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! "Hex --fc " Tuesdjy. March 10, 1970 Pcge Six THE DAILY TAR HEEL O Jl 2 J OFia VUILJLJlLlLi(U 10 TThHPfLii l p Jj JiJi Off o H 5 I By GLENN BRANK DTil Staff Writer This is the eighth in a series devoted to the editorial candidates' views on campus issues. Candidates are presented in alphabetical order. TODAY'S QUESTION: How do you plan to run the DTH from a technical standpoint (letters, editorial columns, new innovations)? DOUGLAS CAMPBELL: As editor, I would like to see an increase in salaries and wages paid to the reporter, advertising and business managers. At present, a reporter is paid approximately 25 cents to 30 cents an hour. Centainly an increase in wages is in order from the standpoint of a fair wage. Students should be aware that only 7 of the present costs of the DTH are for wages and salaries. The changeover of the DTH to a subscription basis can be made smoother by adequately compensating the people who will be working on the staff and soliciting the advertising. The editor should assure all facets of the political community that the DTH will function as a free marketplace for ideas. The editor should provide an atmosphere conducive to discourse and dialogue within the student body. This policy would then 1 4 - - i Ley i iff 1 -.iV jj f. s v 1 Genuine British Striped Rugby Jerseys r I 3 -ST. a l? aits 3 extend itself naturally to the question of which columns to carry or which letters to the editor to print. BRYAN GUMMING: I would like to have syndicated columns from professional newspapers, such as James Reston or William F. Buckley. These could be run occasionally. As far as letters to the editor go, I wouldn't interrupt editorial comments. STEVE EN FIE LD-D ENNIS BEN FIELD: From the beginning, our purpose has been to return to responsibility on the pages of the DTH. This year's Tar Heel has not lived up to the editor's "professional Standard". This is why we resigned from the paper at the beginning of the year. (Editors Note: Steve Enfield was fired.) We seek to apply our 11 years total of professional experience to the operation of our paper. (Benfield) Generally, Steve would handle writing and editing of editorial page materials, thus replacing the need for an associate editor. My primary responsibility would be to supervise the newsrooms, thus eliminating the need for a managing editor. In case of discrepancy in our opinions, separate editorials would be used. News and editorials would be coordinated in a daily conference with a news director, who would replace the news editor. He will have a greater say in the "play" of news stories because he will be closer to those stories then a managing editor, which previously has been the case. He would be relieved from headline writing, layouts, etc. Three desk editors would handle all news and editorial layouts and headline writing with the exception of sports and features, which have their own editors. Most of our personnel would be actively recruited from the School of Journalism. Our paper would not cease to be a training ground for inexperienced reporters but their involvement in the news gathering process would not hinder our overall presentation. TOM GOODING: All letters to the Daily Tar Heel will be printed, provided they are typed and signed. The paper, however, must reserve the right to edit the letters for factual inaccuracies, good taste and especially libelous statements. This was the policy that I used w hen I was associate editor and I plan to continue it. f jU THE HUB ! I 0fficia,Iy I li Announces f I j Pwi - :L3 - the Coming 1 '"jry:z. v-t -',.;J;:"- "Tp' Or v I trtef chope' HiM i f LUOSV Stop in soon to check the f'S&y$ A latest and greatest in y 4-nXx V men's high fashion cloth- I iA ' ing, including the HUB's I ;4r tremendous selection of J j l spring flairs. 4 ViEBnESBAY riiGUT SPEGIAi featuring Cheese ond Crackers Chopped Sirloin Large Tossed Salad Baked Potato Iced Tea or Coffee Garlic Bread $2J0. - 5:00-7:00 P.M. Wednesday Night Only Chapel Hill DIvd. 15-501 The editor should encourage a diversity of opinion in the editorial page columns. It is essential for there to be a forum for all responsible student opinion if the newspaper is going to provide a service for the student body. Since reporters are closely connected with the people and events that make news, they should be encouraged to write columns providing an in-depth explanation of these events for the student body. However, expressions on the editorial page will not be limited to any one group but will be open to all. The DTH should provide extensive coverage of campus events. The paper cannot provide a comprehensive view of the world and national events. It is not intended to do such. The paper is supported by the students of this University and must meet their needs. Therefore, the paper should expand its coverage of campus news and events so as to reach all segments of the University community. For example, a residence college seminar or a Hill Hall concert is more relevant to the students than most national events. BOBBY NOWELL: Since this is a newspaper whose primary concern is to serve this campus, news of UNC should invariably receive top priority over all other news in the paper. However, the DTH also owes to its readers news of the community (since it is the only daily paper in Chapel Hill), the state and the national international scene. I am in favor of retaining the UPI national-international wire service as a source of news. I prefer a return to the idea that the major non-local news stories of the day should be grouped together as briefs under a standing head such as "World News". However, I cannot say this can be effectively done because of the copy deadlines which have been imposed upon us by the publisher. Few people realize the average amount of time a reporter can spend on a story, because of these deadlines, is two and one-half hours. Most of our reporters come to work at about three o'clock itn the afternoon, when their classes are finished. Since