Oregon Daily
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11,1992
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 93, ISSUE 116
Campus radio station finally gets its FCC license
j However, KWVA FM must still get
FCC approval of its antenna, which
sits atop PLC, before it can hit the
airwaves
By Kirsten Lucas
Emerald Reporter
After two years, three different oil! numbers, three
different studios ,md Stitt.OtX), campus radio most
recently known .is KWVA I'M ;s m its linaf start
up phase.
However new sw orthv this may seem, it m.iv
sound vaguely familiar to students who have been
on campus for the past couple of years
KWVA has been struggling to gel on tin- air lor two
years now. and there have been a few false starts in
the process, making organizers hesitant to c r\ wolf
Many students who voted in lotto to fund the
campus radio station, originally known as KKMA.
won't even he around to hear it
It has taken almost two years to transfer the !■(!(!
broadcast license, to find and remodel a studio loca
tion and to acquire adequate and inexpensive broad
cast equipment
The biggest challenge to KWVA has been transfer
ring the F'C.C license from the University Foundation
to students
Turn to KWVA. Page 5
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KWVA production managar Shawn Elian Ufa among $24,000 worth ol radio aquipmant that'a waiting to ba put to
uaa. Howavar, thara'% a till no official atart-up data lor tha campua radio atation
Advocates push University to hire more minority faculty
j Although progress is slow,
some hope more professors
of color will add to a
friendlier campus climate
By Rivers Janssen
i rrter.t '<1 RoporU*
Minority students are int reasiriglv iso
luted and frustrated by the University
community, say minority advocates on
campus
Tins comes in response to a ret ent re
port by the Oregon (Commission on Mat k
Affairs, whic.h said the University is hay
ing problems providing a suitable ( ll
male fur him k. studunts and other minor
ities
Marshall Siiuteda, dins tor of the ()l
fits* of Multicultural Affairs, said stu
dents of t tdor need tint ourugnment to
finisfi at the I diversity
I Ins encouragement could ( time from
more minority faculty to identity with
students, more programs to gel minor
Hies on to graduate si hool, and more ed
teuton for white luiulty to adpist to a
minority student's perspei live
As it stands now Suuceda said minor
Hies often leave before finishing (heir ed
illations anil very few continue on foi
gradual'' degrees
As of fall term, the University had .
minority population ol alxiut It) peri ent
with a hi.ii k population ol almost per
i ent
While these statislus ai i uralelv repre
sent the percentage of hlai ks in Oregon
it remains strikingly' low lor a University
looking to compete .is a national mstllii
tlon with a diverse curriculum The far
ult> numbers are even lower, with six
him k teaching faculty out of I.OTi total
none ol them female
l lie i ominission s report suggested
several corrective measures aimed at
keeping minorities on campus The mu
|or recommendations im 111 <I■■ strengthen
affirmative ai lion oflic es bv boosting
budgets .ind st,ill. hiring morr minority
iiislriii lors lo ri'Di i I Ihn minority student
population ami m< musing i attipus sup
port groups for minority students
"Tin; biggest (ballmige is ( renting an
environment to ultra* I people to your in
stitulinn." Sauced,! said, "while also
having an environment that is enjoyable
to them
The best way to do that may In
Turn to CAMPUS Pago 3
Winning student ready to ‘trade places’
j university senior brian
Jardine will fill in for the
president while Brand
struggles through an af
ternoon of vocal jazz
By Carrie Dennett
fmeraid A: . ate f .1 tty
11-iff ummunii .ition and film se
nior lirmn jardinu i\as selected
! uesdjV it"' 'll1 . k\ s! mien! H !
will trade c-s with I'niviTMii
President Mvles Brand on tin- 111• r
noun iif April Knot's !lay
Jardme said he fx>ught two rattle
tit krls because In1 ilw.n* w.iniul
to meet Mvlt’s Hrund
I * v t* never dune mvthing like
this before," said the surprised win
ner "I’ve never won anything;
In a statement released Morulas
Brand said he had some nppruhun
Moris about tlie swap.
wail in. he said- '!( they sin k me
in an advanced language class. I’m
Myles Brand
Brian Jardine
iil-.iil
Wi'li :; l!. ' ■ lit •>:; t '. .1V > • ,l li
gutigf class in his si htttJuht, bui
Brand will slum) in for him In an .1!
tnrnoon Vo< at ;u/z t .ass ind a ( om
munic.iiion Tim hnolngv and Six h-h
discussion group
T’,1' ’rail!: hiv
lunch for the president and t
jardme's thnw-hnur Toitnision Di
rer lion class from H i() in I I .'(1.1 m
Brand, who holds a Ph i) in phi
losophy. said he will has • In bone
up on classroom noit luting so hi
'..an do .1 j;o<«i oi.. 'if vs in; > r -
behalf
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A local dance work
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bodied and the physi
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See DANCE. Page 6
GOIN' SOUTH
Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and
President George Bush were big win
ners during the much-hyped Super
Tuesday presidential primaries in the
Southern states
i
See f LrCTlON 92, PagcIO
TOP SWING
Oregon's Jeff Lyons
used his best form to
win the Duck Invihi
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