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The Newsletter of the Western States Communication Association Printer Friendly Version www.westcomm.org January 2004 Volume 31, Issue 1 Editor: Stephanie J. Coopman, San Jose State U In this issue: From the President's Desk | President-Elect's Column Local Host Information | Convention Hotel Nominating Candidates | WJC Table of Contents   From the President's Desk: Make Plans Now for Albuquerque!! Connie Bullis, U of Utah The 75th Annual WSCA conference is just around the corner. I invite each of you to join as we celebrate 75 years of the Best of the regional conventions! Myron Lustig has planned a superb stimulating conference program and Ken Frandsen has planned a number of wonderful extra-curricular activities. So please come and take advantage of both! Both are detailed in this newsletter. As you plan, I want to encourage you to do a couple of things. First, consider pre-registering to save time and money. You should have your materials by now and it isn't too soon to send them in. Second, please stay in the convention hotel. It is more fun to be at the center of convention activity, but it also helps to support WSCA financially. It costs the association when program participants don't stay at the convention hotel. I want to pause a moment to thank all WSCA members for your participation in this association. Thank you for continuing to make this association the most vibrant of the regionals in terms of scholarship, collegiality, and fun! Please plan to participate fully as we approach another convention and another annual cycle of activity. We need your best scholarly work, your service in making the association flourish, your membership, and your interest. See you in Albuquerque! WSCA in 2004 — Our Diamond Jubilee Myron W. Lustig, President-Elect This year's WSCA convention in Albuquerque will be most memorable yet; after all, it's our 75th anniversary! The convention workshops, the Kickoff presentation, Special Events, and the Fiesta Dinner all occur on Saturday, February 14. Programs and business meetings begin Sunday, February 15 and continue through Tuesday, February 17. Please be sure to make your convention hotel reservations early; remember to mention to the Hyatt representative that you are attending the WSCA convention. This year's theme, "Widening Our Circle," is well represented by the events and the activities that are planned. The basic course conference, the undergraduate scholars research conference, the workshops, and many of the panel sessions will highlight this theme. I also invite you to attend the presentations of two preeminent scholars; Ronald Takaki's Kickoff address on Saturday at 5:30pm is entitled "Widening Our Circle: Multicultural America," and Michael Omi's Keynote speech on Sunday at 10:30am is entitled "Rethinking the Language of Race and Racism." The program planners have worked extremely hard (and well!) to bring you a wonderful variety of programs. Program sessions include topics that range from communication activism, to service learning, to social justice. The program planners were also able to take advantage of some local fame; included is a session on the Sandia National Laboratories and another that is comprised of the major participants in McDonald's "Hot Coffee" case. Please look through the online program and find the sessions that are especially pertinent to your interests. You are sure to find many events that will "widen your circle" of understanding. Don't forget to join us at the Fiesta dinner on Saturday February 14, and bring your dancin' shoes for the Sock Hop on Sunday, February 15. Local hosts Ken Frandsen and crew have been working hard to ensure that your toes will be tapping! This WSCA convention brings scholars, teachers, and practitioners together to share ideas, research, and friendship. It's our diamond jubilee, our 75th year; together we will celebrate the past and look forward with anticipation to the years ahead! See you all in Albuquerque! Bienvenidos Ken Frandsen, Local Host We're looking forward to being your hosts for the WSCA 75th Annual, Diamond Jubilee, Convention in Albuquerque, February 13-17, 2004. Whether this is your first or fifteenth visit to Albuquerque, you're in for a treat. Albuquerque's weather is simply amazing. You may want to consider bringing a hat, sunscreen and/or sunglasses for 4 of our 310 days per year of blue skies and sunshine. You may also want to bring your skis, golf clubs, tennis racquet or hiking boots because Albuquerque's weather makes it an outdoor lover's paradise. But there are cautions, too. Saturday, the opening day of the Convention, is Valentine's Day and seats in downtown restaurants will be very difficult, if not impossible, to find. So we've scheduled a marvelous Southwest Fiesta Dinner for you, in the Hyatt Regency, immediately following the Kick Off Session. In addition to distinctive New Mexican cuisine, you will be treated to