APRIL 1988 *Opnions U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER 7 THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER DR.FRANKRAGULSKY,ManagerStudent TOM ROLNICKI, Executive Director, Associated EDITORIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL Media, Daily Barometer, Oregon State U. By prstintoog awide rangeofoopinions and ideas rpittd fo hoodreds of CollgiatePress campus newspapers, we hope to enhance the quality of campus life as we JAN T. CHILDRESS, Director Student inform, entertain and engage the national student body. We acknowledge the DR. DAVE KNOT, Immediate Past President, Publications, UniversityDaily, Texas Tech U. commitment of student journalists across the nation, supported by their media College Media Advisers, Ball State Daily News, DR. J. DAVID REED, Immediate Past President, advisers and journalism professors, to report the activities, issues and Ball State U. Society for College Journalists, Eastern News, W.B. CASEY, Publisher, Daily Iowan, U. of Iowa concerns of their fellow students ERIC JACOBS, Immediate Past President, Eastern Illinois U. ED BARBER, General Manager, Independent College Newspaper Business & Advertising FRED WEDDLE, Immediate Past President, Florida Alligator, U. of Florida PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER EDITORS Managers, Daily Pennsylvanian,U. of Western Association of University Publicatios HARRY MONTEVIDEO, General Manager, The Sheena Paterson-Berwick * Karen Bollermann (Senior Editor) Pennsylvania Managers, Oklahoma Daily, U. of Oklahoma Red & Black,U. of Georgia ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Amy Stirnkorb (Graphics Editor) EDMUND SULLIVAN, Director, Columbia MONA CRAVENS, Director Student Publications, BRUCE D. ITULE, Manager Student DoMikeSingerJuli Merr, Jeoa Portn Scholastic Press Association, Columbia U. Daily Trojan, U. of Southern California Publications, State Press, Arizona State U. DIRECTOR OF CAMPUS RELATIONS ADVERTISING SALES Dick Sublette hooKaeC C.oarrant Sales Diretor). TYPE SYSTEMS CONSULTANT OPERATIONS MANAGER Acount E xecutiesLa u ri (e G rke. T DEdCChidot UL TU. is published six times h year by The American *Annalee Ryan Lori Fontanes. Athar Siddiqee Collegiate Network. 3110 Main Street. Santa CHAIRMAN: Albert T. Ehringer Mtonica.oCA 911405. 1el:21:40-)2921 Copyright PRESIDENT. Tay Yoshitani DESIGN CONSULTANT ASSISTANT TO PUBLISHER PRINTING CONSULT i. 431948.oAllpEghtETserved. Jackie Young a Liz Camfiord * Graphics Management EPA Consumer, Audit membership appled It, Augus~t 1987. Emotional impact of graphic photos worth the shudder \0 IO m sI By Dan Hassert Kenucky Kernel U. of Kentucky, Lexington The New York Times ran a front-page photograph showing two people lying in pools of blood while a wounded woman in the background appealed for help. I abhor sensationalism. But I ap- plaud The Times for running the photo, as it was used to illustrate an article on the attack on a group of Haitian citizens who were waiting to vote. My Grandpa and I argued fiercely one day over graphic photojournalism. Ab- out a week after the space shuttle blew up, he blasted journalism for its exten- The goal of journalism is to show the human aspect of stories that would seem not to have any. And if a picture does it best, Pm all for it. - DAN HASSERT sive coverage of the event. He particu- larly objected to the camera shots of the crowd's reaction to the explosion, saying it exploited their grief. A simple news- cast would have given him that same message. Their grief, he said, is none of our business. That's not totally true. Their grief is our grief. The astronauts represented the whole United States and therefore deserved to be grieved by the whole country. Showing parents, spouses and chil- dren crying brings home the tragedy of the situation a lot more effectively than showing Peter Jennings reading from a piece of paper. And that's what journalism is all about. The goal of any story is to make the readers think they were there. The best writers are those who captivate the readers from the opening sentence to the final word. Likewise, the best photographers are those who so capture the moment that readers widen their eyes in apprecia- tion or gasp in horror. The most appealing effect of televi- sion journalism is its visual