Mirror - Vol. 02, No. 14 - December 7, 1978

              WVOF APPLIES FOR
POWER INCREASE
by Robert J. Schumm
Due to a recent Federal Com'
munications Commission ruling,
WVOF, the campus radio station, is
presently examining the possibilities
of obtaining a power increase for its
FM station.
The FCC ruling, Docket 20735, ef-fects
all 10 watt, educational sta-tions.
Ten watt stations have a few
alternatives under the new ruling.
The first option is to increase the
power to 100 watts minimum on the
present frequency or another fre-quency
in the non-commercial FM
band (88.1-91.9 MHz). This is not
possible for all stations because of
the number of non-commercial sta-tions
in the New England area.
The second option, which can only
be considered if the first option is not
feasible, is to change the frequency
of the station into the commercial
band (92.1-107.9 MHz). This, too, is
not possible for most collegiate New
"England stations due to the present
crowding of this band.
The third option is to change to
another frequency in the non-commercial
band that is less likely to
obstruct the establishment of any
new above-ten-watt stations. This is
designed to allow large public radio
stations, similar to public television,
to come into being. '
The final alternative left to ten watt
stations, other than going off the air,
is to prove that where they are
presently located is the least
"preclusionary" to other stations.
In addition, to the frequency re-quirements
set, is the formation of
minimum operating hours for all non-commericai
stations. A station will
have to be on-the-air for a minimum
of 36 hours a week, and at least five
hours a day for six days each week.
Under the present interpretation of
the ruling this would also include the
summer sessions of universities.
The new rulings come after a
special interest lobby for public
radio, persuaded the FCC that non-commercial
stations, most of which
are collegiate, could not serve the
.public interest as well as public
radio.
Stations which cannot meet the
minimum on-the-air requirements will
be subject to "time-sharing". This
would mean some stations would be
allowed to be on in the mornings
while others on the same frequency
will be on in the evenings. Brian
Beusse, Station Manage of WVOF,
explained that "this would cut down
on the chances of a station to better
itself. It would also eliminate certain
programming for some, such as the
coverage of sports events as well as
items of interest to the listening
area."
Stan Hiriak, consultant for WVOF,
said that, "We are now.exploring the
possibilities of a power increase as
required by the new ruling. We .have
contracted A. D. Ring and Asso-ciates
to compile the necessary
engineering data and also perform a
frequency search."
Mr. Hiriak explained that the
University has already given the "go
ahead" for trying to obtain a power
increase. "It has been a three step
procedure. First we had to make
sure we had the backing of the staff
at WVOF, because an increase
would entail certain commitments by
all. Second, it was necessary to ob-tain
the approval of the Board of
Directors of the station. An initial
outlay of $9,000 would be necessary
if a power increase were granted by
Brian Beusse, Station Manager at
the FCC. This would be needed to
purchase the additional equipment.
The university has allowed us to
spread this cost over three years
thus making the burden not fall on
any one administration.
"Finally we had to find out if the
university, which is the license
holder of the station, would want the
increase. We received their approval
also."
Brian Beusse added, "Right now
there is nothing definite. We have to
wait until A. D. Ring and Assoc. give'
us their report. If things were to work
out, WVOF could be operating under
WVOF (Photo by Bob Torello)
a power increase by the beginning of
the next school year."
If a power increase were granted,
the staff at WVOF would have to
meet certain requirements. Some
would have to upgrade their licenses
in order to operate the station. "The
FM staff would have to have element
nine," Beusse explained. This is an
endorsement by the FCC that the
person is capable of operating a
radio station.
Other changes the station will face
is in its programming aspects; "The
station will have to adjust the listen-ing
audience it has to serve."
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Car Vandalism Shows
Security Deficiencies
by Marianne O'Connell
A rash of auto vandalism and a car
theft on campus during the last
month has forced the University's
Security system to hire students as
parking lot guards, in an attempt to
increase their patrol of the University
grounds.
The increasing vandalism problem
peaked early last week when six cars
parked in the Far East Dormitory
parking lot were broken into within
one half hour.
A 19,71 Camarro, owned by Senior
Steve Giordana, a Far East resident,
was stolen from the dormitory lot,
and five other cars belonging to Far
East residents were also broken into,
with reports of smashed windows,
slashed seatcovers and stolen tape-decks.
Giordano's car was recovered by
the Fairfield Police Department
deserted on Jennings Road 36 hours
after if was reported missing, with
100 additional miles clocked on the
odometer.
"The car was filthy. There was
some body damage and my spare
tire and tapes were missing, "com-mented
Steve Giordano".
"I'm really pretty annoyed. It's so
easy for someone to break into a car
down here. I don't think Security has
been patrolling enough in this area. It
must have taken a full half hour for
someone to break into all these cars.
If we have more frequent patrolling I
don't think this will happen."
One particularly irate junior resi-dent
of Far East has had his front
windshield smashed twice within the
past month.
