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 f‘ry*43 by jqjl »■** ay 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 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 SWAP FREE WHEEL A local dance work shop for both the able bodied and the physi cally challenged be gins this weekend. 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 • ■ ji Tuo- day e GOL!