It's time to stand back and
take a look at the problems
that are plaguing the C.C.
Reader.
What are the problems?
First, there is a definite
lack of participation in the
operation of the newspaper on
the part of the students of
Capitol Campus.
Why?
The answer lies in the fact
that many of the students who
attend Capitol Campus are
commuter students. Also,
many of the students who
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The following positiows are
available to those interested:
News editor, typesetter,
advertising salesperson, pro
duction staff, club reporter,
cultural events reporter;
Campus Police reporter,
Faculty Council reporter,
commuter reporter, graduate
student reporter, common
wealth campuses reporter and
several general reporters.
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attend C.C. are working their
way through school, or at
least, working to merely sur
vive.
So, how can these people
be enticed to offer their val
uable time and their effort to
the C.C. Reader?
Easy. Give them credit for
submitting material. If the
work that they do for the
paper can be used to fulfill the
requirements for a four-credit
independent study course.
we're sure that many people
would suddenly find the time
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to contribute. And we liter
ally mean "find" the time.
Because people have the time
if their work was part of the
term's classwork.
The second problem is
really a part of the first. That
is, while lately there has been
a lack of submissions of writ
ing and photography, there
has always been a lack of help
in the actual construction of
the newspaper (layout).
In the past, this task has
fallen mainly on the editor,
and the whole operation has,
at times, been a one-person
Evaluation
Comment
The C.C. Reader has been
getting vibes that some
teachers did not hand out
course evaluations for Winter
Term. There are a few some
what legitimate reasons that
teachers would fail to hand
evaluations out. One is the
weather: some faculty could
not get to campus because of
snow during the end of the
term. Another reason is that
some faculty believe that the
course evaluations are worth
less . .-. a popularity contest at
most.
According to Dr. Joseph,
assistant to the provost, the
evaluations are not manda
tory, however, faculty are en
couraged to make use of them.
He went on to say evaluations
are used to help determine
annual salary increases and in
promotion and tenure. Also,
the evaluations are supposed
to be used by the teacher to
help improve the content of
courses, instruction, text
books, and so on.
"Because of this dual pur
pose, the true function of the
evaluations is a complicated
one," Joseph said.
Instructional Services,
which handles the evaluation
process, normally receives
completed forms from 90 per
cent of the faculty, although
the exact figures for Winter
Term where not available at
press time.
job.
There's the problem. One
person can't attend school
full-time and single-handedly
put out the school newspaper.
Something has to give way.
Usually it's the person's
grades that suffer, and some
times it's the person's health.
What's the solution?
Maybe it's time to consider
offering the editorship of the
C.C. Reader as a 12-credit
internship. At Capitol Cam
pus, it may be just what we
need.
If material is submitted
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Business Manager . .
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(the credit for submissions
should help), it would be no
problem for one person to
gather and place the material
in the paper-if it were that
person's only task.
The intern/editor could
direct the independent study
students to stories and photo
graphs. It all works out
perfectly, and would benefit
not only the C.C. Reader.but
the students and the student
body as well.
After all, at this point
nothing could hurt--and
there's nothing else left to try.
The C.C. Reader
The Capitol Campus
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