Oregon Daily
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1992
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 94, ISSUE 71
Photo Of MO Pmutf
KWVA General Manager Mike Lovelady it one of many students waiting for the station to go on the air
He said KWVA could start up winter term However, the FCC said a license won t be granted until April
Radio ready to air;
start-up disputed
jKWVA directors, FCC disagree over when
campus radio station will be able to broadcast
By Jake Berg
5 •«',! ' I New.
The wi>>t lur .1 i >iin|mis radio station will soon tin over. KW\ A or
gani/ers s.iv Thnn at;.no. how soon inst depends
The i ampus radio station mat l«*>*iit transmitting sometime w in
ter term, said Mtke Lovelady. k\VVA generaI manager
Lovelady. a University senior, said the station has passed
through all hut the final hoop in gaining a construction permit
from (lie l eder.il Communications Commission to fmilil and then
transmit from an antenna and transmitter atop I'rince l umen
CamplMili Hall
We can probably get it in the next couple ol months," laiveladv
said, if there are no more new hitches
But an FCC. spokeswoman said last week It will likely take longer
than that for the station's permit application to is- pro* essed
Ivrica Porter, an F'M information specialist lor the FCC. said the
"cross file" period for others wishing to apply to kWVA's desired
HH I freipiem v iiegan Oct .1(1 and ended Monday Then the I CC le
gai department Iiegan processing tiie application and sv i 11 "kick it
out" sometime in April
"You probably won't see it granted until April of '*»<." she said
Another FCC spokeswoman confirmed the approximate date,
saving it normally takes four to four and a-linlf months for file per
mil apple alum to tie completely pro* essed and approved after the
cut-off dale
The latest wail lor a permit m.iv t>e tile last in a long line ol I t t
red tape KWVA has had to cut through
Lovelady said station organizers believed it would fie able to lie
gin broadcasting earlier after obtaining the same permit last F'ebru
ary to transmit from a lower on Blanton Heights, southwest of Ful
gent). [tut a recent FCC chock of that tower determined dial too
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Students unsatisfied
with history courses
jNon-turopean his
tory classes are
taught mainly by
white professors
By Mandy Baucum
Emerald Reporter
Freshman Mario Garza said
he hopes to gain a knowledge
of his culture by taking Intro
duction to Chicano Cultural
History. But his wouid-bu
teacher, Jirn Garcia, the only
purson teaching a Chicano his
tory course, won't even receive
a paycheck for the class.
"Since wo are paying tuition,
I thought (Garcia) should get
paid for it," Garza said.
Junior Trevor Monteith said
the only class about Native
RACE ON CAMPUS
rthh ai tiv« paMa
Americans lie can lake is an an
thropology course (aught hy a
white person
"I don't like a white person
telling me about what a Native
American is," he said
Garza and Monteith's situa
tions are examples of the many
problems the University faces
in providing students with a
multicultural curriculum, said
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Three Ducks charged with assault
j Football players arrested in
connection with assault at
campus Public Enemy concert
By Malt Bender
Emerald Report**
Throe University football players have been
arrested and charged with assault in connec
tion with an incident that took place Nov t>
Tasi Malepeai, Paul Wiggins and l-'rancis
Knngaika art; suspected of assaulting another
University student at the Public: Kneiu? con
cert in the t'MU last month. 'Hie three have
been charged with Assault Three, a class () fel
ony.
According to police reports, the 5-ftxjt-II
inch, 170-pound victim said lit; was punched
and chased on his way out of the concert. He;
said he was leaving the concert when he
humped into a group of men. He said members
of the group punched him in the face and
chased him.
Agent Itlll Brooks, ol I Ilf Kugene |)()lii e (If
partment, said the student who reported the
assault decided lo lilo .1 complaint after atleud
mg a University fixitball garni) the day after the
incident
The victim said he saw some of Ills alleged
assailants on the Oregon sideline during the
Oregon California game, agent Brooks said
After tin Investigation, Ei‘D suspected
Malepoai, Wiggins and Kongaika were the
main actors of a larger group.
Malepoai. a li foot-2-inch, 330-pound red
shirt freshman, wtis arrested on Nov 12 Wig
gins, a 0-3. 2HO pound redshirt freshmen, was
arrested on Nov. 18. Kongaika, a f>-‘). 220
pound freshman, was arrested on Dec. 9.
Agent Brooks said any more investigative)
work would he handled hy the District Attor
ney’s Office.
Oregon Sports Information Dirr< tor Steve
Hellyer said head fixittiall coach Ki( h Brooks,
who was attending a meeting in California,
won't take disciplinary action until he has as
certained all the facts in the incident
I
WEATHER
Today there will be ram ami
increasing showers in the after
noon. Highs will be in the mid
50s
Today in History
In 1980. President jimmy
Carter signed into law a legisla
tion creating a $1.6 billion envi
ronmental "superfund* to pay
for cleaning up chemical spills
and toxic waste dumps
JACKSON NOT GOING APE
TAGOMA (AP) - Pop superstar Michael Jackson has dropped plans to
adopt a gorilla that has lived nearly ail of its 28 years in a department store
cage, an animal-rights group said
Jackson dropped the plan to build a 'gorilla palace" for Ivan, a western
lowland gorilla, at his estate north of Santa Barbara. Calif, because of the
difficulty in finding a female gorilla to be Ivan's companion, said Mitchell
Fox. animal issues director fur the Lynnwood-based Progressive Animal
Welfare Society.
Jackson's staff also felt that construction time on the gorilla home would
extend Ivan's captivity at the Bid Circus Store in Tacoma. Fox said
oFUH rs
NEW BRUNSWICK. N ) (AP) - Drug possession changes
against an assistant football coach a! Rutgers are expected to
be dropped, the Middlesex County prosecutor's office said
Thursday
Arnold Jeter was arrested Nov. 4 along with six others
includmg a 14-year-old and a 17-year-old. at a New
Brunswick home The naridities task force hail a search war
rent for the residence, and everyone at the house during the
raid was charged
More than 106 bags of cxicame worth $20 each were found in
the attic, as well as drug paraphernalia Jeter was charged
only in connection with one used bag