The Decree
VOL. 7, NO. 5 North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, N.C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22,1991
New station
to go on air
by January
Enjoying pizza with the President
Freshman Cassandra Bonner waits with Wesleyan President Dr. Les Garner for another piece of
pizza during one of the weekly pi^za dinners hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Garner for the collie's
freshmen during the months of October and November. Each Tuesday, about 16 freshmen have
enjoyed the pizzas cooked by Mrs. Garner.
Sophomores get opportunity
to give feedback to college
By CECILIA LYNN CASEY
This month, sophomores will
be able to help NCWC by giving
knowledge instead of only gain
ing knowledge from the college.
A nine-member team consist
ing of Cliff Sullivan, Marshall
Brooks, Lynn Jenkins, Chris
Carstens, Bob Bussom, Pam
Watson, LaRue Elliott, Sylvia
Parker, and Pam Gourley will be
talking with a number of sopho
mores about their experience as
students at NCWC.
The aim of these interviews is
to find out what students are con
cerned about academically.
“We’re going to take the pulse
of the students’ thoughts and find
out how the academic life of this
campus is doing,” explained Cliff
Sullivan.
The team will gather informa
tion and ideas about what NCWC
can do academically to improve
the quality of education offered
here. The team will be interested
in hearing about academic and
other areas of concern such as
faculty advising, course selection,
choosing majors and minors, and
classes offered. Also to be dis
cussed are how these areas are
good, how they can be improved,
and if anything should be added.
The team also hopes to give
the college a way for students,
faculty, and staff to communicate
with one another that might oth
erwise have been overlooked.
During their sophomore year,
most students will make or at least
consider decisions about what
major they want, what type of
career they would like, and how
they see their future in terms of
what would suit them best. By
talking with a member of this
team, students can speak with
someone who could help them
explore the options open to them.
“Just the process of Ustening
to students will give NCWC a
way to associate with each stu
dent which opens up an avenue
for friendship to form, helping the
student to make a stronger con
nection to Wesleyan,” said Dean
Brooks.
About 95 students will be in
terviewed. Students will have to
be first-time students last year and
have more than 24 credit hours.
Each team member will meet with
seven to 15 students for about an
hour. Students will be selected at
random who they meet with, and
will be notified by phone a few
days ahead of time about making
an appointment with that same
team member.
Both Brooks and SuUivan said
they did not want students com
ing in with pre-set answers and a
list of complaints.
“We’re looking for meaning
ful, positive communication,”
Sullivan explains. “I don’t want
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By NICOLE COX
You have all seen the trailer
and the wooden sign, and have
been waiting for Wesleyan Radio
to get underway. The time has
come. If all goes as planned,
WESQ 90.9 FM, the voice of
Wesleyan, should begin operat
ing soon.
Vice Resident for Develop
ment Tim McDowell says, “Our
plan is to have (WESQ) on the
air in the month of January.”
However, because WESQ is a
brand new station, things may be
a bit slow at first.
“We plan to run at reduced
power for the first month, until
we get the bugs worked out,” said
McDowell. After this beginning
period, power will be expanded
to increase the listening area.
Not only will WESQ serve the
Wesleyan campus, but when op
erating at full power the station
will serve about a 60-mile radius
from the campus. This wiU cover
to Raleigh, up into Virginia, to
Elizabeth City, and to the other
side of Goldsboro.
“WESQ is a very powerful
station, operating at 25,000
watts,” said McDowell.
As WESQ covers such a large
Ustening area, many various types
of music must be considered in
setting the station’s format, not
just the desires of the Wesleyan
campus.
“We cannot duplicate a com
mercial radio station,” said
McDowell. ‘That’s the first cri
teria. Ttie second is that we have
to serve a need in the conunu-
nity. Either one of these pretty
much eliminates rock and roll.”
The two types of music most
requested in this community have
been jazz and classical music.
Although a concrete format has
not been set, the school will most
probably opt for a jazz format
because it will allow for much
more variation than with a classi
cal format.
“We hope that if it is a jazz
format, it will be broad enough to
get something for all students to
enjoy,” said McDowell. “We
want some kind of base format
which will allow for variations.”
Many students, however, feel
that WKQ should not be so lim
ited. Says student Jamie Williams,
“I diink there is a big need for
jazz, but they should have a larger
array of music for younger
people.” Williams, as well as
other students, has suggested that
air time on WESQ be broken up
into blocks, such as jazz during
the daytime and alternative mu
sic at night.
Student input about the radio
station is greatly welcomed,
McDowell said, because it is a
new station and will be student-
operated.
“We are going to have a sta
tion manager, and that person will
be in charge,” McDowell said.
He hopes to have other aspects of
the staticm run by the Wesleyan
student body.
“There is something for ev-
erycHie at this station,” McDowell
said. “We need disc jockeys, stu
dents with electrical background,
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