News
November 18,1993
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However, Swanson said, he
watched his students become
frustrated and, in turn, he became
fhistrated.
Swanson agrees with those
who say Elon has one of the best,
if not the best, broadcast,
communications departments in
North Carolina.
But, he said, “If somebody
says Elon has a terrific
communications program, I would
like it to be because we have a
terrific communications
department - not because when
you get here and fmd out its face
value, (like) when you open the
curtains in the Wizard of Oz, you
don’t have the wizard, it’s the man
behind the curtain.”
The college sends a brochure
on the communications
department to prospective
students. A photo in the brochure
shows Christopher Waters, student
coordinator of campus cable, using
a camera owned by the football
team.
Waters said he chose the
camera knowing it did not belong
to the communications
department, but he thought it
looked good.
After getting several
comments about the photograph
from other students. Waters said
he regretted using the camera.
Clair Myers, dean of arts and
humanities, said using the photo
in the brochure is “not a
downright lie, maybe misleading,
but not a lie.”
Pat Kinney, director of public
infcsmation and publications, who
oversees the brochure, said, “I
didn't realize that there was a
distinction between the cameras.”
But she said the brochure is
not misleading because students in
the communications department
can use the camera.
However, Swanson said the
only time the communications
department used the camera was
once when it was working on a
documentary and because it did not
conflict with the football season.
“You as a student, as far as I
know, do not have access to the
camera,” Swanson said.
Ray Johnson, assistant
professor in journalism and
communication and director of
Television Services, said, “It
bothers me that the best camera on
this campus belongs to the
football team.”
Swanson said the football
team’s camera has white balance,
which helps the camera to see
colors correctly. It has two
channels of audio, which allows
the student to talk into a
microphone and also pick up other
sounds.
It also has filters, which a
student can use to adjust color
temperature for different lighting
conditions.
Swanson said all of these
features are necessary to teach
communications students.
In a letter to Communications
Chairman George Padgett last fall
Swanson said, “Unless our
students have the proper
equipment to learn on, their
chances of becoming successful in
the real world are limited.”
In a recent interview, Padgett
said, “We are at a good teaching
level. We want to move to the
next level: the professional level.”
Gerald Gibson, assistant
professor in journalism and
communications, said he came to
Elon because it has more than
most colleges. “It does work and
it does work well for people who
get in and do it.”
He said getting the most out
of the department requires more
work than doing just assignments.
However, students may find it
difficult to put in more time at the
video editing rooms. Each student
is allotted two hours each week.
But Johnson, who is in
charge of the student workers for
the editing rooms, said the school
doesn’t have enough money to
keep the rooms open longer.
“We may run out of money
before the end of the year to even
keep it open the hours we do
now,” Johnson said.
Myers said he realizes that the
communications department needs
its own building if it is to teach at
communications industry levels.
The communications department
now shares space with other
departments in the fine arts
building.
Myers said a new building fw
the communications department is
included in the Vision 2000
Program.
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College officials declined to
say how much the trip cost the
school.
Board said, “The meeting was
held off campus because many
board members live in Virginia
and it gave local members the
chance to get away. It was an
opportunity to focus on big
issues.”
Attention was centered on
completion of the Plan For The
1990s and presentation of the Elon
Vision 2000 program.
School officials are planning
to hold the June board meeting at
a ranch in Cody, Wyo. The
Mooncrest Ranch is owned by
trustee and alumnus Robert
Model.
Trustees said that board|
meetings held away from Elon
College give them an environment'^
more conducive to wwking. “We
are able to get more done because
we have more time togther,” said "
Barbara D. Bass, a trustee.
An agenda for the Virginia
trip included two times for golfi '
tennis, shopping or sightseeing,
and two soci^s and dinners. Foul
hours of each 12-hour day schedule
was set aside for business.
The planning conference was
held at the Williamsburg Inn. A
room at the inn runs about $200 a
night, depending on the size of the
room and the type of bed. The
Williamsburg Inn is rated as a
five-star resort
The school’s tax return form
for 1992-1993 showed that
$31,273 was spent that fiscal yeaf
on conferences and conventions.
Travel expenses were $678,047,
including $619,161 fo(
enhancement of programs,
$38,432 for management, and
$20,454 for fundraising.
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