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yVOLUME XXIII, NUMBER 7
MARCH 14,1985
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JFS/IP Radio Returns
BY DAVE SNYDER
WSAP returns to the airwaves
this month, restoring the campus
radio station from noon to mid
night each evening. Restoration
began full swing on January 24,
when eleven people showed up for
the first organizational meeting.
Costs of broadcasting, in
cluding a $49 per month phone
equalizer and an installation fee
of $49, delayed broadcasting until
funds could be raised. WSAP’s
Valentine’s Day candy sale using
personal money, and the
February 16 “Meet the d.j.’s par
ty,” raised $239. This is enough
to get started, but an appraisal by
local consultant stated the $2,500
would be needed to get the station
in top broadcasting condition.
Money was not the only barrier
to broadcasting. The Student
Senate will not be quick to ear
mark a large portion of funds for
the radio station after last year’s
debacle with the station manager.
Allan Wallace was given $1488
from the Student Senate for
renewal of the station last year.
But after the vandalization of the
new equipment and a $420 trip to
New York, the radio station was
left with no money, no new equip
ment, and no credibility as early
as Februarv of 84. Andrew Sharp
replaced Wallace as manager that
February. Sharp is to serve
through the end of spring term
1985.
The organization took its first
step over the credibility barrier
by earning, on its own, all the
money needed to begin broad
casting. ‘‘It’s significant that this
organization is the first I’ve seen
to raise its own money to get the
organization going: it made a big
difference in their credibility,’
says Laurey Murphy, chair of the
Student Life committee on media.
(Continued on page 8)
Latin American Expert
Mike Rivas Visits
BY DAVE SNYDER
Political ethicist Michael G.
Rivas arrived on campus March
10 and 11, speaking on three sub
jects: his specialty, Cuban-
American relations since Castro’s
takeover; comparison of the
Cuban and Nicaraguan revolu
tions, with some discussion
about the future of the Sandinista
revolution: and the possibility of
a revolution in the U.S. Rivas
spoke Sunday afternoon
begiiimng at 2:00, at Vespers
Sunday evening, with an informal
discussion about any topic that
night in the main lounge of a dor
mitory.
“He’s really good at give and
take discussions,“ Says Bob Mar
tin, who studied with Rivas at
Princeton University. “He
Knows his facts and has a broad
knowledge of Latin American
theology - and he expects his au
diences to be prepared, also.”
Lance^ under the kilt merge^ forge Paladin
Cooperation is the cornerstone
on wMch the new newspaper was
ibuilt. Staff members of the
Lance and last term's under the
kilt have come together to form a
new medium based on student
input, not staff output.
Paladin (pal’-uh-dim), according
to Webster, is an “outstanding
yrotagonist of a cause,” and
stems form medieval times when
paladins were knights. Now,
Paladin is a newspaper and the
cause is information -- about cam
pus, local, national, or interna
tional affairs. Paladin also plans
to serve as a forum for public
debate and as a creative outlet for
St. Andrews community
members.
The structure was designed by
members of the Student Life sub-
Lance
will become P
the name change is approved
as soon as
committee on media, chaired by
Laurey Murphy. Paladin has no
editor-in-chief, but instead seven
associate editors who form the
editorial board whose primary
function is coordinating the func
tion of the paper. All board
meetings are open to the campus
at large. The structure is designed
to prohibit the paper from reflec
ting the personality of one person,
editor-in-chief.
Story ideas are suggested in a
brainstorming session inmiediate-
ly after each publication, and
storj;^ assignments are made to
volunteers at that brainstorming
sessio^. This is the meeting that
deneni^ most on student par
ticipation. After this session,
ideas are posted on the Student
Association Office doors, in
troducing opportunities for
students to write a suggested
story and-or write an original
story. Other meeting times and
deadlines will be posted on the
same doors.
Rivas maintains connections
with a broad field of Hispanic
political and religious leaders in
the United States. He is a former
Cuban who graduated and
studied theology at the Universi
ty of Havana, and who still main
tains relations with the Castro
government through religion and
politics. He cares about its
reform, its future, but is “not un
critical” of Castro, according to
Martin.
In the United States Rivas has
been active democratically, work
ing with the Social Democrats
and on issues like workers’ rights
and equal representation. He
recently served as an executive
with the Board of Ministries of
the United Methodist Church,
concerned primarily with public
policy issues and ethics. He has
travelled widely across Latin and
Central America, and has visited
Europe.
After leaving Cuba, he got his
master’s degree at Yale Divinity
School and did his doctoral work
in political ethics at Emory. He
was on the faculty and chair of
the Ethics Department at Boston
University School of Theology,
and worked on the faculty at
Emory and Georgia State as well.
His work at Princeton was as
Associate Director for
Theological Education at
Princeton.
Discussion with Rivas about
Central America came at an im
portant time. Reagan has stopped
short of explicitly sUting the goal
of U.S. policy is to overnm the
Sandinistas, but remains
dedicated to supporting the con
tra campaign. The Rivas discus
sion is one event in a string of
events concerning Central
American issues. March 17-24 is
Central America Week, and the
campus Central America Com
mittee has tentatively planned to
sponsor on campus a multi
campus conference in the
fall.