Residents of these dormitories
complained that the poor lighting in
these parking lots make them easily
accessible to vandals.
The Security Department has
hired a number of students to patrol
the South East and Far East parking
areas, as well as other parts of cam-pus
susceptible to intrusions, in an
attempt to curb campus vandalism.
These students will be equipped with
walkie-talkies and will be able to
radio for help, in the event of a
disturbance.
Director of Security, Patrick Carrol
has noted a significant increase in
the number of auto vandalisms on
campus this term, as compared to
previous semester, but did not
specify a reason for the increase.
"There is a calculated risk you
take when parking your car any-where.
Unfortunately, this is what
has happened here." We've had a
fair share of car vandalism incidents
this year, but this recent one has
been the largest number so far,"
commented Director Carroll.
BOMB
THREAT
by Robert J. Schumm
Xavier Hall was the scene of a
bomb threat Monday, causing it to be
evacuated for over two hours. A
shoe box containing a timer, bat-teries,
and two small broomhandles
resembling dynamite was found in a
locker on the first floor.
Security received a call at 2:37 in-forming
them that the caller had
placed a bomb in a locker on the first
floor. Officers were sent to Xavier to
investigate the call. While searching
the lockers, the taped shoe box was
found.
Not knowing the contents of the
box, Security called in the Fairfield
Police Department and the Fire De-partment.
At the time, the building
was evacuated.
A bomb expert was sent for from
the State Police Department, along
with the necessary equipment to
handle the alleged bomb. Since the
State Trooper had to come down
from Colchester, Ct. with the equip-ment,
it took over an hour and a half.
During this time, the building was
sealed off and no one was allowed to
enter.
Around 4:30 P.M., the bomb ex-pert
arrived with the equipment and
proceeded to de-activate the box.
Student Services has released these figures for resident hall
damages for the present year (Sept. to Nov. 10) and also the figures
for the same period last year. These figures are for resident hall
damages alone and do not include the damages for the rest of the
University facilities.
1978
$ 0.0
1977
. Julie $ 0.0
Southeast Building — 45.75 0.0
Corridors- 102.72 .20
Total 148.47 .20
Northwest Building — 99.10 436.59
Corridors- 310.39 132.85
- Total 409.49 569.44
Loyola Building— 8.65 30.00
Corridors— 191.34 128.00
Total 199.99 158.00
Fareast Building— 146.57 24.00
Corridors— 16.48
Total
22.91
163.05 46.91
Gonzaga Building— 166.45 120.00
Corridors—■ 659.85
•Total
61.40
826.30 181.40
Campion Building— 105^36 60.00
Corridors— 321.98
Total
3.11
427.34 63.11
Regis Building— 1621.24 263.98
Corridors— 1231.96
Total
Grand Total
147.55
2853.20 411.53
$5027.84 $1430.59
Curriculum Committee Meeting
"Bottom-Liners" Sean McNamara, Paul Murphy, Greg Martin, Rob Flynn,
and Pat McCabe captured first place in Fairfield's College Bowl competition.
They will represent Fairfield at the Regional tournament in the Spring.
(Photo by Staff)
by Frank Godfrey
The undergraduate Curriculum
Committee met Monday evening and
overwhelmingly approved two mo-tions
concerning the new School of
Business. The motions were brought
to the floor by Dr. Vincent Rosivach
after the subcommittee, formed to in-vestigate
alleged violations of the
curriculum, gave their report. Dr.
Rosivach's dissatisfaction stemmed
from the changes in the Business
curriculum reported in the Nov. 16
issue of the Mirror.
Dean Griffin was reported by Dr.
Cassidy a member of the subcommit-tee
to have called the current hand-,
book "an anachronism," stating that
the School of Business has no obliga-tion
to the curriculum committee,
emphasizing an independent busi-ness
faculty.
Doctors Rosivach and Lang main-tained
that section I.C.b.5 of the
faculty handbook is still in effect and
that the curriculum of the School of
Business still falls under the purview
of the Curriculum Committee. The
question was also raised as to
whether the changes, which would
effect the Class of 82 on, were in
variance with the General Faculty
Statement of 1970, dealing with the
core and general electives.
In the first motion "the UCC calls
upon acting Vice President/Provost
John Barbne to'halt implementation
of. proposed business programs until
these programs are brought in line
with the 1970 general faculty state-ment
on the UCC (notably in the area
of core and general electives) or until
variations from that statement are
sought and confirmed through ap-propriate
channels, via the UCC, and
if necessary, the Academic Council
and the general faculty."
The second motion approved,
states that as a petition for im-mediate
hearing the UCC requests
the Academic Council to.affirm that
seciton I.C.b.5 of the faculty hand-book
is still operative and that the
curriculum of the School of Business
still falls within the purview of the
UCC.
After the meeting Doctor Louis
Berrone stated that, "he regretted
that Griffin's reported statements
were made because they draw a
hard line position on his part, since
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