"he Battalion TATE & LOCAL jbs 845iThursday, September 13,1990 or TAMU graduate has control f alternative rock airwaves Near-fatal crash creates new outlook ;d States should ks and pusheae ble concessions, nd greater land lernmentand and destructior. e FMLN. The threaten the duction ofaidil it on reform offer aid to the peace is achiei both sides, idoran public; d settlement isi could apply eve ioth sides once ible and thatei Jy ISSELLE MCALLISTER [The Battalion Staff All college graduates dream of orking in a field they enjoy. Texas A&M graduate Alex Luke, llass of ’90, has found his niche on [he airwaves, programming alterna- [ive rock music on Dallas’ KDGE — The Edge. The 22-year-old speech commu- ication graduate worked in the new _;adon since it began broadcasting July 1989, and says A&M’s KANM ilanted the idea of radio broadcast- nts peace. ring in his head. ns should also!. “KANM really got me started,†he er role as medjfays. y worked some..; , mediating an I ‘‘' u,c " vc s ^ A&M s student-run cable radio sta- ides in me â– i on> Luke worked his way to the top jfthe organization. As a freshman, he worked as an ilternate disc jockey, filling in when le was needed. From there, he went n to serve in every position avail- ble at the station at one time or an- .. . , .^ther. lor political m :n translated as 1.’ The saviour jrder to savetki st stop Luke says the skills he learned were invaluable. At KDGE, he pro grams music similar to that which he played at KANM. “It’s one of only a handful (of ra dio stations) in the country that plays alternative rock,†he says. “It's one of only a handful (of radio stations) in the country that play alternative rock.†— Alex Luke, former A&M student Alternative rock, with artists like the Smiths, They Might Be Giants, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Front 242, Kraftwerk and the Indigo Girls, is notoriously popular with college- aged crowds because of its out-of- the-mainstream, eclectic sound. Almost a year before he became The Edge’s assistant music director in May, Luke commuted from Col- ByJOE FERGUSON Of The Battalion Staff lege Station to Dallas to broadcast three shows each weekend. In his last year at A&M, he jug gled four jobs and his schoolwork to prepare for his future career. He scheduled classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays so he could stay in College Station and work at KAMU and KANM. He would travel to Houston on Tuesdays and Thursdays to intern at KLDL. On the weekends he found his way to KDGE in Dallas. “I always wanted to get into ra dio,†he says. And his dream has come true. Luke now programs music for KDGE full time and also fills in for vacationing disc jockeys. For a new station, KDGE is doing extremely well in the competitive ra dio industry, he says. “The latest trends show we are beating some of our (more estab lished) competition.†There are two foolish mistakes, according to Rusty Combes, that people must avoid; driving an auto mobile after drinking alpcoholic bev erages, and trying to live life without knowing the person of Jesus Christ. Combes, speaking at Campus Crusade for Christ’s, “Greek Lifeâ€, speaks with the authority afforded him by the events of his life since 1981. A week before he was to graduate from the University of Texas, Com bes was involved in an alcohol-re lated “crash†that sent him flying headfirst from the bed of a truck into a brick wall. His life was forever changed. Combes, at first, jokes about the changes in his life. “When you look at me, you think there’s something different about me. There is. I’m losing my hair.†Combes, speaking with a slight impairment, chose to show a video recording from 1985 of his story in stead of telling it live. The audience of about 200 absorbed every detail of the professionally produced vi deo. Combes, in the video, described his life before the crash. As a High land Park High School (Dallas) se nior, he anticipated the college expe rience to be “the good life.†In Combes’ senior year at UT, he was on the dean’s list while working on his finance degree and was vice pres ident of Kappa Alpha fraternity. “I was cool, and life was really good,†Combes said. Then came the catalyst for change. Combes and some friends had been drinking and were driving somewhere; he doesn’t remember where or when the driver failed to make the sharp left turn at an inter section. He sustained major head injuries and was in a coma for 53 days. The doctors told his family that he would never walk or talk again. They were wrong. Since Combes recovered from the coma, he says he has been deter mined to rebuild his life. At the time the video was re corded, Combes cited the five and a half years of long, hard work and thousands of dollars required to cor rect one mistake. He thanks God for the strength and ability to overcome his injuries. Combes said he and people in simi lar situations must be tough and want to help others not make the same mistake. Combes has been doing just that Houses benefit future students nber Waco-McLennan County A&M Club builds scholarship budget 1TTK By STACY ALLEN ^ Of The Battalion Staff ^d as inferior think we even I ir. Even in reed e school childrq â– played in tey only leamii n culture. I lat the majonrj \&M can’t tel' tek history in By building houses, the Waco-McLennan [County A&M Club is building futures for Waco youths by sending them to Texas A&M. The students, who otherwise would not at tend college due to financial constraints, are enrolled in A&M this fall through a fund- [raising effort by the club. | The money is raised by building “scholarship houses†that are sold for profit. I Othel Neely, Class of ’48 and president of [Waco-McLennan County’s A&M Club Schol- larship Program Inc., said the club’s former [method of fund raising through collecting dues did not generate enough money to send students to A&M. The club needed to find a way to generate more money, he said. Neely said building a house was the logical way to make money because engineers, ar chitects and other professionals were club members and could donate their time and skills. The first house built resulted in $13,500 in profits. A second house, which is almost com pleted, already has been sold. The money it makes will be used to send students to school in future semesters. Neely said all Waco citizens, A&M grad uates as well as non-graduates, donated and discounted labor and materials to make it possible to build the houses. “The response we had was amazing,†he said. “People who weren’t Aggies gave to build the houses because they were interested in sending a kid to college who otherwise couldn’t afford to go.†Students receiving the A&M club schol arships must meet two criteria — financial need and academic achievement. “We do not define academic achievement because we feel a student who works through high school and maintains a B average may be more academically gifted than a student who does not work and makes As,†he said. Two scholarship winners were chosen from among 35 who applied for Fall 1990. One student was awarded $10,000 to be given in $2,500 yearly increments. The sec ond student, a junior college transfer, was awarded $2,400 or $ 1,200 per year. Neely said the amount of money each scholarship winner receives is determined on an individual basis because the needs of each person are different. “We check into each student’s financial re sources whether it be grants or other schol arships, and we give them money they need to complete their payments,†he said. “We want to give each child enough money to go to school.†by speaking to young people every where and telling then? about the dangers of driving while intoxicated. “Be good to yourself,†he tells them. “Don’t drink and drive.†Combes says he stresses three things to young people: • the legal drinking age is 21 • the number one killer of people ages 16-19 is drinking and driving • life is wonderful and drinking and driving can destroy it Head football coach R.C. Slocum spoke briefly before Combes took the stage. He encouraged students to ask themselves what they want out of life and get things focused. “Don’t amble through life,†Slo cum said. “ Give it some thought.†n g Id t ture, Slocum told the audience to be sure of their foundation. He advised them to seek the foundation of Jesus Christ. He said people need to know that there is someone bigger than them and their problems. It is that faith, he said, that keeps people going and trying again. “Creek Life†is a monthly func tion of Campus Crusade. The next meeting will be Wednesday, Oct. 24. BATTIPS Anyone with story suggestions can call BATTIPS, The Battal ion’s phone line designed to im prove communication between the newspaper and its readers. BATTIPS’ number is 845- 3315. 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