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WPSE
by Cristin Hayes
Collegian Sraff Writer
Ownership of the former
WEYZ-AM 1450 radio station
was officially transfered to
Behrend on Wednesday, March 1
and the station, renamed WPSE,
is due to go on the air on May 1.
The transfer of AM 1450 to
Behrend came as the result of a
$250,000 gift of the station and
equipment from Burbach
Broadcasting Company in
December 1988. Behrend
contributed an additional $50,000
for facilities, other equipment,
and a salary for a station
manager.
Installation of the station's
JRC Cook-Off
Apartment residents dished out
their best for the first Joint
Residence Council (JRC)
Apartment Kitchen Cook-Off on
Thursday, March 23 in the
Apartment Community Center.
Entries in main dish and
dessert categories were judged by
John Downey, Coordinator of
Student Activities; Pam Peter,
JRC vice president; Clay Belgie,
Wintergreen Cafe manager;
Elvage Murphy and Ken Miller,
Residence Life Coordinators; and
S.G.A. president Steve
McGarvey
A microwave oven was
awarded to Shirley Connor,
winner in the main dish category.
Second-place winner in the main
Smokers To
Pay Penalty
by Bill Warner
Collegian Staff Writer
Penn State University today
unveiled phase II of its new
smoking policy, which details
penalties, including mandatory
attendance at nicotine awareness
workshops, for those smokers
caught lighting up within Penn
State buildings.
According to a recent
memorandum from the Provost
and Dean, John M. Lilley,
"Enforcement responsibility rests
with 'group leaders' in openly
assigned areas (classrooms,
laboratories, and seminar/meeting
rooms) and with supervisors of
individual office, administrative
and general work areas."
Phase H sets specific penalties
for students, staff and faculty
found in violation of the policy.
"Group leaders" will, upon
witnessing infractions, assign
one NICO-POINT to each
offender. When any smoker's
NICO-POINTS total three they
are automatically referred to a
Nicotine Awareness Workshop,
sponsored by Penh State and the
National Cancer Center.
Attendance at these workshops
is mandatory and is calculated at
Looks For a Station Manager
equipment in the new office on
the first floor of the Reed
Building began on March 13.
"Every day we move two steps
forward and one step back, but we
are making steady progress," said
Dr. Chris Reber, Dean of Student
Services and director of the
station's start-up operation at
Behrend.
The process of hiring a
station manager is in its final
stages. Canidates were
interviewed the week of March
19, and the manager will be
appointed in early April. The
manager will be heading a staff
consisting mainly of students
from Behrend's communication
program.
dish category was Frank Kurta.
Kurta received a slow cooker for
his efforts. Michelle Grasmick
was awarded a $25 Loblaws gift
certificate for third place.
In the dessert category,
Connor was once again the
winner, taking home a mixer.
Tammy Furyesz won a cooking
dish for second prize and third
place winner Damon Gray won a
$25 Loblaws gift certificate.
"I was extremely pleased with
the number of participants and
variety of the entries," said JRC
president Stan Lefes. "In the
future JRC plans on sponsoring
events like this as well as - other
resident activities.
LWO nours per point for the first
three NICO-POINTS and one
hour per point for addition
offenses thereafter. Failure by
student offenders to attend
assigned workshops will result in
the retention of their diploma,
while enforcement measures for
staff and faculty attendance have
yet to be announced.
NICO-POINTS will be
tracked by the administrations
newly acquired, $5,000 Smoke-
Out software program. The
program keeps track of each
smoker, their NICO-POINT
total, and their attendance at
workshops.
An unidentified source in the
administration explained the new
penalties. "We felt that the
smoking policy would be treated
as a token policy, that no one
would take it seriously if there
weren't penalties. We felt the
need to put some teeth into the
policy."
At press time, a left-wing
smoker's group calling
themselves "Tobacco Road
Warriors" was planning to protest
the policy by rolling a giant, ten
foot long cigarette and lighting it
at midnight tonight in the HUB
student lounge at University
Pa&
A committee chosen to plan
the station's format includes Dr.
John Lilley, Provost and Dean;
Cathy Mester, assistant professor
of communicaations and advisor
to the WPSE Radio Club; Ken
Bunting, a Behrend student and
assistant manager of the radio
club; and Myron Jones, president
and owner of JET Broadcasting.
The committee wanted a
format that would serve not only
the campus, but the community
as well. "We view this as a new
way for Penn State-Behrend to
serve the public interest in the
Erie community." said Lilley.
For this reason WPSE decided on
a block programming format.
This type of format will differ
Resident Life Coordinator Ken Miller dishes up a
serving of a soon-to-be tested dessert at the JRC
Cook-Off. (photo by Jeff Majcher)
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A 6 am to 1 am on-air
schedule is tenatively planned.
During the community's primary
listening hours, 6 am to 6:30
pm, the station will broadcast a
news and talk format. After 6:30
pm the station plans to switch to
a more student-oriented format,
including specialized music
programming. WPSE's radio club
will be a major factor to the
station's succcess. Students are
now being liscensed to broadcast
on May 1. "1 think this plan will
best serve our students needs for
hands-on practice and will give
them the best variety of on-air
experiences," said Reber.
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In the future, WPSE will
have CBS news and sports
coverage and, possibly, coverage
of Penn State sporting events.
They are also looking into the
American Radio Network, a 24
hour talk network, to pick up
national talk show programming.
Originally planned to be a
non-commercial station, WPSE
has been approved for commercial
status. "We needed to change to
commercial status to have access
to national satellite news
services," explained Reber. "With
an all-news and all-talk daytime
format, a satellite service is
essential."