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GRANT REVAMPS KSCR
Campus airwaves relocate to newly equipped quarters
Volume XCVIII, Number 4
Seniors to get degree checks faster this year
By Charisse Jones
Staff Writer
As recently as a few years ago, seniors who wished to receive their credit summaries back from the degree check department would not see the evaluations until six months after they made their request.
But because of demands to "clean up" the department, most May 1985 graduates should receive their senior degree checks at least a semester before graduation, said Robert Morley, associate director of registration and records.
Morley said the department has "for the most part" met its immediate goal of getting credit summaries returned to the Class of '85 a semester before graduation.
As of November 1984, Morley said approximately 400 seniors still needed their credit summaries. Seniors expecting to graduate in May 1985 who have not already notified the department should do so as soon as possible, he added.
Because much of his staff has been working in the Physical Education Building during registration, current figures on how many seniors still do not have their credit summaries have not yet been compiled, but should be completed by the end of the week
"Compared to years past, we're in much better shape," he said.
Degree checks are necessary to let a student know how he is progressing with his degree and how many more classes he needs to take to graduate.
When he became head of the senior degree check department 11/2 years ago, Morley said the department always made the top of the Student Senate's complaint list and that there was pressure from the administration — "from the vice president on down" — to make it more efficient.
By Albert Pang
Staff Writer
Two years ago KSCR was located in a small shack on a parking lot behind the Jefferson Building.
But with the help of a grant from university President James Zumberge, the student radio station has come a long way and is now housed in a new environment in Marks Hall with state-of-the-art equipment, said Kelly Porter, general manager.
"We've done a lot of growing," Porter said. "There is not a problem of whether or not we will continue. We will survive."
As Porter and his staff prepare for the spring semester, the growing continues.
The station plans to expand its market and Porter hopes to connect KSCR with a cable network and become a station that can be heard throughout the community.
Jeff Axelrod, a disc jockey, said, "There was a transmission problem last semester. It's frustrating. I can't hear my station in my dormitory and that has to be worked on."
Also being changed this semester is the station's format. While students will still be able to follow "new-wave music" when KSCR begins airing in places such as the Grill and the EVK cafeteria, the programs will now include more news, sports and commentary spe-
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KSCR disc jockey Blair McDonald and his co-workers are enjoying vastly-improved facilities and resources at the campus radio station.
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The first step in fixing the problem, Morley said, was to organize the office. Counselors got cubicles to work out of, and a receptionist was hired, giving the office a more "business-like atmosphere."
Previously, counselors had to take turns answering the tele-
phones and doing secretarial tasks. Now, Morley said, the counselors can concentrate more on their own duties.
Morley said another problem was that some students, knowing they were not scheduled to graduate for some time, would
apply for credit summaries anyway, thus wasting valuable time.
To remedy this situation, Morley said the department began to run "quick" photo checks, starting in Fall 1984.
If a student did not have 96 units, his degree check form
was immediately sent back, he said.
Morley added he hopes to make the department even more efficient by getting credit summaries back to students at the beginning of their senior year or up to two semesters prior to graduation.
Housing woes of fall melt away in spring
By Richard Hatem
Staff Writer
Students searching for adequate housing this semester won't be confronted with as many problems as those who were house-hunting and living in temporary quarters early last fall.
Occupancy of available student housing is above 99 percent, said David Blackmar, assistant director of housing services.
"Off-campus housing is the most available type of housing at this point. Most of the vacancies are in apartments," Blackmar said. "There are also more male vacancies than female and there are very few spaces left available in the dorms."
In December, housing for the spring was first assigned to those students who submitted applications and the $100 option payment. Now that most of the spaces have been filled, remaining spots are
being distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Those students still searching for a place to live on or near campus are acquiring housing with no problems, he said.
Blackmar said the housing office will begin to run advertisements in the Daily Trojan regarding available on- and off-campus housing.
Students still looking for housing can respond to these ads, as well as consult the signs posted outside the housing services office.
The unsatisfactory temporary quarters that raised tempers and controversy early in the fall have not been an issue this spring.
"Students are not in temporary housing at all this semester," Blackmar said. "While there still are students looking for housing, the available spaces are being filled daily."
The housing situation in the fall is traditionally more hectic and
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Civil rights activist would have been 56
Martin Luther King Jr. honored by university
By James Jones
Assistant City Editor
Over 200 faculty members and students sang "We Shall Overcome" hand-in-hand as they paid tribute to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, while participating in ceremonies commemorating his birth at Crocker Plaza yesterday.
King, the slain human rights leader who would have been 56, was remembered in a ceremony lasting only 10-minutes with a short prayer and a reading of an excerpt from his 1963 "I have a dream" speech.
The remainder of the ceremony emphasized more eating and celebration, than speech giving.
The ceremony was immediately followed by a reception, with live music and large amounts of food.
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These students presented flowers in memory of Martin Luther King, Jr., during a Tuesday rally in memory of the civil rights leader.