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WQFS Music Messenger
WQFS is Guilford's student
run radio station at 90.7 on
your FM dial. You can hear
primarily rock, jazz, country
and soul as well as a little of
everything else. The staff
consists of students and other
interested community members
working as disc jockeys,
production and programming
workers, news and sports
casters, managers and
technicians. This large number
of opportunities has made
WQFS the organization with
the largest number of student
participants.
The station has been most
fortunate this semester in
that a number of people with
previous radio experience
have joined the staff and are
contributing their know-how.
Additionally, there has been a
lot of new students interested
in being on the staff. "On the
air" personnel must possess
an FCC broadcast license
which can be obtained by
taking the required test. There
are quite a few people signed
up to take the test, which
should enable the staff to
expand significantly after
the October examination date.
WQFS's broadcast day
currently runs from 2:00 p.m.
until 2:00 a.m., but the hours
of operation will expand into
the earlier hours of the morn
ing as more jocks become
licensed.
This semester, WQFS is
featuring nightly specials at
10:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday. On Monday night there
will be The Import Hour,
which will feature music found
on European and other
foreign Lp's. Shows, will
often revolve around a partic
ular artist or theme. There is
a wealth of music on foreign
labels, while European record
ings are known for their high
sound quality.
On Tuesday and Friday
nights the popular program
"Long Player" will return
to the airwaves. This is where
albums are played in their
entirety such that listeners
may judge a record's merit for
possible purchase or record
the album if they own tape
equipment. Long Player
features the best of the new
releases, so don't miss out on
this one.
Wednesday night will feature
the Great Atlantic Radio
Conspiracy. This series of
programs, produced by a
Baltimore radio collective,
consists of scripts, interviews,
and music presenting com
mentary on numerous issues
of current interest. The first
of the series, to be presented
on October 4th, is entitled
"Who Rules America?" and
examines the nation's ruling
elite: who they are, how
they work, and why they have
power. Other titles in the
series inlcude "Schools for
Change," "The Ideology of
Medical Care," "Movement
for a New Society," "Our
Bodies, Ourselves," and a
two part program on nuclear
power. There will be a des
cription of the upcoming pro
grams in each week's Guilford
ian.
Last but not least, Thursday
evening features Rockaday
Johnny (and his girl Ramalam
adingdong) who take you
back in time to the fabulous
Fifties. PoSing as a mild
mannered college professor by
day, Rockaday breaks loose
on Thursday nights as he spins
the golden oldies of the juici
est jams from the crazy
currents of the nifty fifties.
Aside from these nightly
10:00 specials listeners can
a valuable source of music and
information. These include
the Concert Forecast, pre
sented everyday at 5:00 and
11:00 p.m. and starting in
October, which will give
the lowdown on what is
happening with live musical
performances in the area. At
noon, 6:00 p.m. and midnight,
the Greensboro Thumb,
WQFS's rider service, is aired
in an attempt to match
persons in need of transporta-
Are You
A Potential
Rape Victim?
1. Do you believe that rape
only happens to other people?
2. Do you walk down the
street slowing looking unsure
of yourself; as if in a daze?
3. Are you easily intimidated?
4. Do you get into your car
without looking into the back
seat first?
5. Do you leave your doors un
locked at home?
6. Do you believe that there is
nothing you can do to prevent
rape?
7. Are you embarrassed by
taking precautions such as
asking for identifications from
a repairman?
If you answered yes to any
one of the questions above,
you are a potential rape victim.
RAPELINE - 273-RAPE
Guilford College. Greensboro, N.C
tion with drivers going to the
same area. This service is
especially valuable for students
travelling during bijeaks,
vacations, and weekends.
Call 294-3820 to place your
name and destination with the
Greensboro Thumb.
Want to know what's
happening on campus? Listen
to the Guilford College Crier
at 7:00 p.m. each night. If
vour club, dorm, academic, or
faculty department is sponsor
ing an event of general public
interest, place a notice in the
Crier by dropping a neat and
legible note in the campus mail
for WQFS, Box 17714.
For information on a wider
horizon, tune in to the WQFS
News at noon, 3 p.m., 6:30
p.m., and 9:00 p.m. News
specials at 4:00, 8:00, and
midnight will cover topics
including campus and pro
fessional sports, and business
banter.
Don't miss the wealth of
music and information
presented by WQFS. If you
are having an event that needs
publicity, let WQFS do it for
you. And make the most of
your auditory abilities - listen
to WQFSI
Guilford Adopts Foster Student
By GWEN BIKIS
For the academic year of
1978 and '79, Guilford college
campus features a bit of
Britain in the person of Jane
Foster, a freshman from
Edinburgh, Scotland. Jane
will be at Guilford a year,
in preparation for further
studies at Birmingham
University in Birmingham,
England. Her tentative inter
ests are medical biology and
agricultural research.
Jane is enjoying Guilford
greatly, largely because every
body is so friendly. Few people
pass her who don't say hello
or exchange some sort of
greeting. She likes the campus,
especially for its profusion of
trees, and for its size, which
is much larger than in Britain.
Her classes she finds hard, but
also challenging, interesting,
and more informal than in high
school.
Jane's home town, Edin
burgh, is the capital of
Scotland. Located 50 miles
east of Glasgow, on the
Firth of Fourth, amidst wild
hills (she says that less than
seven miles from town it is
possible for a hiker to get
lost in the hills) and old, ruined
castles. The town, which
supports itself through beer
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Jane Foster comes to Guilford from Edinburgh, Scotland.
and whiskey distilleries and
tourism is divided into two
sections, the old and the new.
The older section was buili
around ancient Castle Newton;
the new section is two
centuries old, and is dotted
with both old buildings as
well as a few high-rise apart
ment buildings. Jane says
that Edinburgh is a beautiful
town, much more attractive
than the heavily industrial
Glasgow.
The landscape is different
from that of North Carolina;
more rugged and much more
open. The land is hilly and
bare of trees, so almost any
hill affords a magnificent vista
of the rolling, green country
side dotted with clear lakes.
The weather is wet, but also
very unpredictable. Snow is
rare, but Edinburgh had snow
last June.
Jane likes America, but still
says she wouldn't want to live
here permanently because the
two cultures are different.
The differences, she says are
not so immediately noticeable,
but have sunk in gradually.
She has some trouble under
standing much of the slang,
and differentiating between
the various American accents.
Scotland has smaller malls and
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more small shops. Instead of
McDonald's, Hardees or
Wendy's, Scotland has fish 'n'
chip shops, and very little other
fast food. She also has noted
with surprise the number of
young people who own cars,
the size of the lawns, and
the availability of fresh fruit.
. 'ane enjoys music, particu
larly classical music. She has
become involved in many
ciul s at Guilford, particularly
International Relations. She
hopes to get a chance to teach
Scottish dancing, and
would like to see New England,
the Rockies and Grand Canyon
before she leaves America.
Jane first heart of Gulford
through Floyd Moore, who
was in Scotland in January of
1977. Floyd wanted to meet
some Scottish Quakers, and
was introduced to Jane.
Professor Moore invited Jane
to Guilford and she applied
last summer after having visited
the campus on the Quaker
Youth Pilgrimage. Jane has
met many interesting people,
and finds Guilford's reception
of foreign student to be
excellent. At any rate, she
reports that she is "really glad
to be hero."