tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8264083664149382723.post8679810820795224741..comments2014-05-28T13:22:43.777-06:00Comments on Aggie Journalists: SA sportswriter calls on A&M to actSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382860122959816137noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8264083664149382723.post-52557763137499713842007-10-20T00:04:00.000-06:002007-10-20T00:04:00.000-06:00Ironic that they say they'll bring back the major ...Ironic that they say they'll bring back the major "if there's enough interest" when "too many students" was the main reason given for shutting it down in the first place.<BR/><BR/>Who? Me? Bitter?Jayme Lynn Blaschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02919766841748858790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8264083664149382723.post-41258162842022303622007-10-10T08:49:00.000-06:002007-10-10T08:49:00.000-06:00I'm a Class of '86 Jour grad. No longer working in...I'm a Class of '86 Jour grad. No longer working in journalism, but so sad to see the major dropped. One reason given was the mess the department was in - allowing too many students to take classes who weren't majors. And others that were totally administrative issues.<BR/><BR/>Why take it out on the students?squighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05059002204801966322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8264083664149382723.post-1638910555161960792007-10-08T01:29:00.000-06:002007-10-08T01:29:00.000-06:00Perfect timing for this question: Just posted the ...Perfect timing for this question: Just posted the address Pam Matthews made at the FJSA reception (see above) -- she mentions that conversations about a major are on the horizon, notes the number of journalism minors is up and talks about some developments that should mean more people available to teach journalism classes.<BR/><BR/>I think you are absolutely right about losing students who are serious about a journalism career -- this gives a sense of urgency to the matter. (at least for me it does)Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382860122959816137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8264083664149382723.post-47508009437417041952007-10-07T19:17:00.000-06:002007-10-07T19:17:00.000-06:00Does anyone know the status of retuning the progra...Does anyone know the status of retuning the program to a major? The AP wire ran a story from the Eagle saying the major was coming back. I e-mailed Gates then and he told me it would come back if there was enough students interested. But how do you get them interested if it's only a minor? While the minor program might prepare journalists who are already at A&M, does it recruit people who want to be journalists? I know I wouldn't have gone to A&M if there wasn't a jour major.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com