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__News_ wusc from page 1 old studio for several months. The station will also have a new anten na that will make remote broadcasts easier and better sounding. “This new equipment gives us so many more possibilities," Paddock said. “The shows should be more simple and more ef ficient.” For Paddock and the people v, orking at WUSC, this process has been a long and involved one. Surrounded with controversy in recent, the staff of WUSC have made several changes in the way the station is run and the way the station interacts with the rest of Student Me dia and the university. “I’ve been here since the station was shut down,” Paddock said. “And since then, people have been wor ried whether or not our station could return to its powerhouse status. We’ve endured some growing pains since then, but we have made long strides in our efforts to take our station far from where it was after the shutdown. “All the internal problems have been solved, and the opening of this new studio will launch us into a new phase of WUSC.” With the new equipment operational, the executive staff of WUSC will be ex pecting much more from their disc jockeys. “All the DJs will be expected to do the best job they can,” Paddock said. “In the past, blame could be placed on faulty equipment, but now DJs have no excuse to blame the equipment. Now it’s up to us to make this station better. We will be training all current and new DJs in the new studio, so aside from acci dents, no one should really have a reason to mess up.” Paddock also wants the DJs to become more involved with their station. “Most of our DJs have a lot of pride for this station,” Paddock said. “We need all of them to be proud of this station and their role in it.” Paddock said he wants WUSC to be more of a member of the Columbia and Carolina communities. “You will be seeing a lot more from WUSC in the upcoming months,” he said. “People are going to notice a big turnaround” This is important to Paddock, the ex ecutive staff and the DJs of WUSC. They want people of Columbia to know about their station and to know it offers a great mix of music. “The reason I got involved with this sta tion in the first place was because this is one of the best stations in the Columbia area,” Paddock said. “Columbia’s radio audience is very con servative, and it’s reflected in the program ming of commercial radio stations. At WUSC, we insist on playing music that you won’t hear on any other local sta tion.” Paddock realizes WUSC in some ways is not the best station in Columbia, but he is certain this new equipment will help WUSC have more of a presence in the local radio market. “In some ways, we are one of the best stations in Columbia,” he said. “We have the best mix of music, and we are a true alternative to the local radio market. But in other ways, we will never be on the same level as the other local stations. We will never match their technological capa bilities. “As a true college station, we aren’t sup posed to be concerned with being the best. We are supposed to give all the other artists a chance. “We basically pull up the slack for the rest of the radio stations around here. Every thing has its place at WUSC.” Paddock stands behind WUSC and its programming. “No one around here can com pete with our music programming,” he said. Coinciding with the opening of the new studio, WUSC will be reopening its music library. The library contains albums that have gone through WUSC’s heavy and light ro tations. For any student who is interested in join ing WUSC, the new DJ meeting will be at 8 p.m. on Thursday in either room 322 or 326 of the Russell House. Programming Schedule All shows with no format listed are free-format shows. Some DJ slots remain open. Time 12-2 a.m. 2-4 a.m. 46 a.m. 6-8 a.m. 8-10 a.m. 10-noon noon-2 p.m. 2 4 p.m. 4-6 p.m. 6-8 p.m. 8-10 p.m. 10-mldnight Monday Reggae Tuesday Goth Blues Folk Soundtracks Wednesday Thursday Friday Hip-Hop Big Band Sunday Top Ten Electric Ambient Hip-Hop Wheelchairs from page 1 The ADA requires ramps to rise one inch every 12 inches of length. „ An example of this Flinn Hall, where there are bathrooms on each floor for those who need special ac commodations. Some students who experience life from the point of view of a wheelchair have had some positive and negative experiences with wheelchair accessibility. Junior Sandy Redmon saw progress done in the Horseshoe area “I’m grateful they have redone a lot of the bricks [on the Horseshoe],” Redmon said. However, she said that the curb cuts on one side of the street won’t match those on the other. She said that was the case in some areas around the Coliseum. Also, she said hallways in some buildings are closed up by double doors, and this poses a problem. Managing science senior Joey Thomas saw prob lems at the Darla Moore School of Business “You have to go all around the steps, up the ramp and back to the left side to get to the automatic door,” Thomas said. Also, he noted that there was handicapped parking there, but noted that there was no curb cut to get on to the pavement. However, he said the campus does do a good job with wheelqhair accessibility. Once in each of the past two years, there have been Wheelchair Scavenger Hunts, where a few USC stu dents and staff experienced what it was like to be wheel chair-bound. They had to find certain items around the campus. Often, Luna said he had to ask for help, and students would be willing to help. “Anytime people can experience that, it gives us a better understanding of what students face who are different from others,” Luna said. Jeffcoat also participated in last year’s Scavenger Hunt and recommended experiencing what life is like in a wheelchair. “It’s agood way of making people that aren’t aware of people on wheelchairs, aware of them fast,” Jeffcoat said. Both Luna and Jeffcoat said they learned from this experience. Luna said it helped him become better educated and know what hurdles must be overcome to help peo ple in wheelchairs. “If I understand disabilities better by having ex perience, I’ll be better educated, and be able to provide facilities for those with disabilities,” Luna said. Jeffcoat noticed the need for there to be gaps where speed bumps are and signs to lead new students to where wheelchair ramps are in building. Political science senior Patrick Basloe said he does not see too many people in wheelchairs, and doesn’t see much being done. “There hasn’t been much hoopla about making things wheelchair accessible,” Basloe said. Public relations junior Melissa Fletcher also did not know much about wheelchair accessibility around campus. However, she said they should be able to get into every building and should not be restricted to certain classes in certain buildings. “I think they need to make a better way for peo ple in wheelchairs to get in buildings because they shouldn’t be limited to what classes they should take because they can’t get into the building,” Fletcher said. Music junior Randall Swanson said he knew some people on wheelchairs, and he thought the biggest prob lem involved traffic. “Other people will go up the ramp because it is eas ier, and it will slow them down,” Swanson said. Luna said that USC probably has the most acces sible campus in the state, but that it still has much to be done. “USC has made great strides and significant in vestments to make the campus folly accessible, but we still have more to do,” Luna said. Turkish from page 1 in the Russell House Theater. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students. Last week’s earthquake left some 18,000 Turks dead, 33,000 injured and about 200,000 homeless, according to an Associated Press report. Some officials estimated that the final death toll could reach 40,000. Turkish officials are now worried about outbreaks of cholera, typhoid fever and dysentery. The diseases could flare up at any time in the cramped encampments of the citizens left homeless by the 7.4 quake, which destroyed more than 100,000 Turkish homes and other buildings Aug. 17. y^^Book^delive^^iwio^nor^hai^hre^usines^day^^our^sl^ppin^sjrefunded^ome^estriction^pply^Se^vwwvarsitvbooks^con^o^details^^J