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yfednesday, January 31, 2001 mcd /row, 'otect peoJJ ds protecl nd kidswls ; laloney,^! OK to havej > ahead ail ' choice im smoke.” 1 evisionbk om the Col on Silvia was “the •ouncilmail csday’s isfied that xl the ordii lymakeasj >n towardi THE BATTALION rump up the volume 'tudents experience music business with disc jockey jobs i j C? ^ 1 o/~v c< i rl r> Q t'f v Eric Aiken lie Battalion Gabe Patterson sits at a small desk in a cramped room at the KANM radio station studio, surrounded by hun- said ■ reds com P act discs. He sorts through several recent 'itv rmiJdditions to the CD collection, looking for the music he win the it pkes to listen to and wants to play. J.Council/' Across town, Nikki Mitchell prepares for her shift at hisonlyre, KKYS by paging through entertainment magazines for adopt the, potential on-air discussion topics. Mitchell’s play list is J that he fel at [the or:' a happen to: ryan CeJ was vocal I ordinanc; stionedt™ tealth issul m council iy say ins council t for a ban: / like being around people who are like-minded. They like music for the right reasons. Some people are too influenced by the media as far as what to like.” — Gabe Patterson disc jockey and sophomore journalism major II public:! fighter than Patterson’s, so she can not be as creative with weenha^nusic choices. Instead, she shows her personality in her d (M W) n " a ’ r discussion. I Patterson, a sophomore journalism major, and Mitchell, a junior journalism major, are among several ^“tudents who are gaining on-air experience working at rea radio stations. 1 like being around people who are like-minded,” Pat terson said, explaining why he likes working at KANM. vill have Bibles!, at 8:30:1 i, call Ste, * 1 ! tThey like music for the right reasons. Some people are too influenced by the media as far as what to like.” ij In his position as KANM’s urban-music disc jock ey, Patterson has free rein to choose the music he wants to play. , , . “I focus on quality,” he said. ‘‘I’ll play Eminem, be cause he’s one of the greatest rappers ever, but I’ll also play Jay-Z and the Black Eye Peas,” he said. Patterson tries to stay away from playing off the repet itive list of Top 40 music. KANM aims to provide alter native programming and to support local music. Accord ing to its Website, the station is dedicated to playing music that cannot be heard on other local stations. “The goal of the station is to present an alternative to Top 40,” Patterson said. “I’m a little more liberal with that rule because hip-hop has been commercial since 1 got into it. “When I first got into it, (rap) was more about music and having fun. Now you have to dig through the for mulaic, watered-down stuff.” Patterson said he found out about KANM at the Fall 2000 MSC Open House. He said he was the only person interested in playing hip-hop music, so the station gave him a show. Nikki Mitchell found her position in a similar manner. A year ago, she answered an advertise ment looking for help. “I had absolutely nothing in the way of experi ence. I just answered the ad,” Mitchell said. Mitchell encourages potential disc jockeys to “defi nitely give more tHan (your employer) expects.” “Go above and beyond just doing the basics and keep impressing people/’ she said. “There is always someone after your job.” Mitchell said she loves music and loves her job, but she admits there is a little more to it than just playing records. “I have to keep up with music and celebrity news so I have something to talk about on the air,” she said. She also said part of her job is paying attention to the commercials and incoming music re quests. But she does not mind. “It’s fun,” she said. “It’s not a stress ful job at all.” t Mitchell had the many graduate and move on. Each semester, KANM takes on a lot of new talent. Enderle, a senior English major, started at KANM 2 Zi years ago as a DJ. “I found out about the station the middle of my sophomore year and started DJing,” he said. “I’d heard about it before and thought it would be cool to do.” Enderle said he got to know his way around the station and found his tastes jibed with the then-directors at the station. Before long, he became the CODY WAGES/Tme Battalion good fortune to be in the right place at the right time. It can be difficult to break into radio, particularly on-air jobs, without previous expe rience. One of the many advantages of college radio is that on-campus radio jobs can be easier to find. “Come in and fill out an application,” said Scott En derle, KANM’s music director. “You’ll probably get a show. We don’t have enough DJs right now.” There is a high turnover rate for student DJs because station’s director. “Now, I call up various la bels, let them know >we exist, and they send us CDs,” Enderle said. “I re ally like working with the labels. It’s cool making connections with them.” In addition to assembling music for the station, En derle is responsible for keeping KANM ahead of musi cal trends. He does this by studying the College