Viking_Yearbook_69

! If's Not Whether You Win Or Lose: Volume 1, No. 5 112 March 10, 1969 It's How You Play The Game Congratulations Andy Haynes Establishment gone underground. The Times, a weekly newspaper supported by student body presi– dent John Nolan, surfaced at Portland State winter term. According to Nolan, the Vanguard, regular campus paper, lacked journalistic responsibility. Its editors were controlled, Nolan contended, by a minority "of the hippy faction , you might say." Financed by students ' parents and local business– men, the Times opened shop in Smith Center. Jim Smith, senior, served as editor. In contrast to the Vanguard, the new paper fo– cused on fraternity-sorority activities, campus fash– ions, and in editorials , right-wing thought. The Vanguard received an all-American rating from the Associated Collegiate Press Service for weeklies dating from September to February. From February to March, as campaigning mounted for student elections, the Times served the university. A week after votes were tallied the newspaper folded . Jacob Driesen, executive director, explained that the Times had attained its goal by "improving the quality of journalism" and proving two papers could exist on campus - almost . The problem of communication between 10,000 PSU students, faculty, and administrators possibly was aided by the existence of a second newspaper. The Vanguard l' mited by staff and funding problems could publish only weekly, which made the medium less effective than a daily newspaper. The existence of two papers was a stopgap improvement in the university coverage. The Vanguard, aware of this fact, initiated plans fo r biweekly papers next fall.