Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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«MIMVa , ,m ' EDITOR Bronson Havard edited the Daily Toreador with the belief that the campus newspaper should arouse in- terest and discussion. TOREADOR By Tommy Hester Cigar smoke curled toward the ceiling of the Pioneer Hotel ' s cav- ernous ballroom as Lubbock Ro- tary Club members relaxed, dust- ing tobacco ashes into dessert re- mains. They waited for the speak- er to sketch a facile outline of the new generation. They were dis- appointed. Instead, Texas Tech Daily Tor- eador Editor Bronson Havard de- livered to the stuffed, sometimes stuffy audience a challenging an- alysis. Enumerating the civil rights and ecumenical movements, the Kennedy era, the Berkeley crisis, and an affluent society as forces molding his contemporar- NEWS EDITOR Mike Wall filled the news editor position dur- ing the second semester while Carolene English 6 did the lob in the fall. MANAGING EDITORS Cecil Green and his assistant Pauline Edwards ies, the slight, thin-voiced Havard warned that what was good enough for grandpa is not good enough for me. My generation is determined not to repeat the errors of past generations . . . My generation is angry because needed change is coming too slowly . . . Students no longer wish to live in an American University isolated from the rest of the world. Students no longer wish to be protected by traditional society without first examining its relevancy to our particular situation. Closer home, Havard insisted the college is really a multi-pur- pose university and deserves the appropriate name and rank. A few smokes probably fumed untended while the senior journal- ism major condensed editorials he had penned through the year. Writing in the medium size circu- lation (4,000) but tabloid-sized (10 by 18 inches) daily to 14,000 students, faculty and many who cared to read, Havard transform- ed the Toreador from announce- ment sheet and often purveyor of jazzed-up trivia to a publication discussing more than parking space. A good student newspaper, says the 22-year-old editor, should be responsible, sophisti- cated, aggressive. It asks vital questions and seeks real answers. It protects students ' rights first, promotes the college second, and boosts school spirit third. Many respond favorably to this philosophy. Notes journalism de- partment head W. E. Carets, Bronson has given the paper an intellectual breadth ... I believe that his year will prove a turning point in the future type of Torea- dor. That turning point was a long time coming. Started three days after Tech ' s ribbon-cutting in 1925, the four page, six-column weekly sacrificed a column for the war effort in 1941, initiated a bi- weekly format in 1945, and began daily publication in 1962. Thanks to the articulate Publications Com- mittee which determines princi- ples, in 1965 the Toreador received insured freedom, a sharper out- look. The committee felt that as a journalistic training ground and as an intra-university communica- tion link, the newspaper should seek to print the truth and to present as fully as possible all sides of controversial questions. Thus, the Toreador declared for President Johnson in 1964 when student polls showed Senator Goldwater ahead. Havard dreads the day when this conservative area doesn ' t have a liberal news- • PHOTOGRAPHERS Allyn Harrison, Darrel Thomas, and Ron Welch.

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I I i i MAGAZINE EDITORS Becky Parker Mike Ferrell Cecil Green , i 1 m iN t I jM i V If 1 i 1 Ifl w WRfl H e V Ray Finfer Mike Canon John Armistead Mike Bohn Liz Lyne Noel Freeman Charlotte Stewart Winston Odom Larry Fagan Karen McKenzie Diane Weddige Vernon Smith Dow Patterson Beverly Hunt Noel Freeman Nancy Hedleston Jane Maginnis Photography — Art

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paper. The campus newspaper should arouse interest and discussion ; ed- itorials don ' t change minds but provoke thought. This yearning for thoughtful debate dominated the scholastic life of the College Board Award winner (for work with the pub- lication philosophy). A cofounder of the Student Honors Council and the Catholic service fraternity, Chi Rho, Freshman Ilavard slip- ped into college newspaper work through the fourth estate ' s back door — a sports story. Editor of the Bi ' azosport High newspaper in Freeport, the Clute, Texas, lad wanted to be a psychologist. Se- duced by the carbon paper smell of newsrooms, however, he now plans a career with a wire service after an Army hitch. Through the honors program Havard met such distinguished liberal student leaders as Steve George, Steve Magee, Mike Stin- son and John Moeser — all interest- ed in idea exchange and an in- tellectual atmosphere. They have had a tremendous influence on the campus, especially the Toreador. ' To a large degree, Havard declares with much lip pursing, the newspaper reflects the com- munity. How intellectually stimu- lating it is depends on the environ- ment. There is still little debate. Providing controversy has meant going outside the immedi- ate campus. We were lucky in that so much happened in the legislature and during national elections, admits Cecil Green, managing editor and next year ' s editor. Green, his assistant Pauline Ed- wards, and News Editor Mike Wall assembled a team of more than COPY EDITORS Fall copy editors included Sally Long, Carolyn AAogridge, Judy Fowler, Rob Johnston and Carol Page. In the spring the positions were filled by Judy Fowler, John Armistead, David Snyder and Mike Ferrell. seven-part series on crises of ten- ure, publish-or-perish, academic freedom in relation to Tech. Because the city newspai)er abides by If you have nothing good to say about an artist, don ' t say anything and professes lat- ter-day Puritanism, Fine Arts Ed- itor Nancy Millei-, Margaret East- man, and movie reviewer Dave Bruce, had to fill the gap. Their comments plus Pam Best ' s lent much to Bronson Havard ' s vision of editorial freedom and honesty. The 1965-66 Toreador, using al- most professional Green and Mike Ferrell as key men and following the course charted by intellectual, idealistic Editor Havard, may prove to be the most effective voice not only at Tech but also in West Texas, reflecting an awak- ing student body. FEATURE, FINE ARTS Jacque Gill, features editor and Nancy Miller, fine arts editor. SPORTS EDITOR Mike Lutz served the Toreador as sports editor during the latter part of the year. one hundred to collect and to com- ment on the news. The paid staff of fifteen were spurred by salaries ranking among the nation ' s high- est for college editors and by the fact they are read. ( If you don ' t think the Toreador is read, says Circulation Manager Winston Odom, be late getting it out and be deluged with phone calls. ) We dug up a lot more stories, cites Carets, using Bob Hooker ' s and Ron Calhoun ' s reporting clas.s- es. The staff, too, credits the more mature, thorough coverage to the new beat system. The em- phasis on going behind the news events was aptly shown by staff writer W. Eugene Smitli ' s CIRCULATION Winston Odom and Mike Ferrell