The QC, Vol. 75, No. 21 • April 27, 1989

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Volume LXXV, Number 21
April 27, 1989
Back On the Air, KWTR Gets
Two Advisers For Next Year
Dorothv W. Nelson
Judge Dorothy Nelson
Commencement
By Danielle Diego
The Honorable Dorothy W.
Nelson, United States Circuit
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals,
Ninth Circuit, has been
announced as the speaker at
Whittier's 86th graduation
commencement Sunday, May 21.
Nelson has been a member of
the Judicial Council, Ninth Circuit,
since 1985, was chair of the
American Bar Association
Committee on Education in
Judicial Administration from
1972-79, and chair of the
Association of American Law
Schools' Committee on
Education in Judicial
Administration from 1976-1980.
She is also well respected
internationally. She sat with the
Supreme Court of Federated
States of Micronesia in 1984, the
Supreme Court of Israel in 1985,
and the High Courts of Bombay
and Calcutta, India in 1986.
Legal Topic
At the commencement. Nelson
will speak on 'Contemporary
Legal Issues' President Mills said
the school has been trying for
years to get a woman who could
especially discuss relevant legal
topics. One-third of the graduating class are law students.
Dean of faculty Bob Marks, who
is also the chairman of the
Commencement Committee,
said that it is very difficult to get
a graduation speaker because the
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graduation date is "set in stone."
Marks said, "When we are talking
about geting a certain caliber of
people to speak, they are usually
very busy people. It comes down
to who's available May 21."
Nelson was first suggested by
a faculty member on the
Commencement Committee who
had heard her speak before.
"When the idea was brought up
to the committee, we looked into
it and found that other members
of the faculty had heard her, and
thought that it was an exceptional
idea," Marks said.
Student Involvement
The Commencement
Committee includes three
seniors: Kris Muir, Alex
Mangosing and Derek Price. Muir
said the purpose of having
students on the committee is to
get their mput. "We are here to
represent the class as to who we
would want to hear," she said.
When asked exactly what the
committed looks for in a speaker,
Marks said that they look at
several a iteria, "but the number
one qualification is that the
person have public presence - the
ability tt effectively convey a
message to a large group." He
said the committee works by
categon considering all credential!, cessary to even have a
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By Chris Perkins
Whittier college radio station
KWTR is back on the air and will
soon be fortified by the addition
of two staff advisers. Bedford
Mcintosh, director of Development, and Kevin Doody, director
of Corporate and Foundation ,
Relations, have volunteered their
help in reorganizing and
expanding the station.
According to sophomore
Heather Robinson, station
manager, repairs have been
made on the broken broadcasting equipment which had
shut down the station for three
weeks. She said that barring any
unforeseen occurrences, the
station will remain on the air for
the rest of the year.
Robinson welcomed the
addition of the two advisers,
saying, "I'm all for the
idea...There's no doubt there
needs to be some type of adviser
- every other |major| organization
on campus has an adviser, so it
doesn't seem out of the ordinary.''
"I really do look forward to
working with them."
A Couple of Guys
Mcintosh and Doody have no
formal radio station experience,
but said that they believe their
enthusiasm and love of music,
coupled with their professional
backgrounds in business and
solicitation, will make them
effective advisers. However, said
Mcintosh, "We don't see ourselves as the salvation |for
KWTR|...we're just a couple of
Price Sings A tthem
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guys who want to help out."
The two originally became
involved with the station after
reading of KWTR's problems with
equipment failure and controversial broadcasts in the April 13
Quaker Campus. Mcintosh contacted Barbara Green about
donating equipment to the
station, and she suggested that he
consider a position as an adviser.
After Mcintosh discussed the
possibility with Doody, both
men went before the Board of
Governors April 24 to announce
their willingness to act as advisers
for the station and their plans
for KWTR.
Mcintosh said they have few
specific plans for KWTR in mind,
as they are not yet well
acquainted with the station, and
have not yet met with Heather
Robinson.
One improvement which they
believe is necessary to the
development of the station,
however, is the addition of
transmitters in other areas of
campus to extend KWTR's
broadcasting range.
"It all starts with getting the
signal out," Mcintosh said.
The station currently has
transmitters in Stauffer, Ball,
Johnson, Wardman and Wanberg
residence halls as well as in the
Campus Inn.
The addition of extra
transmitters would be expensive.
The seven original transmitters
costed $6,395. The total
amounted budgeted for KWTR
by BOG this year was $2,500.
Paul McManus, ASWC
president-elect, said he will
support the purchase of
additional transmitters. "The first
step to restructuring and
strengthening KWTR is making
sure it's able to | broadcast] across
campus very clearly. To do that,
money is going to have to be
allocated to buying new
transmitters and on improving
the old ones if necessary."
Another goal Mcintosh and
Doody have for the station is
improved visibility. "We need to
have a higher profile on campus,"
Mcintosh said. They said that
some of the means of achieving
this which they have discussed
are contests, promotions, album
give-aways and advertising.
Professionalism and
consistency in broadcasting are
also priorities of the new advisers.
"We can make |KWTR| almost a
professional radio station,"
Mcintosh stated.
Doody said he considers the
goal of a college radio station "to
play what the |student| audience
wants to hear, but also to broaden
their horizons."
"We'll look for a match between
what students |deejays| want to
play, and what students want to
hear."
Mcintosh and Doody stressed
the need for student manage-
Please see KWTR page 3.
Student Phonathon Nets Big Dough,
Over $115,000 Raised lb This Point
By Stephanie Wiggins
"Usually if alumni have had a
good experience they are likely
to give," said Alex Mangosing,
student manager for the Spring
'89 Phonathon which has raised
more than $115,000 over a span
of 17 days from alumni all over the
United States.
According to Cheryl Seagren,
director of Annual Giving,
student tuition fees cover only 70
percent of the cost of our
education. The other 30 percent
is raised by the school.
The Phonathon solicits
unrestricted funds (funds which
are not allocated for a specific
project or department) which
generally end up helping to fund
financial aid, faculty salaries, and
maintenance of housing.
Great Success
Seagren said ofthe Phonathon,
"It's a great success!" The original
goal was $100,000 but was
surpassed and a new goal was set
for $121,000 which Seagren
expects to reach by the conclusion of the fundraising event
tonight.
Mangosing attributes the great
response to a letter from the
chairman of the Board of
Trustees, Raymond Dezember, to
alumni that explained the situation of the $262,000 deficit.
According to Seagren, "We
have great callers. The alumni
enjov hearing from them."
Last year the phonathon, which
lasted two weeks, stressed the
celebration of Whittier College's
centennial and raised
approximately $46,000.
According to Seagren, "Last year
the percentage of 'yes' to 'no'
responses was 30 percent. This
year it is around 55 percent."
Mangosing said, "The best
callers are seniors Mario Garcelita
and Rebecca Rasko, juniors
Beverly Givens, Alicia Staples,
and Lisa Watson and sophomore
Danny Carvalho.
In one night, the callers raised
over $20,000 in three hours.
According to Mangosing the
average pledge is $ 12 5: however,
pledges range from $20 to $1000.
Mangosing and senior Linda
Tull, student managers of the
phonathon, supervise 30 callers,
which were selected from a pool
of applicants of approximately
100, in the faculty center for three
hours a night.
According to Seagren, the
response this year is not unusual
for a college of Whittier's standing, and is comparable to other
schools such as Claremont.
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Women's H20 Polo
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