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Show THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Media Alter Ways People Perceive Crime, Smith Says ROB BRANNON The Oracle University of South Florida Monday, January Republicans Push for New Stanford ROTC The College Republicans, campus group that formed this September, is currently organizing a campaign to bring the military's Reserve Officer Training Corps back to the Stanford campus. Currently, Stanford does not offer ROTC classes on campus. Stanford students involved in the Army, Navy and Air Force must travel to Santa Clara University, San Jose State Unirespectivelversity and y, to take their ROTC courses. For those like freshman Daniel Foley, who is in the Naval ROTC, that STANFORD, Calif. TAMPA. Fla. It seemed like a noble goal. A television news station in Charlotte, N.C., was mired in the No. 3 ratings spot for the market. decided the way to Higher-up- s its standing was to hire improve fresh-face- d reporters to go after stories that are important to the community. But, some time later, the station is still languishing in third. Trying to solve the problem, a consultant was hired. And what was the consultant's answer? "He came to the conclusion they don't cover enough crime," Dwayne Smith, chairman for department of criminology at that said the the a UC-Berkel- requested, amateurs accepted. Ohio State U. Offers University of South Florida. "He said they need to boost up their crime coverage, and he stresses especially violent crime, because that's rrnn what catches people's attention." Smith, who spoke Thursday before a group of senior citizens involved in the Learning in Retirement program at the College of Public Health, said for news media to compete in today's market, editors and managers still have to follow the old adage "If it bleeds, it leads." "I don't know if it's a conscious editorial choice. But I know this: Increases in crime are deemed more newsworthy than decreases," Smith said. "It's easy to point our fingers at the news media and say, 'Gosh, they're just awash in this kind of thing.' They're awash in it for one basic reason: People watch it." JEN STEVENSON Short Okla. Break Forces Faculty to Work Overtime 2003 Professionals means spending 10 to 15 hours a week at Berkeley, five of which are spent commuting. Foley and fellow Stanford ROTC students do not receive any academic credit for ROTC courses. If Foley wanted to receive transfer credit, he would have to pay for admission at Berkeley a cost that his ROTC scholarship money would not cover. Even if Foley were to enroll at Berkeley, the Registrar's Office at Stanford would accept transfer credit in only two of the ROTC courses. The College Republicans, led by sophomore Joe Fairbanks and senior Travis Menk, want to change that situation. KRISTEN BELL The Stanford Daily Stanford University 1 ttv 11 1 tttt 1 ine jjJisaDiea jnie. COLUMBUS, Ohio-W- hen people think of disability services, the first thing that might come to mind are the CABS vans that drop physically handicapped students off at class, but the Office of Disability Services offers much more than a free ride. ODS provides facilities and programs to assist students with everyday learning activities from computer programs to alternative media to distraction-fre- e study spaces. "The services we provide depend on what the student's disability is and what their impairments are," said 3iS t6 1 part-tim- Jennifer Hertzfeld, a counselor and supervisor of the Assistive Technology Training Center. To qualify students must have a disability that affects them in an academic setting. The disability must be documented prior to signing up for services with ODS."Sometimes students get registered just in case, if they have something that might impact them academically, some disabilities like cancer or multiple sclerosis that might be different per quarter," Hertzfeld said. The largest population of students enrolled at ODS are those who suffer from one or more general learning disabilities. The Lantern Ohio State University e The Chronicle is accepting applications for a typesetter & We use Quark we love MACS sometimes we use Illustraposition. tor, Photoshop so please be familiar with these before applying. Pick up your application in Union room 240. Likewise drop it off in Union room 240 when you have written about how much you love MACS & hate Microsoft. - jrypp IF1 (NfIT wiMi (CI chVtj c;(Ci n crjD) IH Mumkm Studies UGS fix 3001-00- 1 p BRYCE NIEMAN Oklahoma Daily University of Oklahoma .. NORMAN, Okla.-W- hile stu- dents return to school complaining of a shortened winter break, many may not be aware that professors and other faculty have been forced to squeeze research and preparation for the Spring Semester in the same amount of time. Many members of the faculty put in extra time after finals to make 'sure final grades got in on time, only to come back a week early to begin preparing materials for the spring semester. Traditionally, the university has allotted four weeks between the last day of finals and the beginning of the spring semester, said Assistant Provost Greg Heiser. This year, in response to concerns that the fall semester was beginning too early, the winter break was shortened to three weeks rather than extending the spring semester further into May, he said. Despite having a week less to prepare syllabi and update lectures, professors have found little difference between this break and those of years past. "The biggest problem I ran into was getting exams graded before Christmas," said James Hart, history professor. "It was a pretty short time span." The last day of final examinations was Dec. 20 and final grades were due by Dec. 23, the day before Christmas Eve, which forced many professors to grade tests in three days. i 1 fir Ct h I 1 ri ip)c )m '.M',VlVir fillet Just sign W fr& lilt f KJAUn -- :N'--0Iifj at the Women's Basketball game on Saturday against Colorado State during the first half. One name will be called from the list near the end of the game. It's that simple. lov This course fulfills one undergraduate Fine Arts requirement 14 Lectre 34 Movement MWf 8:35am -- 9:25am in 7 |
