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Engineeri Long Summe Personality C BY DOUG WILLIAMS never Gamecock News Editor he cor In a Another side in the continuing for a saga of WUSC has come to the figure front. lesser Steve Lafferty, the graduate A and engineering student who was one of this ti: the people desiring to revamp the Thei setup at the USC radio station, comm added more haze to an already ferty i confused situation. and cc It seems that Williams knew Alan Lafferty's roommate and was manai looking for some professional dean < engineering knowledge, as Laf- couldn ferty bluntly stated "Chuck knew guess he didn't have the knowledge, but pulled no one else was there." Kier Lafferty was recruited to work Laffer on the station by Chuck Williams, engine choosing three others to help him. not in "We got $20,000 to do the job, realiz( which I thought was reasonable," we gol Lafferty said. "We wanted to out thE completely revamp studios A and out a 1 C, rewire the whole system and Con< work on the transmitters. It was a the sta complete overhaul." into th Lafferty said his proposed it apai budget was not laughed out of the. tomak station as David Warehime former and r station manager told the late in GamecocK last week. "I have transn 5x7 Color Por $.88 1 With presentation of this GEORGE PHOTOGRAI 1226 Laurel St. L WOffer good through Oct. IOsP: 10 SP. BICYC Quality European Bicycle Manufactured By: Gitane Paris-Sport, Falcon-Maino In Columbia C AT E'S CO Box 934 Cedar Terrace Shop 6420 Sumter Hw' Phone: 776-12 1 :15 to 8 p.m. Mon., ig Stude r Brings lashes wen met David Warehime," imented. iy event, Lafferty then left two-week period, trying to out what could be done at a cost. An overhaul of studios C was still in the works at ne. a critical breakdown in inications occurred. Laf tas in the process of moving ld not be reached by either Reames, now station er, or Robert E. Alexander, f student activities. "They 't get in touch with me, so I they thought we had just out," :e then returned and since y was gone, he became the Er. "Brian and Alan were erested in our project. I d the misunderstanding and back together and worked details. I told Brian to work iroposal and let me see it." erning the dismantling of tion, Lafferty said "We went E equipment, but not taking t. We had to go off the air erepairs. Chuck and I went !paired some transmitters the summer. We got some iitters in working order and Lraits coupon at HIC CORP 254-4288 13, 1973.I EED LES s From $95.00 .Bottecchia, Cinelli, Colnago See: TT AGE ping Center r. (29209) 0o9 through Sat. nt Takes WUSC-AM hoped the others were. I never told Brian they were in working order, though maybe he got that im pression.." Kierce and Reames ran against each other for station manager last spring. Reames was elected. Turner was elected program director, leaving Kierce to run against Williams for chief engineer. Kierce declined the nomination. One station member said it was Kierce 's way of getting back at the station. Williams told members that he 4W A Look At s Steve Volk Fills Out himself really did not have all the knowledge to be chief engineer, but knew where the manuals were and could read them when necessary to solve a technical problem. As Lafferty said, "There was no access to professional engineering, no technical experience" before he was asked to undertake the task of revamping WUSC. "Chuck believed in the station," he said. "But he was frustrated because nobody was around." Lafferty said Reames knows what is going on in the way of how OIB U IU FAH LN FASHIN SHO SOUH AL CAEEI FOL E BOTiQUE SHONS I on campus n-. Un riyDni.,,g e..... WUSC Geoffrey Darling Program Logs. the station operates. One station worker said that as program director, Reames was one of the best the station had. 'However, another member said he lacks the ability to inspire people. Warehime could stand up and threaten "to break someone's head" in order to get something accomplished, this person said. Reames cannot. In any event the station is now on the air after one of the most trying summers in their history.