KRMA to KWVA, saga nearly over No. could i! really be true? After all this time? K the I 'niversits going to get a radio station? Probably But for I diversity students who have waited a < ou pie of years and seen .SMI.000 poured into a program that hasn't (yet) borne fruit, "probably" is a bit of a downer "Probably" could mean anything In all fairness. KWVA I’M. as the campus station is now called, does look as if it has everything in order The I CO has approver! the ownership change which transferred the license from the Idivrrsits Foundation to students. The equipment and studio are reads The only remaining obstac le: getting !•'('.(! approval to put a broadt ast tower on top of Prim e l.ucien (lamp hell Hall That process is supposed to be over soon.hid with .ill the past I ( ( . delays, stallings, post ponement. and proi rash nation radio station or gam/ers ,ire a hi! jaded —they won't say esat tlv when KWVA will hit the airwas es, For anybody not keeping a total, that’s nearly $110,000, and the radio station has yet to spin a record. Let's hope it's soon K VV VA has rri i*iv ed a lot nl student money over the past two years, arid tfio.se same students are getting a little restless In addition to tlie $«>0.(KM) the radio station has aireudv received. kWVA got a S40.1H2 alloration from the li t' for next year. For anybody not keeping a tot,if, that's nearly .St to.non. and the radio station lias yet to spin a ret ord (letting the license looks as d it's a long and com plicated pro* ess. but two soars seems an inordinate amount of time Ordinarily, the smartest option might be to si rap the whole deal and cut losses However, the radio station is so close to opening (supposedly), and ttie money allotted is so much, the choice here is to suck it up and wait for kWVA to finally show up < )rcv, >n /),;//> Emerald u-f.vin irerre: Manaj.ng l ditor t dilolial I ditor Graphics l d.lur l niertainmenl t difor f ditor in C'hw»f »f.i M.i - JO" I 'if- vl> t.», ul.l*., ■/ Nigfcl I ditor r>7 • itf lUi-> New * l cl.ior I Jiloi i*i l ditor S(M>n» t drtor In 1 ouch l ditor Bo - W! 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Classified Advertising 146 414 3 RJSl coMMtmvim; stamp rnrts*. Y NcrWttDK aM a 'tfted budget! FAR l { STY I K \ . "V. V s\-.S\ \ LATE ST VIE jjk. Guilty or not, Peltier deserves retrial THE FINE PRINT BY CATHIE DANIELS Leonard IVlttor King .1 hell? Hr should, hi- s now sorv in;j lvv 11 ' onset ulue life forms in hi ArmTioin prison fur .1 1 nmi- no one 1 .in prove hr 1 iiininilli-d t in- hti i k of 1 In- rv 1 tin . ■ used lo i onvii 1 him in ]M’ ’ h is sim i! him ri'pudiid i d. vi'i hr Inis lx-rn denied rv i-rs appeal for .1 rrlri.il slnrr I hen IVliier, .1 (ililppi vs .1 - L.iknla Indian .11 livtsl. is the subject of Ivvn dot unii nliinrs and om torlhc-uming Oliver Sionii film ih'pii ting his 1 7 vi'.ir long li'g.il hullh- ol Amnesty Intrrnuiion al s r 1 •< itiI 1.1II lor ,1 (nmm 1 s sum of Inquiry info the role of flu- MU in jioliln.il Iri.ils. and of a IVI i I i on lor hvet u t i ve (dcnn iKA di'in.Hiding IVllier's irredom. It'd hv Sen Daniel Inouve A Triends n( thi’ ('.ourl" tirir! has also Iitrll Issued. ask mg lor i new Inal for Peltier The dot ument, so far ignored, iv,is signed In 55 memiiers ol ( ongress, ihe National Asst* ia lion of ( ritnlnal Defense Atlor ne\s, California Atturnevs lor ( '.ritnlnal justice and 7H world religious leaders So. what s all the Ini huh alxiut an\ was l’eltler is being held lor the shooting deaths of two PHI agents during a June 1975 .hootnut on tin- Pine Ktdge In dtan Reservation, S I) Trouble is the evidence convicting Peltier has situ e (seen found to he fabricated, perjured, and/or coert ed bv the I 'll I There is ahsolutelv no evi 1 K I’l-r, s 1) to: 1 days in 1M7 1 leaving af ter government representatives agreed in conduct congression al investigations ol thru , the I HI prepared itsell for a confrontation via actions like a study of its paramilitary op erations readiness in Indian country, and a buildup ul I HI personnel in and around the reservation, un hiding SU A I trained agents Ironically, the only thing the government was lighting was a group ul people trying to keep rights that were justifiably theirs m the lirst plar e jus! as much, d not more, manpower and energy was expended de living these people their rights instead of obliging them with the earlier promise of emigres siunal investigations Another agreement broken In real lion to the building tension, a firelight, complete with SWAT teams firing auto malic and semi-automatic weapons, tear gas. high explo sives and fixed wing aircraft, ensued June 2t>. 1U75. resulting in the shooting of two Fill agents and one Lakota man Helper now carries the load of the agents' deaths, the Lakota man's death was never investi gated Heftier was sentenced June 1, 1U77, his prosecution secured bv "witnesses'" like Myrtle Hixir Hear Hoor Hear, the only alleged eyewitness, signed two affidavits st.it mg sin- was Turn to RETRIAL Page 3 PEOPLE REACT TO THE SEXUAL MISCONDUCT CHARGES AGAINST SEN. BROCK ADAMS... V WHAT A t CREEP/ WHAT A DISGRACE! WHAT AN amateur.