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The final shoe is about to drop
on the eight-month-old search for
Capitol Campus' next Provost.
University and local media have
been invited to an official press
conference tomorrow, March 17.
The announcement will coincide
with a Penn State Board of
Trustees meeting at Hershey
Medical Center tomorrow and
will take place during a "routine"
press conference immediately
following at -11:45 a.m. to "in
form the media on what the
board has acted on," according
to Michael J. Breslin, Director of
Campus Relations at Capitol.
Penn State President Bryce Jor
dan is expected to make the
announcement.
While the Capitol campus
rumor mill has indicated that a
select number of administrators
and faculty have been informed
of the new provost's identity, no
sources available to the Capitol
Times were willing to breach the
Saturday announcement date.
A check Thursday by Capitol
Times of the offices of the
finalists (see their backgrounds
below) elicited the following:
--Dr. Robert M. Smith told
Capitol Times "No,"when asked
if he had "received notification
of the selection or heard anything
from Penn State."
--A secretary in the office of Dr.
Samuel Goldman told the Capitol
Problems remain
WNDR gains new equipment
MDR student disc jockey Jeff Griffiths
'spins records' In the studio.
Times that a brief look at his
schedule calander revealed "no
indication of Penn State" or of
travel plans for this weekend.
--Dr. Frank Butler told Capitol
Times "Yes, I have been
notified" of the decision , but
declined to elaborate because he
felt it wouldn't be "proper for
me to make any statements until
you hear from the President" of
Penn State.
--A source in Dr. Ruth Leven
thal's office said Leventhal "has
not received formal notification"
and declines to comment until
after Saturday, when "she
beleives formal notification will
come."
This announcement will come
on the heels of an extensive
search for a replacement for Dr
Theodore Gross who served as
Please see "PROVOST," pg. 5
Capitol Friday,
March 16, 1984
Vol. 18, No. 6
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Published by students of Penn State University, Capitol Campus
Ma==l
It's not commercial radio, but
then it wasn't meant to be.
Capitol's WNDR is holding its
own against the problems of out
dated equipment and a lack of
coverage.
Don Strausburger, Program
Director, is pleased with several
improvements recently made at
the station.
"We're finally reaching Meade
Heights," Strausburger said,
referring to the new 20-watt AM
transmitter placed in service there
last month. The new equipment,
which cost $905, replaced an old
five watt unit that failed in
November.
"It's much more reliable than
the old one,"Strausburger noted
The new transmitter is tran-
sistorized, while the old one used
outdated vacuum tubes; he said.
The unit is housed at 932-A Mars
Drive.
Strausburger said the station is
next provost?
Capitol Campus in transition: Dr. Stanley Miller holds down the fort until a
replacement is named for former Provost Dr. Theodore Gross, left.
also trying new programming.
Greg Labelle began a new morn
ing "wake up" show this
semester from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m.
Also new are what Strausburger
called a "spontaneous rock"
show done by Brian Conroy, an
evening "funk" program with
Angelo Vecchio, and expanded
hours of operation. The station is
now on the air from 6:30 a.m. to
midnight Monday through Friday.
Despite these improvements,
Strausburger says the station
needs some major changes.
"I think this campus deserves
an FM station," he said. "We
can't touch the commuters except
when thty're in the Lion's Den."
WNDR uses a low power,
multi-transmitter system. It has a
20-watt transmitter in the Olmsted
Building, a five-watt transmitter
in the Dining Hall, and the new
20-watt transmitter in Meade
Heights, Strausburger explained.
He said that large parts of the
campus are not reached by this
system, and that much of the
equipment is over 10 years old.
Last year the station attempted
to obtain some FM equipment
removed from Penn State's
Wilkes-Barre Campus.
Strausburger said that some of
the equipment is now in Capitol's
TV studio, but the transmitter
went elsewhere.
Part of the problem,
Strausburger said, is a recent
F.C.C. policy intended to phase
out low-powered FM stations and
move all high school and college
stations to at least 100 watts.
Buying a new 150-watt FM
stereo transmitter would cost at
least $9OOO, Strausburger said,
but he is optomistic.
"I think the chances of going FM
are good in the next few years,"
he said. WNDR has "discussed
the possibility of funding" with
Student Activities and may look
into other options, he said.
WNDR's operating budget is
roughly $l9OO a year,
Strausburger said.
The station can be heard at 630
on the AM dial.