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Journali By Brian Duncan OtiMMCk Staff Writer Reorganization in the College of Journalism will enable students to gain a more complete understanding of employment areas in journalism and mass com munications, according to Dean Albert T. Scroggins. The reorganization primarily concerns a separation of the college into an upper and lower division, Scroggins said. The lower division is to emphasize basic education requirements as well as journalism core courses "so they (the students) can move smoothly into the upper division/' he said. The upper division, which begins upon completion of 60 hours, mainly involves required sequence courses. Scroggins said an internal re-evaluation of programs by a faculty and student committee last year led to creation of the division and accompanying structural and academic changes. THE MAJOR reason for the division was to accomplish a more effective advisement program, and therefore better meet the needs encountered by graduates, according to Scroggins. a in. on uviui c ui uic acvjuciice* oriented programs prompted a Press fr By Mark J. Lundfp Editor In CM* Freedom of the mass media danger. Two recent Supreme Court dec questions about the strength and s* Amendment to the Constitution of The latest decision, involving th the famed "seven dirty words/ Federal Communications Commii stations for "exposure of childrei - J fl 9 - A * - - ? ? aescrioes in terms patently offer by contemporary community s broadcast medium, sexual or ei and organs, at times of the day reasonable risk that children audience." Justice John Paul Stevens sai administer that medicine to pre patently offensive sexual and e: and such speech is "at the p< Amendment concern." but, sikvkns also contends must remain neutral in the mark How can the government rema Stevens said, there is a "hierarch ment values" for judging the 1 speech. Stevens, who spoke for the cou contradicted himself and the dec While it cannot be disputed that c nave to be subjected to abusive 1; certain time periods should possifc programs free of strong language that the court has limited free e First Amendment. If broadcasters plan on using HltHnrf fKail* MmMammiMtHM 1 uu. I?g uevil pi v/51 CUIUIIUI({ IlUUi B, J also let them make such policy pi the seven dirty words be spoken. AN FCC SOURCE was quoted t Post by writer Tom Shales as s, commission does not out a hitfh nri elimination of nasty language. V FCC has more regard for the First the Supreme Court has and does ment (Ml hma lira ?t4?p? whn vi morality as the Supreme Court see sm schoc number . of complaints from students that they felt uncomfortable about taking different sequence courses, Scroggins said. He added that the advisement " A number of students who graduate from a particular sequence are not always able to find employment in that specialized area.99 program itself tended to be a bit SPnilPtlPIMtPtanfaH D? ? ?^.?.w viiviimai. MJjr U311IJJ Uie faculty members most interested and best equipped for advisement, Scroggins said, the college hopes to improve this. eedom i en Another r put a lid on press. In t in America is in enforcement forming unc isions have raised newspaper i scurity of the First and photogr the United States. The case e broadcast use of dependent i '* Ofafo/I fVlof - umi?VU UMI> U1C 3CQI CI1CU UM ssion can penalize find photogi 1 to language that identified d sive as measured policemen i tandards for the hospital, [cretory activities when there is a IN EEC may be in the newspapers in an attem d "We decline to officials. Ob ?rVe the vigor of now the cod ccretory speech," Justice B; eriphery of First opinion of tt "that confid the press w that 4'government warranted s etplace of ideas." White is p in neutral if, as In the best i y of First Amend- doubtful tha 'social value" of controversy search hang rt's majority, has ision of the court. BUT, THI -1 1 J --A *1 A. - ;iwuicii auuuiu iiui ursi concius uiguage, and that fight for tl ily be reserved for disseminata , the fact remains always read xpression and the often persor releasing ini strong language them for not Ui iL. J. t a. i i I ici urciu uu so, uui trend Keeps iblicly known. Let their identit Jack D. L mittee for Fi n The Washington said, refer aying the present organization ority rating on the protect thei et's hope that the government : Amendment than freedom of < not inflict punisholate the public WHILE "| ms to define it. decries the i )1 split ii Because the field of mass communications is quickly and continually changing, Scroggins said, definite, clear-cut job lines are becoming blurred. He cited as examples Multimedia of Greenville and Columbia Newspapers, Inc., two South Carolina mpdin ownerships which control between them at least 30 daily and weekly newspapers, eight television and seven radio stations. Therefore, they offer a variety of career opportunities not only in news but also in advertising, broadcasting, and public relations. ACCORDING TO Scroggins, "a number nf uiIia ?