opportun- ity. Saying a child rescued her drowning sister is nowhere near as effective as showing the seven-year-old wade into the swift, brown current and slowly drag the baby to the side. Print journalism relies on photos for this same effect. True, there is a limit to good taste. I wouldn't run a picture of a suicide jum- per's impact. Nor would I run a photo of a rape victim running naked from a hos- tage situation. But if a clothed man escaping from a hostage situation was photographed with an expression of fear on his face as bullets riddled the ground beneath him, I wouldn't hesitate to put it on page one. The goal of journalism is to show the human aspect of stories that would seem not to have any. And if a picture does it best, I'm all for it. 4F W 0 f U Condom delivery seniice won't hold up to scrutiny By Editorial Staff The Review U. of Delaware "... yes, that's right, we'll have it there in 30 minutes or less." No it's not pizza, but prophylactics. For the spon- taneous, yet conscientious, student. Resident Student Association Presi- dent Mike Cradler has devised a pre- posterous proposal for a 24-hour con- dom delivery service. The travesty of this proposal is only outweighed by its clause to deliver the condoms within a half hour of telephoning. Cradlef's in- tention to provide a means for "safe sex" is valid, but humor and parody are not the elements for an official university proposal or for effective action in in- stalling condom dispensers. He might be trying to generate uni- versity interest in condom availability but it will be counterproductive if no one takes his proposal seriously. It looks doubtful that a condom hotline will materialize and Cradler should expect a good ribbing. Cartoonist Gary Trudeau originated the idea of a condom delivery service and obviously his humor evaded Crad- ler. When the president of a major stu- dent organization gleans his ideas from cartoons, there is cause for angst. Let's just hope he doesn't read "The Far Side." In defense of the ROTC: students, nation serve each other By Steven M. Ray would be enormous. aids from the classroom. ly, the military is the only orga The Minnesota Daily The ROTC is extremely cost- The University's land-grant charter tion qualified to teach military s U. of Minnesota, Twin Cities effective. Graduating a cadet from a includes a clause requiring the milit- ce, as well as the only one with a military academy costs the govern- t It's difficult to fathom how, logical- ment approximately $100,000, where- ary arts be offered to students who Ba ningheR OC would wre ly, The Daily could advocate banning as an ROTC graduate can cost as little wish it. The U. of Wisconsin, Madison the ROTC. The Doily article on the as $2,500. Without the ROTC, the (UWM) says that it can ban the ROTC efficient and effective program, the ROTC.The Dailyarandleoffere civilian. versionsheofTCROTCean opportunity to potential ca ROTC's gay and lesbian policies had country's recruitment costs would and offer civilian versions of ROTC ause considerable damage tc one clearheaded idea in it: that the skyrocket. national defense system, and cer real issue is a federal rather than local Although some military science In no way can a civilian course teach ly wouldn't help would-be officers policy. classes are open only to ROTC cadets what current ROTC classes offer. The are gay or lesbian. The Daily sr The ROTC trains officers for service because instructors use classified military is a profession. Where will have avoided this short-sighted, in our country's armed forces and sup- materials, any student can audit an civilians find the expertise to teach mately damaging course in its E plies 70 percent of all commissioned ROTC class with the instructor's per- classes on small-unit tactics or the rial and given the matter ca officers. If the ROTC were banned, the mission. The Daily's solution, which military's methods? Where will civi- thought in order to arrive at a major source of new officers would dry would force the ROTC to admit any- lians get their hands on M-16 rifles, rational, constructive national up and the effect on national security body, would remove valuable training PRC-77 radios and code books? Clear- tion. niza- scien- ccess ck an deny idets, o our rtain- s who hould ulti- edito- reful more solu-