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The ('ollei^iate
FRKDFRICK Cl.ARIDOE
t:ditor
Associate KdUor Michael Walker
Business Manager Rober W.lson
I’hotographers Peter Chamness. Douglas Hackney
ArtKditor Darrell English
Sports Guy Hyatt
Copy Editors Bob Sills, Spencer Smith
Staff Writers Raoul Benoit, Jones Fuquay
The Collegiate is published nearly every week each regular
semester by the students of Atlantic Christian College,
Wilson, .\.(\ 27893. The views expressed herein are not
necessarily those of the faculty or administration.
Letter to the Editor
4
Editor, ,
A good friend was down to visit
me a few weeks ago. When he
first came he was thinking of
transferring here; when he left
he wasn’t so sure. On the one
hand he liked the campus, the
students and the faculty, but on
the other hand he felt that many
of the rules and regulations
concerning student life were
outdated and ridiculous.
I agree with him. ACC is a
good school, but if some of the
rules aren’t changed I don’t
think the college will be able to
operate effectively for too many
more years. Step back and take
a look at the situation; inflation
has things tight all over, school
enrollments are down, and those
people who go through school
can’t find a job. With things the
way they are you’d think the
administration would realize
that students are going to go to
the school where they get the
most for their money, and this
doesn’t mean only an education.
Students just don’t want to go to
school where they have less
freedom than they do at home.
I don’t feel that changing some
of the rules on alcohol and
visitation would undermine the
level of education. On the con
trary I feel by improving
quality of student life you
improve the quality of your 2
program, and I think it w2
also give the college a S
chance to compete withTi!
schools for what enrolW!
there is. After all TH
students that make the school
not the administration or
board of trustees it’s T
students that foot most of Z
bills, and If you don't have Z
students you can’t have th
school.
Steven H. Sellers
WQDR: the how and why
Welcome Back My Friends,
To The Show That Never Ends
Contrary to first impression, the no-account looking
crew above is not sitting in the waiting room of a parole
office. They are your new Collegiate staff. They are
interested in putting out a good newspaper, and that is
what they intend to do.
As editor of a small college newspaper, I find myself
in a very peculiar situation. I have to please people. I
will admit to you that I am not used to this. If you know
me, you’ll know that I have let my “image” become
“tarnished” in the past. However, as the elected editor
of your newspaper, I have to take you into consideration.
The best way to do this is to try to print material which is
interesting to us as young people and students, not
straights or freaks, blacks or whites, jocks or brains, or
greeks or gammas.
I hope that you enjoy the Miss Lonelyhearts column,
the artwork (which is very good, by the way), the
photographs, the various columns, the features, the
editorials, the poetry, and the sports coverage, all of
which we are going to try to make more colorful and
personal.
I am looking forward to being the editor of your
newspaper, and I hope that our association will be a
fruitful one.
Fred Claridge
The Collegiate is the newspaper of the student body
and college community. It serves the college as both a
source of information and a sounding board for ideas
and opinions.
The editorial page of the Collegiate is open to
members of the student body, faculty members, and
administration officials. Letters to the editor and guest
editorials are always welcome.
This paper must, however, establish and follow
certain guidelines for the publication of letters and guest
editorials. The guidelines for the 1976-77 Collegiate are:
1. Letters should not run over 250 words.
2. All letters will be verified by the editor before
publication.
3. All letters must be signed, handwritten. Signatures
will not be withheld.
4. Whether or not a letter is published is left to the
discretion of the editor.
5. Material for publication must be in the editor’s
hands by 12:00 noon Tuesday in order to be published
that week. Articles may be dropped by the Collegiate
office or mailed to: The Collegiate, P. 0. Box 5737 ACC
Wilson, N. C. 27893.
I am looking forward to seeing what you have to say,
and I hope that you will contribute without any
inhibitions.
WQDR: The How and Why
—from theNCSU
Technician
By PAULCROWLEY
In 1973 WQDR signed on the
air with the basic idea of
providing an album-rock-stereo
outlet for this community. Prior
to its inception, there was a
series of in-depth surveys
conducted to find out what the
people of the triangle wanted.
These studies indicated that the
area could provide a viable
market for this type of radio
station, and WQDR was the
result.
Over the past three years,
WQDR has developed into the
number one FM station in the
state. It was the first station in
this area to expand its playlist to
include a totally diverse genre of
music, and has long been
recognized for its power,
credibility and innovative for
mat,
CURRENTLY responsible for
the music of WQDR is Bill Hard.
