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The oer Press

 

So you want to be a
journalist, eh kid Will sit
down and I'm gonna tell
you a story.

Long ago the journalistic
profession used to be a
respectable one and _ the
freedom and responsibility

of the .press was in the
hands of the many. You

could work your way up
from a gopher on a weekly
to aneditor on a daily. Jobs
were many and _ integrity
was more than a catch
phrase.

But times have changed,
kid.

Many newspapers have
folded, or been gobbled up
by multi-nationals (a fate
worse than folding). And
news, once the living hist-
ory of our people, is now
considered as popular as
V.D. and is used basically
as filler between the ads.

Working for a commercial
newspaper is now like be-
ing just another cog in a
corporate machine. A re-

porter is given seven stories
to do in eight hours and
must hand in three of them
by the end of the day.

 

There is a lot happening in
and around Douglas College
this week.

-the faculty association for
some reason does not seem
to like the Knowledge Net-
work and held an ‘in cam-
era’ meeting to discuse it.
-the five acres of water
front land that was promis-
ed to Douglas College five
years ago, when the deci-
sion was made to move
Douglas College to down-
town New West, will not be
given to Douglas College as
previously agreed. Why?
-Cutbacks are effecting
every college in the prov-
ince. How are the other
campuses dealing with this
situation and how do they
plan to fight against the
cutbacks?

-A major force in student
politics on a national level
has just emerged.The Can-
adian Federation of stud-
ents (C.F.S.). Who are we
how does this organization,
consisting of student coun-
cils from across Canada,
benifit us...the typical poor

student? What goals does

 

C.F.S. have and why should

      

So you want to be a joufaalst/

There is no time to do any
sort of investigative report-
ing and there is little time
to check all but the basic
facts. Then when the editor
takes hold of your story,
often an entire side of the
story is edited out.

Today’s newspaper is not
like Lou Grant. Today’s
newspaper is an advertising
vehicle. News and. the re-

porter are just an excuse.

for its existence.

If you don’t care about
anything that happens in
the world around you, then
you might be the mythical
‘objective reporter’ the ed-
itors like because the ‘ob-
jective reporter’
question, doesn’t rock the
‘boat, and most important,
does not threaten the ad-
vertisers.

Some principles pay better
than others and the less
you have the more likely it
is you will get and hold a
job on a commercial news-
Paper.

But, even if you have no
morals, even if you have
years of experience, and
years of schooling, it is
quite likely that you will not

we listen to what they have

to say?
-When we move into the
new campus next year,

what will be done with all
of the extra space?

-There is a lack of daycare

at Douglas College right
now. Is there a need for it?

If it is needed than is cost

of setting up a daycare
system worth it?

-The ugly head of censor-
ship has reared its ugly
head at Douglas College.
Should the Other Than re-
view be cencored for ideas
that not everyone is comfor-
table with reading or dis-
cusing? It is a heavy issue.
And one that the members
of the Other Press didn’t
have the time to comment
on proporly.

-You may have noticed how
there is very little entertain-
ment in this issue. This is
because we have a lack of
people willing to go con-
certs and shows, for free,
and then write a little blurb
in the paper about it.

-You may also have noticed
that we have no sports this
week. That is partially the

doesn’t

find a job in print journal-
ism... a dying profession.

A.J. Leibling, an old Am-
erican newspaper editor
once said, ‘‘Freedom of the
press is restricted to those
who own one.”’

We have the freedom to
question and comment and
the potential to do a better
job at reporting and writing
than the commercial press.

Many things are happen-
ing around here and around
the world that the Sun and
the Columbian ignore.

 

 

 

Es What do you think of there being no
summer school at Douglas College?

 

“For
it’s not

Yvonne Notenbomer:
those who need it,
fair;”’

 

Students are a_ special
group with special problems
and concerns. Academic ed-
cation in Canada is being
seriously threatened. The
new Douglas campus site in
downtown New West may
be almost empty by the
time we move into it.

Students now need more
than every to be informed
what is happening around
them.

Student journalists; people
to raise shit where it should
be raised; student news
papers, to raise and discuss

Terry Shein:
safety valve in case you fail
a course.”’

“It’s a good

 

 

matters of importance to
students need to exist in
any institution where ideas
flow and controversy burns.

Join the Other Press, and

 

show the world.

result of there being no
sports happening at Doug-
las but mostly the result of
a lack of people to report
what sports is going on.

 

 

Linda Torporchak: ‘‘There
should be, because a stu-
dent may need one credit to.
catch up on.”’

y

 

-We are now in the midst of
a municipal election. A lot
of issues facing the New

West voter also affect
Douglas College. What
issues.

-The First Capital City Dev-
elopment plan is going to
drastically change New

West, with many, if not
most, of the cities land
marks slated for destruc-

 

tion. Why are they doing
this? And why being
allowed to do this.

-What are the implications
of there being no summer
school?

As you can see we missed
quite a few important stor-
ies.The only way we can
effectivly cover on and off
campus events is by having
people around who will take
the time to find out whats
happening and write it
down. We need more warm
intelligent bodies around...
please!

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Kent Brown:

next year.”’

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affect me. I’m going to SFU

 

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