Well, maybe we're onto something about campus media generally. I never
thought of WHCS having much potential, but I (and others) have listened to
other schools' radio stations more than Hunter's. WUSB (Stony Brook) is one
example. At a CA meeting this semester, someone from WHCS talked about
getting transmitters back in the dorms, which were apparently dismantled
during renovation. So this may be a good sign.
I guess the contrast I saw re: campus media was this:
-- Students who are forced to write about Hunter politics for "The Word" do
so, but poorly (no perspective on issues, by which I mean "this has
happened before, no big deal" vs. "this is earth-shattering and
unprecedented.").
-- Students who "do" campus politics, but who are too darned busy to write
about it, too. (Like me.)
-- Students who cover "topics of interest to Hunter students," e.g. war,
"women's," and environmental news, but not the daily goings-on of campus,
like USG elections, Senate stuff, and student grievances.
I would disagree about Jon's claim that the Envoy doesn't cover Hunter
events. Going from memory on their last few issues, they've done everything
from interviewing my Latin professor, covering guest speakers, and an
informational article on the CPE. Whether this is the *kind* of coverage
you want to see is a different matter. But at that point you can't play the
"them" game, it's "we" who aren't reporting.
-Jillian
At 10:55 PM 5/4/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Two things:
>
>1.) There me be a great deal going on at Hunter, but the Envoy is not
>covering it. Perhaps now that the war is over, it just might start.
>
>2.) Considering that they don't cover Hunter events, and that their
>reporting in general is not exactly worthy of being the "paper of record"
>would it do any good to have it printed weekly? What good is it to have a
>bad thing more often?
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "William Lim" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 10:54 PM
>Subject: Re: The Word
>
>
> > I haven't read the Word in a while.
> >
> > Ever try to contact Gregg Morris? He's vehemently anti-SLAM and anti-Envoy
> > as you know.
> >
> > Seriously I think campus media, like a lot of other things at Hunter, can
> > be greatly reformed for the benefit of everyone if a few people in a few
> > key positions collectively exercised an extra few brain cells. Not to
>knock
> > on Media Board, who's had its hands tied by blockheaded interlocutors (an
> > understatement) the last 2 semesters. Also not to knock on Jen Weiss and
> > Aliya Feldman and others I know on the Envoy staff. But think about it:
> > WHCS radio is 590 AM. 590 is barely receivable on even the newest radios.
> > Why not save up some money and buy a license for a higher frequency
> > (assuming the bandwidth is available)? And why not make the Envoy a daily
> > or even a weekly? Among other things, it would make campus news,
>especially
> > at election time, much more relevant. Bi-weekly may be OK for a magazine,
> > but there's too much going on for the campus "newspaper of record" to
>print
> > so infrequently. Offset the extra cost of printing more frequently by
> > reducing the number of pages and the print run. Make the hunterenvoy.com
> > website fully functional with archive search. And there's no need for the
> > cover page to have color if it only has artwork and not news content. WHCS
> > and the Envoy are the 2 campus media outlets in the best position by far
>to
> > become truly great sources of news and entertainment. All it will take is
> > the belief that there's something better than the current status quo. And
> > maybe a few marathon negotiation sessions with Dean Escott...
> >
> > -WL
> >
> >
> > At 10:07 PM 5/4/03 -0400, Jillian Murray wrote:
> > >Does anyone here read "The Word" online?
> > >http://theword.hunter.cuny.edu
> > >
> > >I'm looking at the latest issue, and am appalled by the grammar errors.
> > >Some of the articles are literally unreadable. Is this all that
> > >Hunter-focused reporting can be? The student writers must be so detached
> > >from the events (USG, Senate, Hunter-l, whatever) that they seem to
>funnel
> > >misinformation and wrong perspectives into the issues.
> > >
> > >Sigh...
> > >Jillian
> >
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Vice Chairperson
Hunter College Senate
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/senate
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