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Vol. 55, No. 5
October 12, 1972
Results of the shoot out at Laramie.
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Debaters Win Big
The Augustana debate squad won top honors at the forensics
tournament held by the University at Laramie, October 5-7. Two
teams, comprised of Steve Binger and Terry Koehn, and Darron
Knutson and Dave Nelson competed with 68 of the nation's best
debate teams. Both teams came out of the eight preliminary
rounds with a 6-win, 2-loss record, which qualified them for octa-finals.
Binger and Koehn lost on a split decision to Empria,
which gave them eighth place overall. Knutson and Nelson
defeated Bringham Young in octa-finals, the University of
Kansas in quarter-finals, and Southern Colorado State College
in semi-finals. Darron and Dave earned first place by defeating
Arizona State in the final round. Dennis McFarland, coach for
the squad, pointed out that a win at a tournament like this
indicates that Augie should have a tremendously successful
debate season, and has as good a chance as any other college or
university to win the national championship this spring.
Preston Is Cancelled Refunds In Order
B N E IS DISCONTINUED
Election Year
Journalism
by Ruth Bylander
"Don't let the politicians get
you down." That was Leo Har-tig's
( KELO-TV) advice for
television and radio reporting
during an election year.
In this "Election Profile" dis-cussion
by Al Edel (also KELO-TV)
and Hartig on Oct. 3, Hartig
said criticism of journalists by
politicians had a long history.
Even Thomas Jefferson called
reporters "liars and hypocrites"
but, he still believed freedom of
the press was preferable to
government control.
"Electronic journalism,"
television and radio, is "of the
people, by the people, and for
the people" to a greater degree
than is the press, according to
Hartig. He said that almost all
inhibitions on the press were
concerned with libel and slander,
whereas television and radio
were subject to Federal Corn-munications
Commission (FCC)
regulations.
One regulation that applies
especially in an election year is a
candidate's right to equal time if
his opponent has expressed
himself via the media. The "per-sonal
attack doctrine" states
that a candidate must be
notified within a week if an op-ponent
has used that candidate's
name on the air. Television and
radio must adhere to a fairness
doctrine so that the views of both
sides are presented.
Hartig said that the electronic
media in the United States was
still extremely free compared to
government controlled European
media. In a recent trip to Europe
Hartig said he noticed great
differences between the
newscasts he saw in Europe;
France, Belgium, and
Yugoslavia; and those in the
United States.
Broadcasts were never on time
and there was a difference even
in the kind of news. Government
orientated news was highly com-plimentary
especially in
Yugoslavia.
Newscasters in the U.S. have
more freedom to express
themselves, and with FCC
regulations have a responsibility
to express both sides of a ques- ,
tion. But, according to Hartig,
the chance for bias exists. This
can be found in any stage of the
news from reporter to
newscaster. The assembly of a
newscast, for example, can be
biased through the order in
which news is presented. Usually
the most important is first in a
newscast.
In the discussion period
following the presentation Har-tig
was asked the criteria for
news importance. He said the
selection process was subjective.
It involved the factors of
knowledge of news, experience,
judgments, and the self-confidence
of the newscaster.
On the strong recommenda-tion
of a producer that ASA has
done considerable business with
in the past, the Big Name Enter-tainment
Committee has
decided to cancel Billy Preston.
The 1972-73 BNE series as
originally organized will also be
cancelled, according to Gary
Snow, chairman of the
committee.
With this cancellation, BNE is
giving its ticket holders two op-tions:
1) the ticket may be
turned in at the Commons desk
for a refund of $3.50, or 2) the
ticket will be honored at all on-campus
mini-concerts the ASA
sponsors.
The mini-concerts, however,
are not a guaranteed thing.
Ticket holders will have until
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18,
TO PICK UP THEIR
REFUNDS. NO REFUNDS
WILL BE GIVEN AFTER
OCTOBER 18.
"We based this decision
primarily on the lack of support
shown by students and the need
for all organizations to have a
balanced budget for the year.
With all these facts in front of us,
we, as a committee, felt that our
One of the most important
criteria was the impact the news
of particular kind would have for
those the news was for. This
would mean that whatever news
would be most important for the
audience was first on the
broadcast.
Hartig said that television and
radio journalists try to be as fair
as they can but, "It doesn't
always work because we're only
human beings and human beings
make mistakes."
"Like a legless person who
wants to teach running." was Al
Edel's description of most critics
of the media. Edel's remarks, in
the second half of the presentat-ion,
were concerned with
criticism of the press.
He felt most critics of the
media were not informed or
familiar enough to criticize fair-ly.
He used an example of a
woman who did not feel that
pictures of McGovern supporters
should be taken at the recent
dedication of the new water
purification plant. Edel said that
the event was not really a
Republican rally, although Julie
Eisenhower was present, but the
dedication of the plant. As a
reporter, he felt it was important
to present all of the news, not
just one side.
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responsibility to Augustana was
to cancel the series," Snow
explained.
Preston was cancelled on the
strong recommendation of
"Van" Tonkins, a large producer
in Palm Springs, California,
with whom BNE has done con-siderable
business in the past.
Also, when BNE signed the
original Preston contract there
was a one page rider. The college
could supply the equipment re-quired
by that rider with very
little money. However, since
that time, Preston has issued an
eight page rider. To furnish a
sound system that would fulfill
by Bruce Oksol
After nearly forty minutes of
discussion last Sunday evening,
Augie's student council was still
unsure of just what they wanted
included in the Students' Rights
Statement that was passed in
principle last spring by ASA.
Two main schools of argument
surfaced during this time:
the requirements of this second
rider would cost. BNE at least an
additional $500.
BNE could have legally • in-sisted
that Preston play with just
the one page rider but having
looked into his past concert
record, and his tendency to play
a less than satisfactory concert
without a large sound system,
BNE decided it could not take
the chance of a poor concert,
Snow added.
Finally, "because of lack of
money and support from the
student body," BNE had to
make this decision, according to
the chairman.
basically, some argued that it
should be very specific while
others insisted that it should be
a general statement prefacing a
number of documents that
would list and enforce
procedures.
The majority of council people
felt it should be of a more general
nature. President Snow and Vice
President Anderson (in the
minority) were for a more
specific document so that
students would know exactly
what their rights were and where
they should go if they were
violated.
Finally, in characteristic ASA
style, the SRS was sent back to
the Co-Curriculum Council to be
acted on next week. Til then
representatives were instructed
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Sunday Night Notes
ASA Continues Discussion
Page 2—A lot of criticism by Dick Mandsager and Gary Snow.
Page 3—Mark Lindholm discusses more political candidates.
Page 4—Joel Xavier contributes a "pithy" column.
Page 5—Potpourri
Page 6 and 7—Verdayne Brandenburg takes a look at North Dakota State.
Page 8—Mr. J.R. Smith of the Geography Department raps about Augie's academic
divisions.