Serving in a dual role of
Programming and Music
Director, Hard sees the ob
jectives of setting up the station
as follows: “At this type of radio
station, the format revolves
around three things; (1) the
music, (2) the news and-or
commentary and (3) the ad
vertising. We feel that people
tune into QDR because they
want to hear music, so we make
it a point to keep the flow as
uninterrupted as possible.
That’s why we keep our com
ment brief and there is not a
great deal of personality as far
as the disc jockey is concerned.
Personality is more evident in
the commentary, where we
attempt to express our views.”
Over the past several years
FM has cut decisively into the
AM audience. While some
degree of this can be attributed
TO MY LOVER,
THE SINKING SUN
I sit here thinking I could weep.
I won’t weep, of course, but I will
feel melancholy,
For how can I celebrate night,
fair sun,
With your golden hues so
beautiful behind naked trees,
Dying.
You sink somewhere into the
earth
Leaving me alone with my
typewriter.
I watch, feeling calm and sad.
........... Benoit
A Short Story
The Scarlatti Tilt
By RICHARD BRAUTIGAN
It s very hard to live in a
studio apartment in San Jose
with a man who’s learning to
play the violin.” That’s what she
told the police when she handed
them the empty revolver.
—from Revenge
Of The Lawn
to technological advancement,
there is still a basic format
division between the two media.
Hard’s thoughts on this: “I
would have to say that AM-Top
Forty music, as opposed to FM
progressive, is basically a dif
ference between subjectivity
versus objectivity. The objective
of an AM music director is to
program his station by looking in
the trade magazines —
Billboard, Record World, Radio
& Records — and he can see
cold, hard facts of what’s hap
pening with the music. He can
see that a record has gone from
fifteen to eight. He can see that
something has hit the charts
very hard, like that “Convoy”
thing or any novelty record, very
hot on the national average, so
he puts it on.
“On FM, it’s more of a sub
jective thing. Everyone here at
QDR has a major voice in the
music. I’m the person that it’s
funneled into and make the
ultimate decision of what goes
on the air. But we try to make it
as much of a forum as possible.”
THE METHOD OF getting
material onto the air begins
when a record reaches the
station. The programming office
makes an attempt to listen to
every album sent to WQDR,
which is anywhere from five to
eight each day.
If the recording is by an
established artist, someone with
a proven track record, it will be
programmed almost im
mediately. If not, it becomes the
feature album, which is tracked
in its entirety each evening at
midnight. The album is then -
watched closely and the station
receives store reports from local
retailers. If the album is
moving, the station has a win
ner.
When an album is worked into
the rotation, it becomes part of a
makeup designed to provide the
most extensive music spread
possible and still maintain the
greatest demographics. Hard
analyzes the system at WQDR;
“In an hour-and-twenty-minute
period, we play two current hit
singles — right now it would be
‘Dreamweaver’ by Gary Wright
and ‘In France They Kiss On
Mam Street’ by Joni Mitchell
People hear those on AM, thev
relate to them. Then there will
be some old singles, for example
‘Everyday People’ by Sly Stone
and America’s ‘A Horse With No
Name.’ These are relatively
contemporary and compatible to
what we play.
“WE ALSO PLAY con
temporary album cuts,
currently Phoebe Snow’s ‘Two
Fisted Love’ and ‘Doobie Wah'
by Peter Frampton. With this,
you’ve got a pretty strong base
to attract just about anybody, no
matter what they’re into.
These efforts to satisfy all
reflections of taste are what
make WQDR as strong as it is. In
an area where there are such
diverse elements of society as
intellectuals, farmers, students
and the governmental influence,
all within a concentrated area, it
is amazing that a station would
even attempt to cater to all of
these tastes, and succeed as
WQDR has in satisfying them.
As the styles change, so do the
stations. Yet Hard sees the core
of the objectives of WQDR as
such: “This station would like to
do well ratings-wise with our
core of eighteen to twenty-four
year olds, and hopefully in the
twenty-five to thirty-four
bracket. We try to find a record
that will appeal to the bulk of the
people in those age groups. It's a
very difficult thing to do and
that’s why we concentrate on
nice, melodic songs, even good
hard rockers as long as there is
something to them that makes
you feel good.
“Above all our function is to
entertain people and make them
happy and to hope they get off on
the music, not to keep them
listening so we get a mark in the
rating book,”
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