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Show Page 2 Signpost Oct. 31, 1975 Comment: More good news from your Good News V.P. 2283 WASH. - BLVD. OGDEN NO TWO JACKETS ALIKE WIND RIVER ffc (as illustrated) 4 mm Cfcffjv'v pockets witn hood! 99 Sixes SrM,L,XL HORNITO D..M J string bottom, with "C fife pouch pocket front. Sizes S,M,L,XL 00 BIG HORN Down filled, waist i length, Siies 'U'' SM.L.XL Great for Skiing, Snowmobiling, Hunting, Cross Country Skiing, etc. NEXT TO THE ANITA SHOP 0 ami 5.1 k m u k w by J. Woltam Good News Vice President During the past week it has been brought to the attention of INTERNATIONAL CAREER? A representative will be on the campus WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 5, 1975 to discuss qualifications for advanced study at AMERICAN GRADUATE SCHOOL and job opportunities in the field of INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT Interviews may be scheduled at CAREER PLANNING & PLACEMENT OFFLCE AMERICAN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT Thunderbird Campus Glendale, Arizona 85306 01D the Signpost that some of our issues have been laden with negative news stories. We of course denied this, but Communications vice president Mark Masur took us on a tour of the Oct. 14, 1975 issue that proved the critics correct. That issue was very negative, at least by first impressions, or upon reading the headlines. We at the Signpost, in order to change our ways and adopt a positive approach toward all news stories, have contacted those that contributed toward the negative news stories. . For example: Low GPA Headline, Page 1. "WSC's GPA rates low." First we rechecked the figures, then we went to the heart of the matter, the faculty. We have asked each and every faculty member to give better grades. This will improve the whole image of WSC. Headline, page 2. "Faculty ethnic mix unaltered." This story, about the percentage of blacks teaching at the college level on a national basis, has been researched by our staff. Again the figures were correct. We can suggest two courses of action to turn this into a positive news story. Either hire more blacks or fire enough white teachers to get the balance correct. Coed dorms Headline, Page 5. "Dorms go coed." While we can understand why this would be considered a negative story, a secret poll done by the Signpost shows that 98.22 percent of the dorm students favored the arrangement, while 1.78 percent were very unavailable for comment. Headline, page 7, "Students have low morals, poll shows." To correct this, the Signpost has finally contacted the 1.78 percent of the students unavailable in the earlier survey and asked them to clean up their act and to quit telling the truth on polls. Volleyballers Headlines, page 10. "WSC loses fifth to MSU," "Runners drop two," and "Volleyballers fail in opener," are prime examples of negative news reporting. There are several directions we can Published twice weekly by the Associated Students of Weber State College during fall, winter and spring quarters. Entered as second class mail at the Ogden, Utah, Post Office. Mailing address: Weber State College, 3750 Harrison Blvd., Ogden, Utah 84408. The opinions expressed on the editorial page of the SIGNPOST do not necessarily represent those of the studentbody or the administration. Mary Woodhead Tara Harris Editor-in-Chief Business Manager Vaughn Roche News Editor Ed Dennis News Editor Robert Mickelson Sports Editor Stephen Matlow photo Editor Memberships: Rocky Mountain Collegiate Press Association, Associate Collegiate Press, Freedom of Information Center, Student Press in America Archives and the National Council of College Publications Advisors. take on this one. We thought about "WSC almost wins first at MSU," but somehow that sounded as negative as the original. We thought about doing the same thing as the others, but again it is hard to make it sound as if the athletic department is doing better than it really is. We have urged the teams to try to do better so that we at the Signpost will not have to run so many negative headlines. It is the least they can do. Not fired We have toyed with the idea of running a headline that states, "Football Coach Dick Gwinn Not Fired," but somehow that starts to sound negative again. After meeting with our advisor and several others with more newspaper experience than ourselves, we have come to the conclusion that as soon as the football and other teams start to win, as soon as light fixtures stop falling, as soon as there is decent parking, and as soon as people stop wasting our money, .tapping our phones, overloading our classes and charging us high prices for our books, we will be able to run happy, positive headlines. Until then, we, along with you, will have to face the stark realities of life. As a friend of ours use to say, "Life is not a chair full of bowlies." |