Don Hewitt Receives 15Th Annual Murrow Award Hewitt, Executive Producer at CBS and CBS and the Creator of 60 Minutes, Is This Washington State College, Now WSU
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These were “It’s a tremendous honor to celebrate Jennings and Walter Cronkite along with people who looked up to Murrow as a role By Chey Scott the 100th year of Ed Murrow and I can’t other notable members of the field. model and became role models for those Evergreen staff think of anyone more appropriate than “If you look at broadcast today and who followed them,” Hewitt said. Don Hewitt,” communication professor the role that it fills in our society it’s hard One of the most significant memo- This year’s Edward R. Murrow ries Hewitt recalls during his time as Symposium marks a special year for Bruce Pinkleton said. “His impact on this to imagine what it would have been like field is tremendous and he truly embodies without Hewitt,” Pinkleton said. Murrow’s colleague was covering the cor- WSU’s Murrow School of onation of Queen Elizabeth II in London Communication. Murrow’s values. It’s very fitting to have Hewitt said he first met Murrow dur- him here.” ing his time as a war correspondent for in 1953. Not only does the 34th event celebrate “This was before satellite and video Edward R. Murrow, the School of The New York Tribune in the 1940s when the 100th anniversary of Murrow’s birth, so we had to figure out how to cover it in Communication’s namesake, in known Murrow was giving his famous “This is but it also marks the last year before Europe and get it on air in the States. We the school changes to the College of for his legacy in broadcast journalism London” rooftop broadcasts during the turned our plane into a flying newsroom Communication on July 1. and changing the face of media eth- second World War. Don Hewitt, an executive producer for ics. Murrow was a 1930 graduate of “Murrow changed the business for the See SYMPOSIUM Page 7 Panelists Celebrating Asian Pacific American culture discuss Islamic faith The two panel members talked about Islam as a religion and its effects as a civilization. By Brandon Silva Evergreen staff Amina Ben Ezzeddine was an atheist before she became a Muslim. The decision to con- vert is one she said she’s very proud of. It was a topic the WSU English instructor discussed at a panel Tuesday held in Todd Hall room 276 titled “Islam: A message for humanity.” The « BY URGING panel, which US TO saw a diverse SURRENDER group of people in OUR OWN attendance, EGO, ISLAM also includ- LIBERATES ed S.M. Ghazanfar, a BOTH KEVIN QUINN/DAILY EVERGREEN professor of MEN AND Members of the WSU Hawaii Club, sophomore Jacqueline Nuha, back left, senior Kiki Mizuno, forward left, and sophomore economics at WOMEN.» Ruth Gerola, perform the Palehua dance on Glenn Terrell Mall on Wednesday along with other performances organized University of by the Asian Pacific American Student Coalition. The group is celebrating Asian Pacific American Awareness Month. Idaho. Amina Ben Both panelists Ezzeddine spoke for WSU English about half instructor Gregoire vetoes funding for House and Senate bills an hour with Ghazanfar leading things off and talking about Islam as a Many are surprised by the accompanying budget items « I’M COMPLETELY STUNNED; reforming the allocation process to college childcare centers. The civilization and its legacy and achieved broad bi-partisan denial of budget requests for support on their way passing IT FELT LIKE AN APRIL process will be changed from a contributions to the world. college campus-related bills. through state Legislature. Both FOOL’S JOKE.» competitive grant system to a Such contributions and bills were passed into law, but proportional distribution sys- inventions include the tech- their budget requests were not. tem based on student contribu- nique of inoculation, the By Ryan Horlen Chris Reigelsperger Evergreen staff “I’m completely stunned; it ASWSU director of Legislative Affairs tions at each institution. The windmill and the knowledge of felt like an April Fool’s joke,” bill also came with a $1 million optics for cameras, he said. Gov. Chris Gregoire vetoed said Chris Reigelsperger, matter of time before it passed. request of additional funding, Ezzeddine spoke more of funding for House Bill 2582 ASWSU Director of Legislative At the last minute, she decided half of which was reserved for her own personal experiences, and Senate Bill 6328 Tuesday. Affairs. “All the representatives to veto it. We’re all pretty four year institutions. The vetoes came as a and senators said that the fund- stunned.” See ISLAM Page 7 shock as both bills and their ing would be there and it was a House Bill 2582 is aimed at See BILLS Page 7 INSIDE: WEATHER: PAGE 2 || POLICE LOG: PAGE 2 || CLASSIFIED: PAGE 14 || OPINION: PAGE 9 || CROSSWORD: MIX PAGE 8 || SUDOKU: MIX PAGE 8 ALSO WSU GRADUATE KILLED IN IRAQ: PAGE 3 2 THE DAILY EVERGREEN PAGE TWO THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2008 Community Calendar 5ǣǠ%ǜǤǧǴ&DZǠǭǢǭǠǠǩ5ǣǠ%ǜǤǧǴ&DZǠǭǢǭǠǠǩ Correction Policy The Daily Evergreen is com- Thursday 10 p.m. at Cafe Moro. 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