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Aggie Radio ready to make waves Student radio station to apply for FM license after long wait to-day life of students by talking about what’s going on and capturing personalities on campus. We Aggie Radio, USU’s student- can talk about the stuff you don’t run radio station, has plans to know but care about.” apply next week for a license from But the process is not an easy the Federal Communications one. Commission to broadcast on FM Zak Ricklefs, the event coordiradio, something they’ve been nator and off-air program director, said after applying and being waiting years to do. Mowefa Eastmond, a disc jock- approved, the station would be ey for the station and a sophomore awarded a construction permit, majoring in business, said he feels which allows 18 months for the the student-run station would be station to get everything set up able to produce a quality program and running. that could compete in the local FM “The FCC doesn’t open up for applications very often,” said market. “It’s imperative to get the stu- Ricklefs, a junior majoring in mardents’ voice out there,” Eastmond keting. “This license would be for a low-power said. FM frequency. He said by It’s the first the absence of Zak Ricklefs time in at least a college FM event coordinator five or six years station, stuthey’ve opened dents wanting up for this to go into the kind of thing.” field of radio Another facbroadcasting tor that could are denied slow their opportunities plans is the they should current federal have in order gover n ment to get a handsshutdown. On on education. the official East mond website of the and others FCC, there is a from the stanotice that says tion said they feel their station could fulfill a need the FCC is currently “limited” in many people in Logan have — what they can do and its “online knowing what’s happening in the systems will be unavailable until further notice.” lives of students. “We want to become a main “Unfortunately, we will have to tool for campus and for all the col- wait it out,” said Stanger, a senior leges,” said Brady Stanger, Aggie majoring in international busiRadio’s station manager. “Our ness. “I would assume that the goal is to capture USU as a culture. FCC will change the opening of We are more applicable to the day- the application process to a time
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We are the only university in the whole state that has a college radio station but doesn’t have FM.
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Students rallying to save CCA courtyard 4By Amanda Grover staff writer
USU’s Caine College of the Arts has big plans for the Kent Concert Hall Courtyard. It will become a construction zone by Monday, preventing students access to the hall through the main entrance — but for some students, inconvenience is not the issue. Sam Taylor, a junior studying landscape architecture, has taken a particular interest in the project. He sees the courtyard as one of the most beautiful and valuable places on campus and important due to its use and the legacy it holds. The space was designed by a 1967 USU graduate, Garr Campbell, who later received his master’s degree from Harvard. He was a well-known landscape architect who worked throughout Europe and the East Coast, according to Michael Timmons, associate professor of landscape architecture and environmental
planning. The courtyard is also used as an event venue for everything from outdoor concerts to dances, as well as another place to eat lunch. Many students enjoy the space, finding relief from sun exposure beneath the trees which have stood there since the 1980s. Taylor believes a space with such a legacy needs to be preserved. Taylor ran a petition, getting signatures from more than 500 students in support. He then submitted the petition to the dean of the Caine College of the Arts, Craig Jessop. Wednesday morning, Taylor met with Jessop and Samuel Wright, ASUSU Arts senator, to discuss his concerns. Taylor realized the construction plans are in advanced stages and it would be difficult to alter them now. However, he urged Jessop and Wright to consider maintaining some of the trees,
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Paid parking at Terrace may change to 24/5
Shanda Call photo AGGIE RADIO DJs talk it up in their booth Wednesday afternoon. The radio station, which broadcasts online, will apply for a license for an FM station next week.
in which they will be open. At the point, we will apply.” Still, members of Aggie Radio said they feel enthusiastic about the potential change. They expressed the need for support from fellow students in order to have success. “I think it’s really important that students know that the more support from students we get, the closer this could be to becoming a reality,” Eastmond said. “We are the only university in the whole state that has a college radio station but doesn’t have FM.” According to these representatives, the best way to support the station right now is to listen through internet radio, the Aggie Radio app or HD signal. The station’s official website is radio.usu. edu. Anthony Pittl, a freshman in graphic design, said he already has Aggie Radio as a preset through
the HD signal in the car. “I think it’d be a really good thing for them (to have FM radio),” Pittl said. “It would broaden their audience and expand their reach. I can see other students listening to it more.” Ricklefs said as the process continues, they will have a greater need for fundraising and will create events to do so.
“Going FM is not cheap,” Ricklefs said. “It’s not cheap at all. It’s kind of a down payment for opportunities in the future.” Stanger said the physical cost will be around $10,000, not including variable costs, but he and the others feel hopeful for the future. – m.noble@aggiemail.usu.edu
USU Park i ng and Transportation Services is proposing 24-hour paid parking in the Big Blue Parking Terrace Monday through Friday and extending paid hours in the Blue Premium Parking next to the University Inn. Emily Esplin, ASUSU executive vice president and a member of the Parking and Transportation Advisory Committee, explained a resolution proposing these changes to the ASUSU Executive Council at their regular meeting Tuesday night. Though the Executive Council does not vote on parking resolutions, Esplin said she wanted to get the council’s input before the Parking and Transportation Advisory Committee meets Monday. The bill is sponsored by the Parking and Transportation Services department. The resolution received mixed reactions from the council. “I’m just going to say, it looks kind of petty,” said Casey Saxton, ASUSU public relations director. People without a permit pay to park in the Big Blue Terrace between 7:30 a.m. and 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday and between 7:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday. Often, Esplin explained as she read the resolution, people wait to leave the terrace until after hours so they do not have to pay. An average of 149 vehicles leave the terrace after 10 p.m., resulting in more people filling
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Candidates address student issues 4By Danielle Manley assistant news editor
Nov. 5 will prove to be more important to USU students than they realize. Logan city will elect a new mayor, and both candidates have a significant interest in student issues. Both candidates realize they need to reach out to students and recognize the problems associated with the city and USU. “I’ve spent six or seven hours over on campus with a table campaigning and talking to students,” said mayoral candidate Craig Petersen. “We made an effort to try to register students and had a great experience… we talked to dozens and dozens of students.”
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Petersen served on the Logan Municipal Council for the past four terms. He retired as a professor at USU where he also served as vice provost, interim provost and chief of staff to the presi- PETERSEN dent. “My experience is that I worked at Utah State,” Petersen said. “I’ve been on campus most of my life. I’ve got a good feel of the campus.” Mayor Randy Watts has been Logan’s mayor since 2006. “Basically (we’re) just trying to interact with students and the long time residents of Logan,” Watts said. “We’ve always been very appreciative of the university, but it comes with its challenges.” The two challenges both candidates are addressing with students are housing and parking. Watts said the difficulty with housing is finding a balance between the students who live off campus and rent homes and
the long-time residents of Logan. “We’re trying to improve housing,” Watts said. “It’s a doubleedged sword. Students need to realize when they come in and go to school, they need to learn to WATTS be good citizens.” The problem comes with the number of students who rent houses off campus. “Single family homes are being converted to apartments — that’s our biggest problem,” Watts said. He said he supports big apartment complexes like Blue Square. Not only does it give students a place to live, but it addresses the parking issue by giving students a legal place to park year round. “We’re very supportive of the big complexes that come in,” Watts said. “I like what Blue Square has done. They’ve given students a better option than living in a basement apartment, if their budget can afford it.”
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