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VOL. LLV
ROTUNDA LONGWOOD COLLEGE
WUTA :
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1983
Back On Track?
NO. 8
semester. The longest lasted However, President Jay Carey By JEFF ABERNATHY nearly four weeks, beginning still feels the station is "suffering "This is WUTA — Longwood when the station's transformer College - 90.1 on your FM dial." broke down in late October. Upon from obscurity. I think that The DJ's voice is smooth and rich returning to school in August, people don't know the potential as he speaks into the microphone Radio Association members we have. Until they do, we're still which is center stage for the could not begin to broadcast until the lowly ten watt station that small, cubelike room. He is at new needles were bought for the nobody knows about, despite all once confident and interested, station's two turntables because the hard working members." The "five-year plan" for comfortable and soothing while the old needles had been speaking to no one in particular damaged over the summer. Such WUTA may be a boost to 100 save his strange black ball problems have been typical in watts and stereo. Currently mono jutting out over a mass of WUTA's four-year history. at ten watts, the station's signal is weak in comparison to that of equipment. Current vice-president Jamie the 100-watt station at the He occasionally wonders if Mereness notes that the station University of Richmond. New there is anyone "out there, but he "lost a lot of credibility when we equipment is needed, and maintains his composure. Not went off the air." Association members are knowing if anyone is tuned into Due to the small size of WUTA anxious to work such expenses the station is a frequent worry of and other college stations, they into their budget. Longwood disc jockeys — a small are often overlooked by the At present, smaller problems and highly individualistic group industry. "If you're a 10 watt are being dealt with, such as the — but there is always hope that station, you're basically ignored station's interference with some friends are listening in, if in the music business," Mereness Richmond's TV channel six no one else. Still it is with a slight said. This means that (WWBT). When both Farmville sigh of relief that he answers the promotional albums and singles station WFLO and WUTA are in phone for a request. are rarely received from record operation, reception of channel Faced with poor funding and a companies. The station does have six has been poor across campus small group of supporters, the a relatively small collection of Longwood Radio Association has records, but for the most part as well as in Farmville. Interference between the two J. D. Almond and Jeff Hawkins team up to spin a variety of been plagued with inoperative disc jockeys use their own stations has created a jamming albums. periods throughout the current albums and tapes. signal in the past, but WUTA During the 1982-83 school year, solved the problem last week. WUTA purchased two new Reception of WWBT is now free turntables, a reel-to-reel tape of interference. deck, and a cassette tape deck To solve WUTA's financial in addition to remodeling the difficulties, a meeting has been studio. This year plans were set up with Vice-President for made to purchase a new mixer at Student Affairs, Phyllis Mable to a cost of approximately $3,000. discuss the station's function on The mixer in use is over campus and the need for funding. thirty years old and inadequate In addition, Association for the station's needs. members "are striving to create When members returned this a fair and well balanced format.. semester, however, they found . for the Longwood student they had only $300 left from last body," said Mereness. year to operate on for the '83-'84 "I think we need to be more in school year. No representative of touch with the students ... we the Association had applied in want to have a good, professional March to the Student Activities operation," added station Committee for funding and no treasurer, Brad Schwartz. money was allocated for the radio station this year. All of the After playing a request, one DJ ' remaining funds have been spent, gives the Selective Service a spot, and the Association is now while another sings "America the Beautiful" in the background. applying for surplus funds. In recent weeks WUTA has "It's quick, it's easy, and it's the experienced a rise in its listening law." audience, which is documented They finish the ad, crank the [Photos by Rollandini) DJ Stuart Moser at the controls with a growing number of Beatles' "Revolution" and get requests being phoned in nightly. ready for the next song.
Lancer Edition Logo Designed
By CINDY CORELL In search of a logo for lancer Edition, the academic departments of Art and Music have successfully combined talents to produce one such logo, plus a graphic design to be used as the Lancer Edition program cover. Art Professor Tamara Mischenko's graphic design class was asked to design a logo for Lancer Edition; the designs were
judged by the show choir's director. Dr. Lee Egbert and the current members of Lancer Edition. Senior Art major, Kristen Celmer's design was chosen as the best, and will become the designated logo. Kristen plans to become a commercial artist after graduating from Longwood. Junior Art major, Patricia Dewey's design, a sketch of three spotlights, was chosen as the cover for Lancer Edition
performance programs. Patricia also plans to go into commercial art. This effort to help out campus organizations will be repeated as the class designs logos for The Series of Performing Arts. As Ms. Mischenko says, "This is a good opportunity for two of the departments of Fine Arts to work together in an effort to enhance the appearance of printing concerning performance groups."