the sights and sounds of Mariachi musicians and Flamenco dancers. And, before the evening is over, you may be the lucky winner of the Fiesta Grand Prize drawing‹a hot air balloon ride provided by Sweet Escape. Prior to the Kick Off and Dinner, you can enjoy the spectacular views afforded by a tour of the historic Acoma Pueblo or by riding the world's longest tramway to Sandia Peak or by joining the group for a golf outing at the UNM Championship Course. You can find registration forms for these Local Host Events by using the links on the WSCA Convention page and you'll find registration forms for accommodations and convention participation there, too. Albuquerque's Accessibility, Attractions, Accommodations and Affordability make it the place to be for the 2004 WSCA 75th Annual, Diamond Jubilee, Convention so join us ! The Hyatt Regency Albuquerque Sue Pendell, Executive Director If you're a member, you've already received your convention packet in the mail, including hotel reservation information for the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque. Reservations are due January 21st, so if you haven't made your reservation yet, you'll want to do so now. For details about the hotel and to make a reservation online, you can find a link to the Hyatt via our website, www.westcomm.org. The Hyatt Regency Albuquerque is a wonderful place to stay and for our convention. It's a quick shuttle or taxi ride from the airport. It's just two blocks from Downtown with many excellent restaurants, bars, and a great, old theater with live entertainment. You can catch the Central Avenue bus down Route 66 to Historic Old Town for shopping, the Albuquerque Museum, the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, the National Atomic Museum, and the Albuquerque Aquarium. The Hyatt is a beautiful hotel—it has spacious sleeping rooms with great views and convention-friendly meeting space. Staying in the convention hotel puts you close to the meetings, the special events, and the parties, especially the Southwest Fiesta on Saturday night and the Salsa Shake Sock Hop on Sunday night. And it's so easy (and safe) just to take an elevator to your room after a great evening! The Hyatt has one rate for up to four people in a room, and your staying in the convention hotel keeps your convention registration fee down. So stay at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque! It's accessible, conveniently located, attractive, friendly, reasonably priced, and the right thing to do! Nominating Candidates for Elected Offices Sue Pendell, Executive Director Just a reminder that if you plan to nominate a candidate for elected office at the 2004 Legislative Assembly meeting, you will need to follow the following procedure: "Before an individual can be nominated for an associationwide elected office, including Legislative Assembly, Executive Council, and NCA representatives, that individual must indicate in writing a willingness to serve if elected or be present at the meeting in which the nomination occurs and indicate orally their willingness to serve if elected. For elections by the Legislative Assembly, such a document is to be delivered to the Second Vice President prior to the nomination. Association members shall be notified of available elected positions and the process of indicating their willingness to serve." Elected offices to be filled by the Legislative Assembly this year are: Two At-Large Representatives to Executive Council (to serve 2004-2006 starting with the meeting Tuesday morning February 17th , including an annual meeting at NCA the evening prior to the convention and an annual meeting at WSCA the day prior to the convention); Two members of the Nominating Committee (to serve with Immediate Past President Connie Bullis, Committee Chair, and two members elected by the Executive Council for 2004), and The WSCA Representative to NCA Legislative Council representing 4+-year institutions (to serve 2004 through 2006 starting with NCA in Chicago, including Wednesday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday morning meetings). Western Journal of Communication Winter 2004 Issue (Volume 68, Number 1) Daniel Canary, Editor Table of Contents Joshua Gunn, "The Rhetoric of Exorcism: George W. Bush and the Return of Political Demonology" Alfred G. Mueller II, "Affirming Denial through Preemptive Apologia: The Case of the Armenian Genocide Resolution" Josh Boyd, "Organizational Rhetoric Doomed to Fail: R. J. Reynolds and the Principle of the Oxymoron" Theodore O. Prosise and Ann Johnson, "Law Enforcement and Crime on Cops and World's Wildest Police Videos: Anecdotal Form and the Justification of Racial Profiling" Walter J. Carl, "The Interactional Business of Doing Business: Managing Legitimacy and Co-Constructing Entrepreneurial Identities in E-Commerce Multilevel Marketing Discourse" WSCA 2004 Convention Program Now Online! View and print out the program at: www.westcomm.org/conventions