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Around town
Escort service provided for students
The men of Law Hall have announced that they will provide
an escort to or from the library, the fish lot, and your dorm
between 8 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. any day of the week.
To get an escort call 845-9803 during the above hours.
Basement Committee sponsors band
The Rave will be at DeWare Fieldhouse tonight at 8 p.m.
T ickets are $3 each and available at the MSG Box Office
and the door.
The Rave is a band with a 60s British beat sponsored by
the MSC Basement Committee.
Dance to be held for clients
T he Bryan-College Station chapter of the Association for
Retarded Citizens (ARC) will sponsor a Sweetheart Dance
Feb. 14 for persons attending two sheltered work training
facilities. New Trend Industries, a work training facility in
Bryan, and Robertson County Vocational Training Center
in Hearne are operated by the Mental Health and Mental
Retardation Authority of Brazos Valley.
The party will be held from 1 1 a.m. to 1 p.m. at New
Trend Industries, 309 N. Washington, Bryan.
ARC has arranged for Joe Daniels, a local disc jockey in
Bryan, to provide the music. KTAW/FM is also providing
funds for decorations and assisting with the party and re
creational activities.
Political Forum schedules program
MSC Political Forum is sponsoring a special election forum
today entitled “Meet the Candidates.”
1 he program will include a question and answer session
on Congressional District 6 issues and is scheduled fro 8 p.m.
in Rudder Forum. It is free and open to the public.
Faculty to meet with representative
Texas A&M University faculty members will have an
opportunity to discuss current legislative developments in
cluding recommendations by the Legislative Budget Board
concerning salary increases and benefits in a session with
State Representative Bill Presnal Friday.
Presnal will meet with interested faculty and staff at 3 p.m.
in Room 501 Rudder Tower. The meeting is sponsored by
the Texas Association of College Teachers.
Scholarship pageant tickets for sale
1 he MSC Hospitality Committee has announced that tick
ets for the 4th Annual Miss Texas A&M Scholarship
Pageant are now on sale.
The pageant is scheduled for Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. Tickets are
$3.50 for students and $6 for non-students. They are now
available at the MSC Box Office.
Marathon entry deadline approaches
Runners and walkers of all ages prepare yourself for
another race to benefit the American Heart Association. The
Run is scheduled for 8 a.m. Feb. 19.
The starting line for the Run for Your Life 6.2 Mile Run
will be Post Oak Mall. I he run is co-sponsored by Post Oak
Mall and the College Station Parks and Recreation Depart
ment.
The entry fee is $6 if received by 5 p.m. Feb. 16, $7
thereafter. Entry forms are available at the Heart Associa
tion, College Station Parks and Recreation Office, Post Oak
Mall and at local sporting goods stores.
For more information call the Heart Association at 693-
6454 or the College Station Parks and Recreations Depart
ment at 693-PARD.
Bible professor to lecture at church
Dr. Merlin Hoops, professor of New Testament at Trinity
Seminary in Columbus, Ohio, will present four lectures, Feb.
13 and 14 at the Peace Lutheran Church, 1100 F.M.2818.
Times and titles of the lectures will be:
— “The Foundation of the New Testament Witness” 9:15
a.m. Feb. 13
— “Development of the Gospels” 7 p.m. Feb. 13
1 itles of Jesus and their Significance” noon, Feb. 14
— “The Central Message of Jesus” 7 p.m. Feb. 14
A Pot Luck Dinner is planned for 6 p.m. Sunday evening
and a brown bag luncheon at noon Monday. Dr. Hoops will
also preach at both services on Sunday morning. Area stu
dents and residents are invited to come and listen to Dr.
Hoops.
Art exhibit on display in Gallery
A special art exhibit has been set up in the Memorial
Student Center Gallery by the Black Awareness Committee.
The display includes a photographic collection of Black
historical figures entitled “Blacks in the South,” and unique
African stamp art by Ron Wilkins. The display will remain
until Feb. 18 and is in celebration of the Black History
Month.
If you have an announcement or item to submit for this
column, come by The Battalion office in 216 Reed McDo
nald or call Tracey Taylor at 845-2611.
Battalion/Pag S |
February 11,1
KAMU-TV trains students
by Kathy Wiesepape
Battalion Reporter
The activity in KAMU-TV’s
Studio A picks up shortly before
6:30 p.m. each day. Cameramen
expertly thread their way
through a maze of cables as the
anchorwoman looks over her
notes.
“Okay, we’re going with the
logo ... standby,” comes the dire
ctor’s voice from the control
room. “And ... mike and cite.”
KAMU’s daily news broadcast is
on the air.
KAMU-TV, on the Texas
A&M campus, is one of a hand
ful of public television stations
with a daily newscast, Program
Director Rodger Lewis said. But
the station’s most unusual fea
ture is that half of its staff is
made up of Texas A&M stu
dents.
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“We really consider our
broadcasting operation to be a
lab for students,” said Mel Chas
tain, KAMU’s general manager.
The current news crew con
sists of part-time student work
ers and one full-time staff mem
ber. The station has 18 student
assistants on the payroll, but
Chastain said more students
take part in the station’s opera
tion through broadcasting
classes or volunteer work.
“Our program is just unique.
There’s no place else in the state
where students can broadcast
like this,” said Lewis.
Students in introductory
broadcasting courses end the
semester with a 15-minute live
broadcast. The advanced broad
casting classes produce “Etc.,"
the weekly half-hour news-talk
show. Beginning newswriting
classes produce “Assignment
15,” a weekly magazine show,
while students in the advanced
newswriting course write and
film assignments for the dailv
newscast.
It’s rare for undergraduate
students to have the opportunity
to work on a live newscast, said
Lewis. Most universities in
Texas separate their broadcast
ing facilities from their acade
mic programs.
I here are no full-time
teachers in Texas A&M’s broad
casting Hasses. The staff mem
bers are professionals who
spend three-quarters of their
work day advising and working
in the studios.
Some schools in Texas offer
degrees in broadcast journalism
but don’t have broadcasting faci
lities to train the students. Even
in the schools with impressive
broadcasting facilities, under-
“Oi/r program is just
unique. I here's no
place else in the state
where students can
broadcast on a live prog
ram like this. Most uni
versities in 1 exas have
separate broadcasting
lacilities to train the stu
dents. Even in the
schools with impressive
broadcasting facili t ies,
undergraduate stu
dents hardly get to
touch anything. ” —
Rodger Lewis, KAMI -
TV's program director.
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touch anything, Lewis said.
Chastain said a lab setting
simply does not give the student
the same experience as working
on a live broadcast.
“Any student will learn more
by doing something for real,” he
said.
“What MSC Committee is offer
ing the student body the oppor
tunity to attend speeches by ex
perts in the area of Latin Ameri
can Affairs?”
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Nancy Weatherley, senior
journalism major and co-news
director, said that even though
her two production courses gave
her some idea of what broad
casting was like, she learned
much more from the daily ex-
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