million for equipment," said Meyen, who headed the faculty committee portion of the drive.
Meyen was referring to a study conducted about three years ago and updated periodically by the office of research, graduate studies and public service.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig requested the drive to raise $2 million from the Kansas University Endowment Association in 1983. The Endowment Association's executive committee helped choose a 12-member steering committee headed by Charles Spahr, a KU alumnus and former board chairman of Standard Oil Co. in Ohio.
Budig last week in a prepared statement, "The success of this drive will enable us to make significant progress in meeting the equipment needs of the University.
"This pool of dollars, when matched with funds from state and federal governments and private foundations, will permit us to make mean-
ingul inroads — amounting to more than $5 million ultimately — in our equipment deficiencies.
The steering committee called on KU alumni and large corporations with a particular interest in scientific research. Meyen said.
"A lot of companies and firms that the committee recruited have worked with the University of Kansas," Meven said.
"Corporations from Kansas and all over the nation, such as Phillips Petroleum Company, donated equipment."
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