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vol. Lxvm, no. 8 lTnivcrslty of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Monday, october 4. 1971; WUSC ai By MICKEY TR1MARCHI News Editor WUSC-AM's debut as an FM station will be delayed until at least Jan. 7, according to station manager Andy Ellis. A vital part of the transmitter, the crystal, is needed before WUSC can'complete the ^ change over. The station will be located at 91.9 mega hertz (mh) on the FM dial and the crystal is necessary to hold the frequency. The reason for the extensive delay, according to Ellis, is that the crystal must bo custom-made by a Wisconsin radio company.Ellis received a letter from the Ix)w 1 i r ine arts committee i A photographic exhibit is appearing in %> of the Russell House through the month sponsored by the Russell House Fine A counselors By PATTY SHAUGHNESSY Gamecock Staff Writer I Intolerable family problems, meaningft relationships that end, heavy class loads an money problems may be some reasons wh; college students commit suicide, according t some campus psychological experts. "The problem with most suicides is tha people feel their situation is intolerable and wil not improve," said G^eg Koeder, Psychologica Services Center Chnic assistant. Clini? Assistant A\ Scovern said people think the; have run out of alternatives, but there ar |) always alternatives whether they are seen o not. "People see their situation as hopeless, ant when they reach that stage of hopelessnes many contemplate suicide," said Roge Bowersock of the Counseling Bureau. "For tunately there is a spark of hope in most peopli that prevents them from committing suicide,1 Bowersock said. Fie said that because suicide i a??????? ir date d< Power Broadcasting Co. (LPB) in New York City, which is handling WUSC's changeover, stating that LPB did not have any 91.9 mh crystals in stock as anticipated. unce tne crystal is manufactured it has to be aged for 60 days. "In some ways I'm upset, but in others I'm not," Ellis said. "This will give us an opportunity to really get people trained. By the time we go on the air in January, we will have a crackerjack staff." Once the station receives the completed transmitter, Ellis said, the staff will install the equipment during the Christmas vacation. Installation of an antenna on top of sponsoring photo exhibi the second floor gallery the works of Bot of October. The exhibit. Camnhpn ~ VBI'L' rts Committee, includes offer help to a completely irreversible act, that acts a deterrent to many. il BOWERSOCK SAID most people's proble d are concerned with another individual or th y relationships with other people. Bowers* 0 said 96 per cent of the people seen at Counseling Bureau seek help because of p t sonal problems. II "University students are a very high r 1 population for suicides," said Scovern, "wi c we get in a university setting are people s y resolving adolescent conflicts." e Boeder said university students walk int< r new setting with many demands and try < things for the first time. "There are pressui d never experienced before and people have s hard time coping with the pressures," Roe< r said. "In a new environment, one's mi support is from other people." e "I think alienation is a big factor," Bow sock said. "When people close all channels s others there is a definite problem." ?layed Columbia Hall will begin next week. WUSC-FM will be a 10-watt station and will encompass an area of approximately 365 square miles Broadcasting will continue irom B a.m. to 12 midnight. WUSC-AM began seeking an FM license two years ago because the present broadcasting system was mechanically inadequate to serve the students' needs. The system in use now operates on a carrier-feed system in which broadcastinp tn th#? unHnnc nf hw locations on campus is done by using the im telephone lines to transmit the radio "We'l frequency. studei In addition to the mechanical advantages able t x \ I 1 nMQBc^2jjj|nBk^S^BHH[j^^ffiH0H^EMfl^^H^^Hpi|ll5 Lwj|3nj| W*sm Photograph by Tom Campo?lt | it i Rowan, Mike Barley, Terry Parke and Tom university. > the hopeless s a TREATMENT OF students contemplating Slliririf* varips h\ i > I.U mw I1IUIV lUUdi ctlHl the particular problems. Roeder said the ms bureau tries to assess each person and get an leir idea of what that person is like. Counselors also :>ck try to discover why a person wants to commit the suicide. >er- Usually a person will call and a clinic assistant will determine if it is an emergency, isk If it is not a crisis situation, a therapist will hat contact the person to arrange an appointment, till According to Scovern, most cases require longrange therapy, with the average length of o a therapy about six months. A /~11 * - ? uui ^unic assistants also deal in crisis inres tervention, and if there is imminent danger, he i a will call in a clinical psychologist to protect the ier person and himself. ain "If someone is determined to commit suicide, you can not stop them," Bowersock er- said. "But the fact that they are talking to to someone shows that they have not made a final decision." See SUICIDE, Page 7 ///wijsc^v f \ f/h n 1 # , r? - -? 1 CCLtMEIA oming an FM station, Ellis pointed out iproved service to the students at USC. 1 be able to reach 100 per cent of the its instead of just 30 per cent. We'll be o serve the whole campus better." Ticket bill unlikely to pass By EDITH McNEIL Gamecock Staff Writer A Student Government bill to allow graduate and law students to pick up their tickets until 3:30 p.m. the day of ticket distribution will probably not be approved. The bill, now being considered by the athletic committee of the Student Senate, "has very slirn chances,' according to Joe Hungate, co-chairman of the committee. "It's in direct conflict : a l- ai? -- wim me present system of ticket distribution and it probably won't be out of committee for at least a month." Graduate schedules do not conform to those of undergraduates and graduate students also have greater responsibilities than undergraduates, the bill states. Gary Poliakoff a senator from the law school said his bill would make it more convenient for law and graduate students to nirk nr? thoir ^ -W VtJ/ VI IV ft A tickets. UNDER LAST year's system tickets were laid aside for each class. Graduate students and seniors got the best tickets with the tickets getting progressively less desirable for the underclassmen. Tickets are now picked up acpnrHino tn loo* ~f 11? f-, VI# un, 1 uoi IIUIIIIA'I U1 lilt? students social security number, with the time for pickups designated for each number. This, removed any effect of class standing on the quality of tickets available. The proposed bill would allow graduate students to come in any time until 3:30 on the day of distribution to pick up their tickets, regardless of their social security numpers, dui omer students would have to wait until their designated time. The present system of ticket distribution was introduced in the Student Senate last year by Preston McDaniel, a law student. THE METHOD of ticket distribution should be left as it is," See TICKETS. Page 8