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WVMH Undergoes Renovation
New Station Manager Appointed
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one tunes the FM dial to 90.5
j ^ semester, it might not be too evi-
but Mars Hill’s WVMH-FM is
•'going renovation. The changes
s result of the appointment of the
station manager, Jim Motes. A
fall •’^bgion major from Calhoun
.®’ S.C., Jim has taken over since the
j?gl|®*'3tion of Tim Taylor at the end of
Mo 1 ^^•••soster. Tim, a junior from
of •^ksville, decided to resign because
bm of time to devote to the station,
Cg(j’®Ploased with the College Communi
on Board’s choice of his successor.
tJig ^MIH-FM is, of course, licensed by
^nderal Communication Commis-
Bf Os a non-commercial Educational
6(5 ^Ooast Station. Its effective radiat-
is 10 watts. WVMH is owned
is 0 Trustees of Mars Hill College and
Co^^o^nted by the Board for Student
boj ^Ounications Media and the student
of j?' It is the programming philosophy
brogj station to provide an alternative
'^ost experience for the Mars Hill
g^nce.
hog his takeover this year. Motes
,nned and re-organized the pro
's station with the help of
Ss p which includes Ross Newton
sisjg°8nam Director, Tim Taylor as As-
'Sti p f^anager and Director of Christ-
Bifg •ngramming’ Tom Bain as News
Rusty Enscore as Sports Di-
lb ’ James Brigman as Engineer,
''svv ^ staff has already purchased
•>ew„^'I'^*Paient and over $200 worth of
^J^ecords.
Ibe other plans and changes
''ided been made, the staff has di-
§0rjg^ broadcasting into eight cata-
*Iocl^ p Christian, Soul, Jazz and Blues,
pal, ’.. Specials, Country and Classi-
l' pushing toward a diversity
Ijaepi-^^^'^ssting, but at the same time
® certain consistancy so that,
'''bat to expect.”
Overall plans that are taking effect
now include more training of the an
nouncers, and everyday morning news,
which Jim hopes will help the CEP
students and commuters have more
access to college news and information.
Dr. Herzog’s January Term Class,
Psychology of Rock and Roll, has re
corded some rock history shows that will
be aired, and classical music shows are
planned to help music students with
their required listening.
Internships and work study are an
other aspect that has previously been
untouched. Internships will be started
in the areas of news, sports, production,
journalism, and business. Work study
is already being taken advantage of,
as evidenced by the station’s secretary,
Robin Rensink.
Mars Hill College’s relationship to
the community can be helped by the in
fluence of WVMH. The staff hopes to
improve relations by the broadcating
of news of interest, traditional music,
church services, and events such as the
Bascom Lamar Lunsford Festival. Jim
wants to dispel the image that WVMH
is a campus station that plays only rock
and disco, with a limited listening au
dience. WVMH has potential to be a
great help in the college’s effort toward
community, and new ideas are welcome
as to that goal.
As for personal goals for the station,
Jim notes that the college is a Christ
ian institution, and he would like to re
flect that through WVMH. Up to 25% of
the broadcasting will be of Christian
format, which involves Christian music -
both contemporary and traditional -
and local church services.
He adds that he also hopes for a more
professional atmosphere so that more
students and faculty will take part and
make WVMH-FM a more integral part
of the campus and community.
David Bowerman
UJ Macoy Speaks
at Alpha Chi Meeting
Dr. Katherine Macoy, associate profes
sor of Spanish, addressed the N.C. Ep
silon Chapter of the Alpha Chi colleg
iate honor society at a meeting held
Tuesday, January 22 in Peterson Con
ference Center.
Dr. Macoy discussed her 1978 trip to
Bulgaria, during which she studied
suggestology, a revolutionary peda
gogical method developed by a Bul
garian doctor and psychologist. Sug
gestology, in brief, uses a variety of un
conventional techniques, including an
integral use of music and coached
relaxation, to create in the student a
state of consciousness in which he is
unusually receptive to information. The
method. Dr. Macoy reported, seems to
bring about extraordinary, if not almost
incredible, levels of retention. It has
been used so far mainly with foreign
language instruction, but is potentially
applicable to many areas of study at all
levels of instruction.
Obtaining permission to study in the
Eastern European country led to many
difficulties. Dr. Macoy related. How
ever, since availability of information
about suggestology has been limited
in the West, she felt it important to seek
such information firsthand. In the Bul
garian capital, Sofia, she was able to
study with the method’s originator,
but discovered that textbooks were not
available. Research related to the con
cept is now underway* in the United
States, she said, but it may be some time
before widespread use of the method
becomes possible.
Since her trip. Dr. Macoy has applied
concepts of suggestology to Spanish
classes at Mars Hill, with promising and
sometimes surprising results.
Following Dr. Macoy’s presentation,
the honor society elected Donna Enochs,
a junior, as its official delegate to the
regional Alpha Chi convention to be
held in Atlanta this April.
Dr. Katherine Macoy, suggest
ology advocate, speaks at Al
pha Chi meeting.
Appalachian Forum
to be held, Feb. 13.
“Women and the Family in Southern
Appalachia” is the title of the winter
Appalachian Issues Forum which will
be held at Mars Hill College Wednesday,
February 13. The speaker for the for
um, which is open to the public, will be
Dr. Sharon Lord, Professor of Education
al Psychology at the University of Ten
nessee.
This forum, the third in an on-going
series held at member institutions, is
jointly sponsored by Mars Hill College,
the Consortium, and the Council on Ap
palachian Women. There will be three
sessions during the day Wednesday,
all held in Belk Auditorium, adjacent to
Wren College Union. At 10 a.m. Dr.
Lord will discuss “Growing up Female in
Southern Appalachia;” at 3 p.m. she
Cent, on pg. 2
Rural Life
Museum Opens
Mars Hill College’s Rural Life Museum,
like so many fledging institutions, is
reporting both good news and bad news
according to Director Richard Dilling
ham. The good news is that the interior
has been finished, the first exhibits are
up, and the museum is open on a limit
ed basis. The bad news is that cutbacks
in public service funds, notably CETA,
has cost the operation two of its staff
members.
Kim English and Mrs. Peggy Harmon
will no longer be employed.by the mu
seum due to the elimination of over 100
CETA-funded jobs in Madison County.
Dillingham had high praise for the two,
especially Mrs. Harmon, who was re-
sponsbile for the cleaning and preser
vation of all the items on display. He
also had high praise for the college’s phy-
ical plant crew which renovated the in
terior of the building, and constructed
all of the display areas which includes
a working fireplace.
To counteract the cutback in funds and
personnel, Dillingham will rely on vo
lunteers such as students, retired com
munity residents and others.
“We’ve come full circle,” noted Dil
lingham, explaining that the Montague
Building, which houses the museum,
was largely built by volunteers. In 1918,
Col. H. Montague of Winston-Salem,
offered the college matching funds to
build a library. Unfortunately, the col
lege was unable to raise the necessary
amount. However, Alfred F. Sprinkle,
then a member of the college’s Board of
Trustees, approached Dr. R. L. Moore,
who was president of the college at the
time, with the idea of matching Col.
Montague’s money with skilled labor
and materials. This was acceptable to
Col. Montague, and work proceeded
using volunteers from the community
Cont. on pg. 6