Music Journal and other trade magazines. “We definitely try to avoid even stuff that gets played at other so-called alternative stations,” Enderle said. KANM DJs play a wide variety of music, with guidelines directing the amount of commercial music per show. This ensures that the DJs are exposed to a lot of different music. Exposure to a range of music is only one of the perks of working at a radio station as a college student. The biggest perk is experience. day iduateSW 9etat7(W Hultetof er inw -■ 10*' Teen tries to mimic ‘Jackass’ stuntman TORRINGTON, Conn. (AP) — The fa ther of a 13-year-old boy, hospitalized with second- and third- degree burns after mim icking an MTV personal ity who set himself on fire during a stunt show, blames the network for his son’s injuries. Jason Lind was se verely burned Friday night when he and a friend poured gasoline on his feet and legs and lit him on fire while imi tating a stunt on MTV’s high-rated show “Jackass,’’police said. The fire grew out of control and burned the boy’s legs and hands before it was extinguished, officials said. Jason remained hospitalized Monday in critical condition in the burn unit of Shriner’s Hospital for Children in Boston. “I don’t want another parent to go through what I went through — when you see your son laying on an emergency room LIEBERMAN table with his skin falling off, and he’s apologizing to you,” Eric Lind, the father, told WFSB-TV on Monday. The MTV program also drew fire from Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., an outspo ken critic of media violence. “MTV is an enormously influential force in the world our children inhabit, and with that power and the right to ex ercise it comes a certain level of re sponsibility,” Lieberman said Monday. “I intend to make clear to the network’s owners that we expect more from them.” Jason’s 14-year-old friend was arrest ed Saturday and charged with reckless endangerment. Police would not identify the suspect because he is a juvenile. An other teen who looked on was not charged. “Jackass” features an array of pranks and stunts. In Friday’s episode, show cre ator Johnny Knoxville donned a fire-re sistant suit hung with steaks. He then lay across a makeshift barbecue while his cast mates shot lighter fluid onto the grill to fan the flames. One of the teens said Jason volun- — People in the News — teered to re-enact the stunt, which took place in one boy’s back yard. MTV spokeswoman Tina Exarhos said the show includes written and verbal dis claimers stating, “The following show fea tures stunts performed by professionals and/or total idiots under very strict con trol.” The producers “insist that neither you or anyone else attempt to re-create or per form anything you have seen,” the warning says. Exarhos said the warning is repeat ed by Knoxville. Barrymore, Hopkins win Pudding award HOPKINS CAMBRIDGE, Mass.(AP) rymore and Sir Anthony Hopkins are this year’s recipients of woman and man of the year awards from Harvard University’s Hasty Pud ding Theatricals. They will receive the traditional brass Pudding Pots next Drew Bar- BARRYMORE month, university officials announced Monday. The Hasty Pudding awards are presented to performers who have made a “lasting and im pressive contribution to the world of entertain ment.” Barrymore will lead the traditional parade through the streets of Harvard Square on Feb. 8. Hopkins will ap pear Feb. 15 at the opening night of the comedy troupe’s annual theatrical pro duction, Fangs for the Memories. Both per formers will participate in roasts of their careers. Barrymore, 25, has starred in E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, The Wedding Singer and Charlie’s Angels. ' The 63-year-old Hopkins won an Oscar for his role as Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 thriller The Silence of the Lambs. He stars in the sequel, Hannibal, which opens in theaters nationwide on Feb. 9. George Clinton loses rights to own music TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has ruled American funk music star George Clinton can’t keep the rights to music he wrote in the late 1970s and early 1980s. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle ruled on Monday that Clinton signed away the rights to the music, which Clinton claims is worth more than $100 million, to Michi gan-based music publisher Bridgeport Mu sic in a 1983 contract. Hinkle also barred Clinton from profit ing from the songs, written between 1976 and 1983, saying the singer did not dis close them in a 1984 bankruptcy filing as possible future income. The 60-year-old singer argued in a law suit filed in 1999 that he never signed a valid contract and that he also lost money from rap music artists sampling his old songs, but not paying to do so. A Tallahassee-area resident, Clinton founded the popular funk group Parlia ment, which later changed its, name to Funkadelic. rsday Lollie \ on Ediw xlitor i Editor , Produce: I o-Radio fa cbmastet ebniastef Free 5K Fun Run! 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