Articles & opinions from the OCC Viking News

Obviously, the most recent issue of the Viking News includes several news articles and opinions about Prof. Bosley's situation. Here are some links:

Adviser, 3 faculty members terminated
"What counted was the college published an article of investigative journalism, which did not place the administration in the most positive light," said Elizabeth Mitchell professor of English and literature, at the board of trustees meeting Monday and protesting the termination of Karen L. Bosley, current adviser of Viking News, effective at the end of this academic year...

Veep of college advancement 'duly impressed' by Press writer
"I believe you will be duly impressed with Joe's experience in the world of journalism, along with his many awards and teaching experience at Monmouth University" said Tara Kelly, OCC's vice president of college advancement in a recent electronic mail that urged letting her set up an interview with Joe Adelizzi, OCC's new director of student media...

...The job description calls for the person to have a master's degree and at least two years of college teaching. According to Adelizzi, he "does not know anything about technology" and has no college degrees and little college-teaching experience. He said he does have more than 20 years of media work as, among other things, a sports writer and former sports editor for the Asbury Park Press, and, he said, he taught a sports writing course at Monmouth University last year.

Letter: Staffer praises adviser's work
...Bosley has been nothing but supportive and encouraging in my endeavors to pursue a career in music journalism. She has not only been my professor but continues to be a mentor and friend...

Viewpoint: Adviser removal part of censorship
The First Amendment of the Constitution awards the right to freedom of speech to everyone; however, the administration at OCC would have you believe otherwise....

The first of the stories linked above mentions that Mr. Adelizzi advised Dr. Bosley that the "prevailing standard at newspapers nationwide is a P.C.-based system." What Mr. Adelizzi and the administration are having a problem understanding is that Dr. Bosley's role as adviser is to teach her students all aspects of the newspaper industry. Not all of the Viking News staffers are going to be reporters. Many may go on to become page designers and photographers who will use Macintosh computers throughout their careers.

Also, journalism doesn't just include newspapers. There are magazine publishers, graphic design houses and public relations firms. I don't know what the studies say about Mac vs. PC use in these industries, but I wonder if the OCC administration even considered researching that. Or did the powers that be just get their information from a hack like Adelizzi?

As far as the aspiring reporters are concerned, it doesn't matter if they are using Macs or PCs since they can run word processing software on either platform. So why is it such a big deal that the students are learning on Macintosh computers? That argument is complete hogwash!

Oh, there is one thing you can't do on a Mac that you can do on a PC...on a Mac, you can't open an .exe file that turns out to be a virus designed to attack Windows-based computers.

Well, I'm a former Bosley student and Viking News staff member. I went on to receive a bachelor's degree in journalism from Rider University, which has a journalism lab based on the Mac OS platform. I now work in Rider's office of publications. Guess what kind of computer I use? Yep...a Mac.

Please use the information on the right-hand side of this page to contact OCC President Jon Larson and tell him what he and the trustees are doing is wrong.