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  • January 28th, 2011 WESTERN CAROLINIAN Page 4 Quotable The music they play now doesnt make me want to listen it, T would rather hear more pop and rap. * - Mary Finley, a junior at Western Carolina, commenting on the for- mat of WWCU-FM. Our Take | _ Change needed at | WWCU-FM A lot of discussion has taken place recently about the opera- tion of Western Carolina Universitys radio station, WWCU- . FM - Power 90.5. On the front page of todays newspaper, Mike Jackson, a WCU and WWCU-FM alum, who is leading a petition to change the format of the radio station and how it is controlled, and Don Connelly, the faculty advisor of WWCU- > FM, provided their take on how the radio station is and should be operated. We at The Western Carolinian feel that though the radio sta- tion is a great service provided and funded by WCU, a change in the operation is needed - WWCU-FM needs to be student- run. While Connelly in our front page story classified WWCU- FM as currently student-run, it is not - it is student operated. Students may control the dial, but the radio station is overseen by the Communication Department and all of WWCU-FMs executive decisions, staffing decisions, equipment decisions, and the time of the day students may play what they want, are made by Connelly and the department. _ _ A student-run organization functions independently and with only minor oversight. For example, student-run organi- zations such as ours may have guidelines, constitutions, and an advisor, but ultimately we the students make the majority of decisions, including who is hired and fired, and take re- sponsibility for those decisions. As a newspaper, the fact we are student-run also grants us editorial independence and more journalistic credibility. Media samples produced in classroom environments arent considered as seriously as media samples from an independent media organization, lee If WWCU-FM was student-run} we feel the students work- ing there could benefit from the independence because when they apply for jobs, they can say they were in charge of ail aspects of the radio station, both business and editorial. They can tell employers they have the experience when it comes to making tough budget decisions, who could stay and who had to go, and how they determined what content went on the air. Former students who worked at WWCU-FM when it was student-run are currently working at radio stations all over the US., including stations in tough markets such as Los Angeles, Calif. These students, like Students who have worked at The Western Carolinian, had an edge over many who were applying for a job when they graduated from college because they al- ready had individual experience in the field they were entering. Graduates that come from schools who did not have student- run organizations cannot usually say they have as much experi- - ence because many decisions were made for them. They did not decide why operations were the way they were or possibly . have learned from a bad decision they made. We also feel that if WWCU-FM was student-run, people may not be as frustrated over the format of the station. Since students would be deciding what music was played 24/7, and Tired of construction on The Quad Tex Menz, WC Editor she is striving for at all. Sports writer Steve Reed for The Gaston Gazette writes sarcastic, sometimes mean, editorial columns about the Carolina Panthers football team (but then again he has What was once beautiful, lush, and serene is now a gi- ant mud hole of Carolina clay and leftover slush from the. blizzard. What is supposed to be a place of enjoyment for not just from 6 p.m. onward, a mix of music would likely be Ryan Michaud, Staff Writer - played based on a DJs taste and the students on campus and also the surrounding communities would be satisified, ~ Our Staff Justin Caudell, Editor-in-Chief 103 Old Student Union > Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 wc@email.wcu.edu 828-227-2694 Katherine Duff Smith, Advisor 109A Old Student Union Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 smithk@email.wcu.edu 828-227-2195 Lex Menz, News Editor Shelby Harrell, Arts and Entertainment Editor Nathan Hunza ker, Lead Designer Lauren Gray, Staff Writer Ryan Alexander, Staff Writer Katelyn Cooper, Staff Writer Cory Radosevic, Distribution APPLY NOW FOR Designer, Features Editor, Sports Editor, Webmaster The Western Carolinian P.O, Box 66 Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 students with a fountain and aesthetically-pleasing trees is still under construction. Yes, 1 am talking about the UC lawn and The Quad proj- ect, ne University officials and construction management promised we students would have our playground back by the time we returned from Christmas Break. When I returned to campus in Janu- ary and drove on Centennial Drive, which overlooks the Ramsey Center, the main din- ing hall, and the clock tower, I could see nothing different from what had been there in December. Just dirt, dirt, dirt, and a construction site that: seemingly would never not be a construction site. Some people believe that to be a great commentator or columnist, you have to be snarky, a word | recently learned in my Introduction to Speech Communica- tions class. It means. to be rude, snide, or sarcastic. Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, can be snarky as he strides to get a laugh out of his audience. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow can also be considered snarky even every reason to!). I say this to make the point that lam not going to rib on the University for not making a deadline when we ' faced snow, ice, and chilling temperatures that probably made construction slow all ~ through December and now into. January. My editorials are not going to be famous for cutting down people and putting blame on somebody, especially those who I have never even met face-to-face and have given me informa- tion for articles in the past. I just have a few questions and wish to reminisce, With everyone hurting from budget cuts, where did the money come from for all this construction in the first place? The University has made comments that money is from a past stimulus pack- age, but in the same sen- tence will talk about lack of funds for academic programs and has to cut non-tenured professors. [ wonder why academics are not more im- portant than a fountain and lawn area when the students already enjoyed the old UC lawn. Will there be a Hammock LETTERS POLICY Lane this year where students swung lazily on hammocks during Exam Week to catch a moments peace of mind? Will there ever be a road that cuts directly through campus or will commuters have to circle the entirety of campus to park? Will the ambulance have to drive from the top of the mountain at Reynolds and take a few minutes lon- ger to heip someone because they must drive around all of campus to reach Scott, Walk- er, or The Village? During the spring semes- ter of my freshman year, | remember when the cherry trees had just recently blos-. somed along the sidewalk that led to the clock tower. During the evenings, stu- dents would see my friends and me swinging from the tree branches and running around in the grass. One par- ticularly warm evening, a handful of my friends and I headed to the UC lawn with plastic light sabers and Nerf swords. From 8 p.m. until midnight, we ran around the clock tower, between the bushes, and across the grass chasing and whacking at each other with swords and sabers. There was an epic battle between two of my friends, and one guy was fighting with a giant box over his. head that reached below his waist. That night is the best memory I have of my freshman year, but it will never be repeated if the con- struction is not finished by the time the temperature gets warmer. Reportedly, there will be more construction once The Quad is finished. Who knows if it will affect living areas like the finishing of Balsam Hall or play areas. Hope- fully with the stepping down of Chancellor John Bardo, whoever takes his place will give the construction a rest momentarily so that students may enjoy a fully lawned, bulldozer-free campus. e We welcome letters and/or columns from our readers. We urge brevity, both for the sake of effectiveness and the demands of space; each should be no longer than 500 words. All letters or columns are subject to the same editing for clarity applied to our staff contributions. We will not publish anonymous letters; letters praising or criticizing professors by name; letters making personal attacks or personally hurtful statements; endorsements of or letters from political candidates; or copies of letters to other publications. viewpoints, each letter writer will be limited to one letter every four weeks. All letters should be signed, and writers should enclose their addresses and daytime phone numbers. Addresses and phone numbers will not be published but will be used to verify letters. We reserve the right not to print any letter. Because we want to provide access to a variety of .
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