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Special H H voi.75,No.66
. WUSC set t
to 3,000 w
By Glenn Burkins
wu?><J s power increase means more than
being heard by a larger audience: it means
increased responsibility.
WUSC is scheduled to increase its power
from 10 watts to 3,000 watts Friday. Along
with this change, its frequency will switch
from 91.9 to 90.5 FM. The increase will boost
the reception of the station from a threemile
radius to 40 miles, according to Marc
Fink, station manager.
The power increase will mean changes for
the station. . "We'll have to be more
professional because we'll be reaching mnrp
0 V
people now. The staff will need more
training also."
^ The station will hold several six-week
workshops to make the staff more aware of
the station's technical operations, Federal
Communications Commissions regulations
and station policy. The workshops will be
held once a semester and during the summer.
THE STATION directors may have to be
more selective in choosing their staff in the
future, but for now they will keep the same
staff ITinlr coirl All ft.ll ? -4 > A
?, ?. ><u> ouiu. mi iuii-Liiue siuuenui are
eligible to work at WUSC, Fink said, but
because of the increase, there may be more
people who want to be on the air. If this
happens, the staff members will be selected
9 on different criteria.
Fink said the station may lose many
listeners because of the frequency change.
WW II spy recalls adven
Shootings ai
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By Tom Coyne
Tiger hunting in Nepal, shark attacks, eartl
huntings, shootings, poison blow darts and woi
similar to "Raiders of the Lost Ark," but actuf
some of the World War II adventures nf
professor Bill Morgenroth.
Morgenr oth served as lieutenant commande
of Naval Intelligence in the Middle East and ?
from 1943-46.
^ Although his tales seem to have all the a
^ * romance of a Hollywood movie script, Morgei
the work as dull.
"The work was mostly dull until you got to tl
and then you wished you weren't there at all,
said. "Some of the work was quite routii
telephone books, photographs and that sort of tl
He said he could find military installations,
electric utilities, factories and other strategic r
by looking in the Yellow Pages.
One of his more interesting assignments, hi
the island of Andaman off the Burma coast, h
the first American ever to land on the island
' * American plane had crashed there several mon
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Robert Alexander
o increase
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atts i-riaay
To prevent this, the station has launched
campaign to make the public aware of th
change. The station staff put up posters t
remind the public of the change, said Nin
Frankel, graduate assistant for Wlisc
The station is also holding a contest t
remind listeners of the change. The perse
who predicts the first day the temperatur
will reach 91 degrees in Columbia will wi
several albums and posters and will be
guest disc jockey for the station.
The station will continue to play altei
native music, Frankel said. She said WUS
cannot compete with commercial statior
because it is state-supported.
"WE LEAVE. IT up to the individual DJ
to decide the music they want to play. Ou
only requirement is that it be alternativ<
music, music no other station is playing
Fifty percent of the music they play must b<
new releases," Frankel said.
According fn Pinlr tho cfatinn on?i;?v/i
0 m. ?) VIIV UtUVlVll a[/j^UCU IV/.
the power increase more than four year:
ago. The increase was scheduled to tak<
place last year, but was delayed b]
technical problems.
With the new transmitter, the station wil
broadcast to four counties. Fink said th<
public will benefit from this change becaus<
more people will be able to receive sport
broadcasts covered by WUSC. And because
the station will broadcast in stereo, th<
public will receive a better sound quality
which Fink said he hopes will attract mort
listeners.
itures
nd shark attai
hquakes, head I thought it WOUld b
iien it sounds WOrld and have some i
dly they were
use business lot of adjusting. There
T in the office that's something that's
Joutheast Asia
idventure and
iroth decribes
le center of it, "i was the first American
" Morgenroth he said, "and my goal was
rie, collecting get out of there alive."
ling." He said the tribal chief ga
water works, a cross-bow and blow gun t
nilitary points presented with 300 wives to Y
Although he returned the
i said, was to back to the United States to
le said he was Harry S Truman, at the Whii
I, although an Morgenroth first became
ths earlier. his twin brother receiv
? use of fit
By Susan Muir
When he came to USC he ir
stay for one year. Seventc
later, Robert Alexander is
- Columbia, but he will still t
the USC system.