- ...ovumi miv giauuaic from a particular sequence are not always able to find employment in that specialized area. Thus when they seek or take employment in an allied area, they aren't always as comfortable with their professional skills as they might be with a broader curriculum background." Although the sequences and course requirements will remain as before, Scroggins said the college is "de-emphasizing the sequence to give the student a broader base in his journalistic training." He said he hopes "I m enaa ecent Supreme Court decision the First Amendment as it inv< nis case, the Court ruled tl t officials are not prohibited fi announced searches, with a wai lies when looking for notes, do aphs relating to criminal activ involved The Stanford Daily imivorfitKi noMfonoiw uciropa|ici. ruuuc i files of the newspaper in 1971 ( raphs and negatives which m. lemons trators who had injur it a demonstration at the uni :ENT YEARS, many Ai have closed their libraries to tt pt to avoid such harrassment 1 viously, this action didn't work, is can get in anyway. yron R. White wrote, in the i le case, that the court is not c< lential sources will disappear i ill suppress news because of earches." robably right on the second coi tradition of American journalii t many newspapers will cease tl news even though the thrc is over their heads. C HONORABLE justice is wron linn While nMuananaco uttll /iav n.w*. V V aMJiV fta%#WO|fU|/VIO ff U1 ieir freedoms in the collect m of news, confidential sources y to take up the fight. These sou is who could Jeopardize thema formation to the media. Who ca wanting the police, the state, ax going, the police-state from i ies. andau. director of the Rpnnrt? reedom of the Press was correct ring to the decision, "Th< i, its reporters and editors are he Ir information from seizure Sound like government interv< expression and private Drooert rHE UNITED STATES govi trials of dissidents in the Swie ntn twn r\ .jl w %/ vj students will be encouraged to explore other sequence areas with free electives for additional professional skills. The academic requirements accompanying the division, adopted March 23, 1977 by the college, remain virtually the same, according to Scroggins, who said a year or so was needed to study how it would effect a student's program. He added the changes are to be implemented this fall. STROnniMS BAin ?MHIA1/ jUUi llOlldlll majors must, upon reaching 60 attemptted hours, maintain an overall GPR of 2.0 to remain in good standing with the college. Those students who have less than a 2.0 at completion of the lower division or who fail to maintain a similar average in the upper division will be required by the school to withdraw as a journalism major until a GPR of 2.0 is again attained, he said. Dr. Henry Price has been ap pointed director of the new upper academic division while Dr. L.W. Brown is to direct the lower. Ralph Morgan has been appointed chairman of the advertising-public relations sequence and Patricia G. McNeely is the new head of the news-editorial program. ,ngered has also here it is infringing up )lves the and press to say what lat law- the Stanford case and t>m per- The Russians should cumente Nazis, with police pi ities rally in Chicago, but tl an in- expression limited. Bj ' officers American history trying to no* more sympathetic ay have cause of journalism, b ed nine uus f versity's The media must fig] of the freedom of < sources. Several nev nerican National Association < ? Pjjblic rehearing of the Stan by these beCaUSe IN A "FBIEND t majority organizations state th .j j nnrt nnnW nrooo nwtoi jnvincea ?~ ?*" *"* |:*VM" V1? and that entire spectrum of p fears of unanimous in conden striking at the very 1 ic lus ion. press.' sm, it is The question that mi printing the free press. By em iat of a does not seem that \ American press that rt The people of the ftinueto ashamed that the high lar^and such restrictions. are not* The common refere rces are recent years is, of c elves by should have also com n blame nened if Richard Nix .J I# At- - ? ran uus obtained warrants to knowing office. rs Com- The Supreme Court when he not take it upon iti b news court needs anoth lpless to supporter like former ention of P??P^e ^ ^ v? it ia ^ government of the 'of the three equal bra ernment ^ ^ t Union, democracy? v % livisions Scroggins species on the rights of its own citizens t they like. This applies to both the "seven dirty words" case, blast us for hypocricy. rotection. have been allowed to ye press has had its freedom of r the nature of the Constitution the government is certainly to the cause of Nazis than the ut why don't they demonstrate tit this trend toward restriction expression and protection of re organizations, led by The >f Broadcasters, are seeking a At A iuiuiu uute. >F THE COURT* brief, the at "newspapers, broadcasters lizations ? ranging across the olitical opinion ? have been ruling the court's decision as foundations of freedom of the list hp raiftArf nnu; i? hnw froa id - ? ? WW aswr Aft W itj mination of these two cases, it he Supreme Court wants an is substantially free. ! United States should feel test court in the land condones nee noint for nmas ? r WU *ft WVVII1 ill ourse, Watergate. The court lidered what would have hapon's Justice Department had search The Washington Post should leave the press alone self to amend the Constitution, er hard-line First Amendment ' Justice William H TVuinloa . WM^MXOa nited States put their trust in t United States. Why can't one inches of that government put basic premises of American