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Broadc By Merry Katcman "I was tired of teaching grubby little kids so I turned to broadcasting as a career," Mai Johnson said Saturday in an address at a communications industry seminar at the South Carolina ETV Center. The seminar, sponsored by the 1ICP 117 n 1 UklVy V/Ulicgc YVWIIlt'II 111 Dioaucasting (CWB) and the American Women in Wadio and Television, presented a look at the job market and preparation for careers in the broadcast market. Keynote speaker Malvyn H. Johnson is Senior White House correspondent for Cox Broadcast Corporation of Washington, D.C. She traveled with former President and Mrs. Richard M. M i vnn a f lir* cutv??v*U t m liiAV/ii IV 11 it OUlllUlll UlCCilll^d 111 Canada and Russia, Iran, Poland and Austria. WUS C -Fi Uir Porl "J Daily news broadcasts from WUSC-FM will be discontinued at the end of the semester when the station begins programming for Educational Radio's new 100,000watt transmitter. "We will be more or less the flagship for that station," news director Jim Chumley said. "We already produce programs for the Educational Radio network." Classical music programs broadcast nightly by the College of General Studies will continue, and daily programming will be done by Columbia Bible College (CBC), Chumley said. Tfrod of ftarina HomT "l*t Our Prices Do The Talking." ALL FURNITURE DRASTICALLY Reduced 30-40% TELEX STEREO CONSOLES AT GREAT SAVINGS! 10% DISCOUNT TO U.S.C. STUDENTS Free Florida Vacation with any purchase of $600 or more. Factory Furniture Mart 9-9weekly, 9-6 Sat. 7*0-3*65 mtJmwHl i' i mi. (Ni !? /?. Sttulk itf i'ok,s*um. twti In !'?? H?'V Nj*v?i Stap*. - jast jobi Mai Johnson was educated at Tom n 1 f? Ilnivorcitu \nlinfr> ? x/?ii|/iv, v/ iii ? \^i aitj ttiivi c out* majored in elementary education. Before becoming a broadcaster she taught school in England and in the South Pacific. "Journalism schools are turning out untrained and unskilled graduates. They only know theory," Johnson said. "In 1975 The Wall Street Journal hired eight out of 2,300 applicants. mi 1?A - i - ? - ... ine marvel is ngni so me ngni direction has to be taken. The future is calling for better interpretation of the news and this calls for those trained in the humanities, social sciences and political science," she continued. "To be successful good skills are needed in writing and reading and , Vf tn rlrnn CBC, which has owned WUSCFM's license since the station was begun, will cooperate with General Studies to produce shows. CBC has yet to announce what its programs will be. "We're going to be able to do more now," Chumley said. He said there would be no shortage of manpower for the station, the College of Journalism having "upwards of 70 broadcast Medical ?c! Representatives from the Joint isuiuiiuaaiuii uii mjcreuiutiiuii ui the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) completed a three-day site visit to the USC School of Medicine Friday. USC President William H. Patterson said he had a "most T i 55 guys and gals generating sen? wednea irkkr rifresiim IN. ?f s cited most important, spelling. Technical skills cannot solely be relied upon," Johnson said. Following Johnson's speech a panel composed of members of the media from radio, television and advertising agencies around South Carolina held a question and answer period. Audrey Hunt of The State Telecasting Company moderated. Each panelist, an expert in a particular field, spoke about available jobs, qualifications, how to apply, where to look and how to prepare for them while in college. "This seminar was our first project in assisting journalism and media art students in career preparation," Jennie Clarkson, acting president of CWB said. HP f/IS m w ^ W Vf students." Twenty-five per cent ol these students, Chumley said, arc professionally employed. "Our portion will be basically university-related," he said. "We will also handle all network news, probably on an hourly basis. But we don't know." He said the increased transmitting power will make news of USC available to a much wider range of listeners. liool survey informative and positive meeting" with the four-man group, and he felt "the university had no reason to be displeased with what it understands will be reported to the national accrediting committee." Action on provisional accreditation by the joint AMAAAMC committee is expected in mid-June. r "v^ir^r ational sounds...pop, rock&jazz iday, april 14 ENTS Russell House Patfio 8IIIMNT ACTIVITIHS BBBggg?W? wCy ?/ Sout^lCa/bliifft m <=* j. TO Gii\T teachei By Patricia Eieazer The Government and International Studies (GINT) Undergraduate Student Organization presented their "Outstanding completed Members of the site visit team were Dr. Ronald Estabrook, chairman, of the University of Texas; Dr. Edward Petersen of the AMA staff ; Dr. Hayden Nicholson, former medical school dean at the University of Miami and the University of Arkansas; and Dr. John Dietrick, former dean at Cornell University. i anci sun auucu me muvcisny was "honor bound not to discuss details of the visit and the oral report by the visiting team prior to consideration by AMA-AAMC committees in June." I 1212 MAIN a an m "W ?*hp? M I NtXI IU I r I THE^ J SEE OUR S 1 GUARANTEE! ** wins award Teacher of the Year Award" for the year 1976 to Instructor Robert M. Kahn. The award was presented April 7 at the Calcott Social Science Center. Kahn said, "It's the nicest thing that has happened to me at USC. I'm very appreciative and very honored." He added, "I feel the students here are as good as those anywhere I've been." Kahn graduated sum ma cum laude from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Penn., in 1969. He received his Master of Art degree from Indiana Ilniuurcitv in ion .. w.? ? v/<a? * VI oaij AAA and is working on his doctorate. His primary interest is teaching American politics and urban and black politics. He prefers to lecture. "I believe the lecture is still alive as a teaching method. I enjoy lecturing but I like some variety. Teaching is most important. It has to be number one. To take money for being a professor and not teach is taking money under false pretenses." Y FURNISHINGS 1 BE I STREET I \E MIRACLE I ^TRE I ELECTION 1 3 TO PLEASE 1