Word: exposers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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In one more twist of reasoning, Byker said if Expos offered something like the journalism course and some students didn't get in, then those students are bound to be more irritated than if they hadn't been offered it in the first place."
In July Byker asserted that the journalism option didn't fit the expos mold. He now says that opinion reflected the views of the expos Faculty committee. He says it is a view that he does not share.
"Although I myself believed the journalism expos was just as good a writing course as any other section, one of the committee members felt the course was geared to 'hip' writing rather than developing clear, felicitous prose," he said. "Another member felt the course had no place in the curriculum...
Beyond the question of who made the decision, lies the more crucial question: why Harvard has let go of their unique journalism course for which there is still great demand and need. Despite the course's title, its instructors did not teach students how to report or send them out...
Another aspect of the journalism option that set it aside from other expos offerings is that students worked closely with part-time and former professional writers and editors. "Professional practicing writers, like professional practicing pianists, probably make better teachers than those who are not working directly in their field," John...