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AGGIELIFE
Tuesday, February 6.:'
THE BATTALION
Live from Aggieland
Students begin work on campus television station
By Brooke Corso
The Battalion
Texas A&M is going Hollywood.
The campus will have a public-access channel
during prime-time hours as early as March. AgTV
will hit the airwaves, providing on-campus view
ers with an entirely student-run TV channel.
Director Annabelle Cortina, a junior speech
communication major, and co-founder Josh Kay-
lor, Residence Hall Association president and a ju
nior agricultural business major, began brain
storming ideas for a student-run TV show last
summer. With Kaylor as the liaison between
AgTV and Residence Life and Cortina doing the
field work, they took their ideas to Director of Res-
' idence Life Dr. Ron Sasse. Sasse was extremely
receptive, even agreeing to contribute funding
from the Residence Life budget to help get the pro
ject started.
When the campus had cable installed in every
residence hall, various educational programs were
aired, including help sessions with professors,
Sasse said. A graduate student researched student
programs on other college campuses to see how
the infrastructure was developed and what types
of programs were aired. Cortina was offered
channels 82 through 89, but she chose to start |
with only one, Channel 88.
“Students can expect to see a show at least |
in early March, but if all goes well, there
could be a February edition,” Cortina said.
Sasse introduced Cortina and Kaylor to ^
Dr. Rod Zent of KAMU-TV, the local public *
access station.
“Dr. Zent was also very excited about the pro
ject and had been waiting for a student-run
channel to come up again,” Cortina said.
Zent said a pilot format needs to be simple, ad
venturous and entertaining enough to generate in
terest. The first aspect of a TV channel that needs
to be developed is the organizational structure;
with that intact, policy can be developed and the
organization’s members can begin sifting through
programming ideas.
“This is a brand-new organization, so everyone
will be learning as we go,” Cortina said.
At this point, airtime will be allotted for edu
cational shows and campus.news, entertainment
and sports.
Sasse said they may include the student body
elections so the candidates can be on air.
If the station is a success, comedy sketches or
game shows might be introduced.
Cortina said she hopes that organizationsv
use the station to publicize events or philanthro:
projects that might call for public help.
AgTV will be accessible only to on-campus®
dents for now, but off-campus residents mays;
shows on the local channel sometime in thefutE
Sasse said.
AgTV is open to any student, regardless ofesy
rienceinTV production. Training in areas likecr
era usage, stage direction and scriptwriting wil^
available to AgTV members by both experienced'
dents and qualified professionals from KAMU-H
AgTV shows and segments will be produced
the KAMU station, on campus next to Kyle Fit
Zent, who teaches a journalism class inbrcc
casting, said students who join AgTV willsper:
lot of time working on it.
“Students should give themselves at leastir
to 10 hours a week to focus on their AgTV ^
as il it were a three-hour class,” Zent said.
One obstacle to AgTV has been fundings
lems. As a public access channel, AgTV isp;
hibited by law from raising money with adver
ing, so AgTV will have to seek donatio:
• through fund-raisers or possibly the Associa:
of Former Students. Since operatingastai
requires thousands of dollars worth of qi
ment. Kaylor said A&M is lucky to have,
cess to KAMUs equipment.
“The Residence Hall Association will prov.
funding for now, but once AgTV becomes am
dependent student organization, it will ti
g|g|g to find its own funding for things like fir
and advertising,” Kaylor said.
With student involvement andleadeit
and the proper resources, AgTV willbrii:;
e hit of Hollywood to Aggieland.
Parachutes
Coldplay
Throughout Coldplay’s debut album Para
chutes, the English band seems to be walking a
fine line between optimism and pessimism. On
the first listen, Chris Martin’s vocals fall into the
mopey, Brit-pop genre of bands like Radiohead
and The Smiths. But undercutting Martin’s voice
is a true yearning — a beautifully breath groping
for happiness. On most of Parachutes' tracks, Mar
tin reaches that comfort.
decidedly British sound that will appeal to listeners
on this side of the pond as well. (Grade: A)
—Eric Dickens
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The album’s first
track, the reassuringly ti
tled “Don’t Panic,”
opens with the images of
“bones sinking like
stones” and the warning
that “all of us are done
for.” But in the chorus,
Martin croons that “we
live in a beautiful
world,” and he ends the song with the thought that
“there’s nothing here to run from because every
body here has got somebody to lean on.”
Coldplay’s current single “Yellow” can be
heard everywhere from MTV to local radio sta
tions. While Martin’s lyrics are somewhat unin
ventive, his voice alone makes the track float along
the simplistic chords plucked out by guitarist Jon
Buckland.
Martin’s voice is the star of Parachutes, but the
band’s performance carries the album through its
10 tracks. Parachutes mixes the lush guitars of The
Cure with the catchy hooks of Blur to produce a
Little Sparrow
Dolly Parton
Parton’s latest album is. an attempt to revamp
her image. She aims for a kinder, gentler Dolly,
with all acoustic songs on the disc but misses
the mark.
In Sparrow, Parton tries to follow a theme of
soaring, but this theme gets confusing when mixed
with the cover tunes on the disc.
Although confusing, these tracks make listeners
perk up and pay attention.
The most interesting track on the disc is
“Shine,” Parton’s version of the song made fa
mous by alternative rock band Collective
Soul. The song begins with the same chords,
but with a country
long-time fans and listeners curious about Col
lective Soul songs sung by other people,buipeo
pie who do not want to hear the same Doll) Par-
ton without the electronic enhancementsWd
avoid her attempt to make alternative raicoun
try-fled. (Grade: C)
—AnneH:
twang. Parton’s ver
sion features her
sweetly singing the
lyrics, and nobody
would head-bang to
her version.
Another cover tune
is “I Get a Kick out of
You,” made famous by
Cole Porter. The song
does not fare well in the translation to bluegrass.
Ultimately, this album fails to change Parton’s
image. She sounds the same on this album as she
always has, failing to be altered by the absence
of electronic enhancement.
This album is worth the money for Parton’s
A Touch of Class
Planet Pop
New to the American pop scene comes A
Touch of Class with its dehut album, Planetk
The group consists of Joe, Sarah, Tracey ak
Livio, who come k
four different partsof
the world: New
Zealand, Australia.
England and Italy. Hi
group met whiled®
ing for the German
production of Cats!
ter the production
came to a close, the
four went on to form!
Touch of Class.
# The lyrics, combined with a new-age techno
beat, give the music a dance-worthy sound.
From the first beat of a drum in “Around the
World” to the last note on the synthesizer in “Low
is Blind,” A Touch of Class keeps the beat rockir;
and ends on a high note. The melodies catch and
stick in your head.
The album's sound incorporates a broad ranee
of musical instruments as well as sounds.
A refreshing pop sound can be found when lis
tening to Planet Pop. (Grade: A)
— Lauri Lea McDm
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