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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1974
809 E. 29th St., Bryan
is full of Easter Surprises
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*OIivewood eggs & jewelry from Israel
*Easter novelties & decorations
Come up Texas Ave. - Turn South On 29th at
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Student radio may soon broadcast^
Dick Kutches is back in town and
invites you to
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Sunday Through Friday
Breakfast-7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
Coffee & Pastry—9:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m
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SUPPER 4:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
“Quality First”
By JULIA JONES
TAMU has a television station
and a newspaper, but it does not
have an open-air broadcast radio
station. A group of students are
now working to change this.
According to Darrell Brogdon,
assistant station manager of Stu
dent Government Radio, “Open
air has always been a goal. We
have thought about it a long time
and think it can be done.” SGR, a
student radio station, has been
operating since last fall, however
it is cable and can only be heard
by those on Midwest Video.
The studio is a very small win
dowless room. It has a small in
strument panel, and a small col
lection of records. There is a
list of “do’s and don’ts on the
wall. Most of them are “don’ts.”
“Don’t let loose no the air (wait
till you are off)Do be discreet”
(the station has to answer to the
student senate). There is one
chair and two small turntables.
According to Brogdon, the
equipment at SGR is “deteriorat
ing.”
The Student Government Sta
tion, which has no call letters,
is currently operating from a
back room in the Ridgewood Bar
ber shop. Announcing is a volun
teer student project. There are
few programs aside from music.
The students feel that with
open air broadcasting, their pro
grams could be greatly enlarged.
Brogdon added that, “The station
could stop selling advertising,
which would give us more time
to concentrate on programming.
It would greatly benefit Journal
ism students that are specializing
in broadcasting.”
SGR is responsible tothe stu
dent trustee board and the stu
dent senate. If open air is ap
proved, Student Senate will try
to find funds, according to Steve
Wakefield, Student Service Chair
man. There is a possibility of
Federal funding if the license is
approved. Federal funds are avail
able for educational licens
ing, which requires that the sta
tion be non-commercial.
In order for SGR to become
open air, the Federal Communica
tions Commission must approve a
license, which takes as little as
six months or as long as 10 years.
A decision about applying for
a license is expected soon.
Cost of a station also varies de
pending upon the type of facil
ities involved. The cost of the
facility under consideration here
has been estimated at $24,000.
Studio facilities were includ
ed in the KAMU-TV building,
but are currently in use as a re
cording studio.
TAMU had an open air station
in the past, licensed in 1922, ac
cording to Clyde Freeman, vice-
president and comptroller of the
TAMU system. They were offer
ed a 50,000 watt frequency (clear
channel) by the Federal Commun
ications System and turned it
down in favor of a 1,000 watt
frequency. They broadcast, under
the call letters WTAW (watch
the Aggies win), the first foot
ball game on radio, the Thanks
giving game between the Univer-
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Disc jockey Creed Ford attempts to cope with the old equipment and cramped conditi
(Photo by Alan Killing’sworth)
Suggestions seek approval
PEANUTS
By Charles M. Set
PEANUTS
TAMU has a television station
to sit through graduation rituals
in the future.
The policy of requiring stu
dents to be present at their grad
uation exercises took a step to
ward oblivion Tuesday afternoon
at a University Rules and Regu
lations Committee meeting.
Section 37 of the University
Regulations handbook says, in
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Has “Red Eye”
New summer selections in coral and turquoise.
Slacks and shorts are cotton and polyester.
5-13 Slacks $18 Shorts $18
As an Easter accent the buttons on the front are shaped
like small bunnies.
Cardigan sweater is also an easy care garment, high
lighted by an embroidered flower cluster.
5-13
$14
Short, cool, tops are reversible in the same pattern,
but background is light or dark.
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part, “Unless registered in absen
tia or excused by his academic
dean, he (the graduating student)
must be present in person at the
graduation exercise.”
The committee voted to sug
gest the rule be changed to read
that students would be “expect
ed to be present” unless other
wise excused.
The revision makes the rule
“less compelling,” according to
Curt Marsh, rules and regs chair
man for the Student Senate.
Committee member J. B. Beck
ham, associate dean of the Col
lege of Science, said the regula
tion requiring an excuse from the
ceremony made the job of those
officiating easier by giving them
“usually accurate information on
who is going to be there.”
The committee suggested doing
away with Distinguished Stu
dent cards and the attendance
exemptions connected with the
honor. Letters recognizing the ac
complishment would still be sent
out, however.
Suspension for cheating was re
moved as a punishment option
for first-time offenders.
The changes must be approved
by TAMU President Jack Wil.-
jiams. His assistant, Dr. Tom
Adair, was at the meeting, how
ever, and voted for the revisions.
The committee meets at 3 p. m.
Tuesday in the Olin E. Teague
Building. The first item on the
agenda will be a “Student Bill of
Rights” passed by the Student
Senate last month.
Immediately after he
won the golf tournament,
he was interviewed on TV.
“This is the most
exciting moment o!'
my life!” he said.
“ I saw you on TV,’’said his
wife. “I thought the day
we got married was the
most exciting moment of
your life.”
In his next tournamat
he failed to make th
cut.
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