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You can take part of the Guilford bubble with you.
Bubble heard
'round the world
By Dave Scott
STAFF WRITTER
In this dawning age of tech
nological advancement, Guilford
College is getting on the cyber
netic bandwagon. WQFS,
Guilford's own student-run radio
station, is not an exception.
By the first of January,
WQFS hopes to have their latest
addition in full operational order.
This addition is Web Casting.
Via the power of the Internet,
WQFS will have the ability to
reach not just the local area, but
the entire world.
"Web Casting is the transmis
sion of WQFS' broadcast signal
over the Internet with a 30-sec
ond delay," said Jon Hicks, WQFS'
publications director. "This al
lows anyone with Internet access
to listen to that signal." So how
much will this cost us? Nothing.
The broadcast signal is free and
this is very exciting news to the
business office.
So why this technological
step? When asked, Will Dodson,
WQFS' general manager replied,
"We're getting it because it's the
next big thing, like MP3's for ex
ample. That's one reason: to be
ahead of the game. Another rea
son is that, well, we reach about
280,000 people right now. With
National Coming Out
Month Calender of events
October 9—Coming Out Ball, 10 p.m.-l a.m., Dana
Lobby
October 10—PFLGC meeting at New Garden Friends
Center
October 11—National Coming Out Day Coffee
House, 8 p.m., Underground
October 14—Pizza and Entertainment, 9 p.m., GLBT
resource center
Features
Web Casting we can reach the por
tion of the 5-7 billion people in the
world who have Internet access."
This wonderful addition has
no limits. All shows that broad
cast through WQFS will be fea
tured, and the system will run
twenty-four seven. To access
WQFS via the Internet, all users
have to do is go to the Guilford
College home page, click on the
community link, then follow the
link to student life, lastly, click
ing on the WQFS link. Keep in
mind, the system will not be up
until January, so don't try it until
then.
In regard to his personal
thoughts about web casting,
Dodson said, "Web Casting will
help Guilford immeasurably. A lot
of kids who come here do so in part
because of WQFS's reputation as
the #3 college radio station in the
country (according to the current
Princeton Review). So anything
that increases WQFS's profile in
creases Guilford's profile. Plus,
Guilford, being such a 'community
oriented' college, will benefit from
backing up its bullsh*t for once.
This is the key to global commu
nity."
So whether you're in Bauman
or Brunnenburg, Founders or
France, soon you will be able to
leave Guilford and still take some
of the bubble with you.
Hey Kelton....
By Kelton G. Cofer
FEATURES ADVICE COLUMNIST
Hey Kelton,
It embarrasses me to ad
mit it, but I have no friends on
campus. College hasn't been
what I expected it to be. I'm sim
ply miserable here. My room
mate goes out almost every
night and never asks me along,
so I mostly just sit at the com
puter e-mailing high school
friends. The other night I got an
upperclassman to pick me up
some beer, and I sat at the com
puter getting wasted and visit
ing cyber-sex chat rooms. My
roommate came in early and
found me drunk and visiting
this really raunchy site. How
can I make friends when not
even my roommate wants to
spend time with me? I'm think
ing of leaving school after the
semester is over. Do you think
it's wrong to have cyber-sex?
Would that constitute me as los
ing my virginity? I'd appreciate
your opinion.
Cyber Active
Dear Cyber Active,
Kid, you've got problems. I
don't want to be too tough on
you, because you sound pretty
confused, but we've got to talk
about this. Okay, you say you
have no friends. I can under
stand that. Making friends at
college is not easy at first. But
you're never going to make any
sitting in your room, getting
sloshed and diddling yourself!
Get off the stupid com
puter, son, and get into campus
life! You can wish for friends all
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day in one hand and sh** in the
other. See which fills up first.
What do you like to do? What
are your interests? There are a
lot of organizations on campus
to get involved in.
There is more to college
than classes, drinking and sex.
(Though, I will admit, the sex is
a wonderful perk if you're able
to get it. And alcohol, being the
social lubricant, will often aid
you in your quest for it.) Quit
drinking alone though, it's far
more fun to do it with others.
Serial killers, postal workers
and George Jones drink alone.
As far as leaving school af
ter the semester goes, don't! No
body likes a quitter. Your par
ents will tell you it's okay, but
won't understand. Then they'll
send you to therapy. There will
be psychiatrists, Prozac, yada,
yada, yada! Then comes the
worst part of leaving school...
WORK. Work sucks worse than
school ever could! Trust me, I
know from experience.
Your question regarding the
moral right or wrong of cyber
sex is purely an individual judg
ment call. If it embarrasses you,
it's wrong! If not, diddle away.
Last but not least, if you've
never had intercourse with a
man or a woman, you're a vir
gin. Where do they grow people
like you? That's the dumbest
question I think I've ever heard.
Now go outside and play!
You can drop off your ques
tions and/or comments in one of
the "Hey Kelton..." boxes located
in Founders Hall by the Info
Desk or outside the Guilfordian
Pub Suite or e-mail to: special
k2s@juno.com