Tl.in *1
i mo auuimci , /\iCA<iiu
replace the retiring Williar
as chancellor of a "jewel" i
year campus ? USC-Aiken intention
of improving the
image.
Alexander, associate vice
for two-year campuses and c
education, will make the I
when Casper retires on June
Alexander said he is happj
opportunity because th<
community and people have
offer and because he fe<
fortable with the Aiken cam]
skills and my backgrou
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Disc jockey John Hearn controls
* station will move from the 91.9 fr<
Friday.
cks were all
Mai
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adventure. But it took a 0fh
was a lot of death, and , A
leai
: difficult to get used to. Lar
sev
? USC professor f"rs
Bill Morgenroth jy
but
i ever to step foot in there alive,"
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The
ive him various trophies, such as to g
0 bring back to his king. He was jj
teep for himself. wa,
1 wives, he brought the trophies ^ea
present to his "king," President wa,
te House. mo'
interested in intelligence after
ed a Naval assignment in
:ial has high \
themselves to the needs
.tended to has"hesaid.
sen years Alexander said he exj
5 leaving a few changes in
>e part of priorities after he dis
with the Aiken admin
students. "I don't conrv
ier will attitude to change ever
n Casper down immediately," he;
of a four- want to get stuc
- with the community and staff p<
school's get t^e feei for various ii
establish priorities."
president Alexander said he has
ontinuing objectives he hopes to {
ransition as chancellor: to mai
30. community aware of
r with the potential, to make the c
i Aiken serve students and t
: much to campus serve the total c<
els com- He said he wants th
pus. "My students in Aiken to vie\
nd lend as a tremendous resourc
wH
the audio board at WUSC-FM, the
squency to 90.5 when it increase
part of tt
dagascar. His dream was to te
sion.
I never did run into my brother,'
is women, but we never quite m<
S a VOlin0stf?r Mnrdonen^
~ ^ -OT..0wvw ) 4?*vi ^viawui 11VCU
*ned French, Italian and Sp
iguage School in Boulder, Colo
eral other languages to his re]
;lligence school in New York, a
t assignment.
lorgenroth said he thought the v
soon found it was not exactly wh
I thought it would be a good way
ie advpntnrp " caiH "Rn* i
;re was a lot of death, and that's
et used to."
[e said only one incident disturb*
5 walking down a street in Cal<
id bodies around him, when sud<
5 moving. He said he soon ref
ving, but it was actually millions
d bodies and eating them.
lopes for A
i that campus To enhanci
he said he
sects to make among the
the campus' and Aiken
icusses plans evaluate AiV
istration and program are;
e in with the campus. Ale
ything upside cuts that a
said. Columbia car
lent, faculty, impact on US
irspectives to Alexander
ssues before I develop stroi
area school di
three general needs and tc
>ut into effect potential topi
le the Aiken said he
the campus' Aiken is not o
amous better a college edu
o make the P'^ce to cont
ommunity. ? w
, faculty. "Tht
e people and board," hesai
.v the campus
e.
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Photo by |oe Jackson
> campus radio station. The
s its power to 3.000 watts
le job
am with his brother on a
'he said. "Iran into some
et up."
in France. While there he
anish. He attended the
., to add Indonesian and
pertoire. He attended an
nd at 26 he received his
vork would be glamorous,
lathe dreamed.
to see the world and have
t took a lot of adjusting.
something that's difficult
ed him for a long time. He
cutta, trying to avoid the
ienly it seemed the street
Uized the street was not
> of rats converging on the
Sea "Spy," pap 4
iken job
j the campus' potential,
wants to imnrnvp tioc
1? v v
Beaufort, Salkehatchie
campuses and to re;en's
academics in the
ss cut from the Columbia
xander said the budget
Iter programs on the
npus have a tremendous
C's other campuses.
also said he wants to
1 _l! L'
ugei reiauonsnips witn
istricts to meet teachers'
) promote the campus'
*e-college students,
wants people to realize
nly a good place to start
ication, but also a good
inue mat education. He
mpus has a first-rate
iy're strong across the
id.
Sea "Chancellor," pige $