the local copy deadline is 5:30, reporters must work under a time limitation more severe than that of any other daily state paper in North Carolina or anywhere else. These reporters are not veteran journalists; in many cases they have had limited experience and need advice and direction on how to write their stories. Still, the publisher requires that one-fourth of the day's copy be turned in by five o'clock so the use of such outside news sources as UPI and the UNC news bureau can never be invalidated. The charge that the Tar Heel's news coverage is not representative is an appeal to emotion and a very amorphous appeal at that. The news coverage in the past year has been, at worst, adequate however, more can be done. I favor closer working relations with the governors of residence colleges and Greek leaders to allow the paper to be more aware of events concerning those- groups. I also want to extend coverage of graduate students' activities. I do not propose, however, to turn the Tar Heel into a campus bulletin. As I said, the paper will report news of the University, the community, the state and the nation. The front page stories will be determined by their importance to everyone in the University. There is enough happening in this town and University to keep students aware of. The expansion of the news department and the enlisting of competent journalists to oversee the reporting of the news will be a great help in advancing the scope of the paper's news coverage. The journalistic form of reporting has been slipshod in many instances in the past year, but this can be corrected EYlilf oil's Home of the Southern Bells! 4 lit I "V. i . , 'O: 'if l? :.y fx ., , , Our Cupboards are chock full of the greatest collection of summer bells imagineable. Mil ton has been stock-piling them and it's un veiling time. You'll lore our "patriotic" red-white-blue summer tapestry at $15.00. Knit shirts and body shirts that make memor able outfits with you being the designer. It s going to be a fun spring ana Miiron s nas all the sartorial spice for many eventful hap- J pemngs! with the help of more competent journalists I will obtain for the paper if elected. The Tar Heel will continue to rim letters to the editor, but it will insist upon the right of condensation and editing for libelous statements. Any opinion may be expressed by letter writers in 300 words or less. The columnists appearing on the editorial page will be those chosen by the associate editor with the approval of the editor. Columnists will be free to write on any subject they choose. ANDY SCHORR-RUSTY CARTER: (Carter) We feel that national and regional news can be covered in the daily papers. Therefore, the DTH should report the news that is pertinent to the students at the University, both graduate and undergraduate. (Schorr) All of our news coverage will be responsible, objective, entirely factual, and we will make every effort to cover all major sides of news events. We recognize there is news in every area of this University. We plan to seek this out and to publish it accurately and fairly. (Carter) In reference to columns and letters to the editor, we plan to seek out columns from various positions on campus which again include graduate, undergraduate and possibly faculty members. We feel there is need for this varied opinion so that more people can relate to the DTH. (Schorr) Letters to the editor are perhaps the only way for students on this campus to know what other students are thinking, unless of course their actions are in the news. It is vital that the DTH give a significant amount of space to the letters to the editor. Such letters should be actively solicited on all issues of interest to students. Features are also, in our opinion, a basic and essentia! portion of any newspaper. It is one of the only ways that or.e student among 16.000 can identify wi:h the ideas of other students, faculty and administration who work at this University. They are also important because they are interesting and can build readership for the pap-er. (Carter) Speaking on the format of the newspaper. I would like to mention sports. Having worked in the sports department for two years. I I 1 l 'tf1 Hi Otpl Hill: 204 W. Frftnklia St. Hn the Inn Crewi Featuring, Famous Fresh Baked CARRY OUT OR EAT IN Open Mon.-Thurs. 11 A.M. 'til 12 P.M. Friday & Saturday 11 A.M. 'til 1 A.M. Sunday 4 P.M. 'til 11 P.M. ORDER BY PHONE FOR FASTER SERVICE Durham 28S-S357 Chapel Hill 942-5149 Allow approximately 20 Minutes recognize that sports is a vital part of the working of this University. Tho'jjh I feel sports coverage has been adequate in the past, and handled with ski!!, I feel that many times it has not gotten the phy or space it should have. More students identify wth sports than with campus activities. (Schorr) Pictures published in our DTH will be relevant to the news of the day, or of significant human interest. Their captions will be informative. Fictures should not be placed in the newspaper to fill up space. CfoP'JJsidm) LflDi Sin Aim TUES. 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We need enough people (electrical, civil, mechanical and industrial engineers, designers, accountants and economists) to plan, design, build and operate a company that will be four times bigger than we are today. We also need engineers," researchers and scientists to develop electronic switching equipment, laser and other communications systems ve'll be using i0, 25 and 50 years from now. But this is only one part of our communications business. Our Sylvania people, for example, are involved in other types of communications. Like color television sets, satellite tracking stations and educational television systems. Automatic Electric, Lenkurt, Ultronic Systems and some of our other companies, subsidiaries and divisions are working on advanced types of integrated circuitry, electro-opticais and communications systems be tween people and computers and between computers and computers. 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