The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 16, Ed. 1, Wednesday, October 15, 2003 Page: 4 of 10
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Students get their voices heard at KACU
Oicampus radio
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on-air training
Emily Chastain
Student Reporter
Working as a sports
anchor (or the DallasFort
Worth area is one of the jobs
Taylor Hemness is aiming for
but working as a' KACU-FM
announcer is the Job he has
now.
Hemness senior broad-
cast journalism major from
Grovcton is just one of
numerous KACU-FM student
announcers working at the
radio station to further a
future career.
"I took the job to get more
experience and to work on
my voice" Hemness said.
Hemness also said he
believes that a good radio
voice and a strong rdsumd
will help htm in his hunt for a
job in sports broadcasting.
John Best general director
Freshman Action Council
picnic stresses unity
About 100 turned out
despite bad weather
250 planned for
Robin Waller
Studint Reporter
The Freshmen Action
Council showed its desire for
unity this weekend by hosting
a freshman class picnic at Will
Hair Park.
The entire freshman class
was invited to Will Hair Park
Saturday for lunch and games
so they could get to know their
fellow classmates.
Lauren Usrey member of
FAC's activities committee
and freshman nursing major
from San Antonio said that in
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Peterson a regular announcer
of KACU-FM said it docs not
matter if students do not
er they had a good turn out:
about 100 people.
"Our goal was 250 students
but I still think we had a good
turn out" Usrcy said.
Usrey said a lot of people
were out of town last week-
end and that and the rain
affected the attendance.
Stephanie Klosscn fresh-
man accounting major from
Bocrnc said that she liked
that there were not a lot of
people there. She said she was
able to just sit and talk to the
few that were there and got to
know them better than if there
had been lots of people pres-
ent. FAC planned the picnic in
order to get the freshman class
active again since they really
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at KACU during Its pledge drive.
plan on pursuing a career in
radio.
had not done anything togeth-
er since Welcome Week Usrey
saidi She said it was also a way
for them to meet new people
and to have some free food.
There were no specific
games or activities planned
for the picnic but about one-
third of the students played
football while others took this
opportunity to met new peo-
ple. lunch was provided from
Subway but since they had
planned on having more peo-
ple attend there was a sub-
stantial amount of food left
over. The students decided to
take it to the Salvation Army.
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Working at KACU-FM
gives students an advantage
Student poetry event
rescheduled relocated
Artists will perform
their work in the
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It can rain on this parade of
poetry but organizers arc
determined that Thursday's
new poetry and art forum
won't be all washed up.
KeWOKD will start at 7.00 p.m.
Thursday in the shelter of the
Bean Sprout to avoid bad
weather which caused the
cancellation of last week's
show.
"We thought it would be
cool to have an outdoor artis-
tic show but the weather did-
n't cooperate" said Emily
Hardegree editor in chief of
the Shinnery Review and sen-
ior English major from
Abilene.
Hardegree said she hopes
students will give the show a
second chance after its cancel
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in any walk of life because it
teaches the students how to
multitask Best said. Best also
requires that students obtain
a high level of competency
and professionalism which
gives students an edge in the
job market.
Many of the current
KACU-FM announcers arc
not even journalism or
broadcasting majors. Kelly
Haseltine junior theatre
major from Abilene said she
hopes to go into acting when
she graduates but is working
at KACU-FM for now.
"Working at a radio sta-
tion is a great thing to put on
your resume1 because it's
obviously a vocal endeavor
and It looks good" Haseltine
said. "It requires confidence
and familiarity with your
subject that will be beneficial
In any venue."
Maria Flippln junior elec-
tronic media major from
League City said working at
the radio station is a good
starting place for many dif
lation. RcWORD the first
poetry event of the semester
(or the Shinnery Review was
originally scheduled for last
Thursday night on the Rose
Park lawn but was canceled
after rain conditions made the
show impossible.
The cancellation did not
cause any financial loss to the
Shinnery Review Hardegree
said. The Students' Asso-cia-tion
spared all costs Including
copies and sound equipment
for the show.
Reword will still provide an
open and eclectic forum for
poets and writers from all
Abilene universities Hard-
egree said.
"This intercollegiate event
is meant to create a place of
expression for writers musi-
cians frecstylers and artists"
Hardegree said. "We welcome
everyone who wants to share
artistic abilities with others or
anyone who just wants to lis-
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"Radio gives you a chance
to work on your voice
whereas in TV you have to be
able to work on your voice
your appearance and your
hair" said Flippln who has
been working at KACU-FM
for over a year.
Flippln whose programs
include the "News Before
Noon" and "This Week in
Abilene" said she enjoys
working at KACU-FM
because of the people she
meets and the celebrity
aspect of it.
"When I first started it
was such a thrill to be on the
air" riippin said. "It's just
you. You're pretty much the
only one in the station at
once. It's up to you to do
everything."
KACU's annual fund-raiser
a pledge drive appealing to
listeners concludes Wednes-
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from Hardegree and her
roommate. Amy Morgan.
Morgan a student at McMurry
University Is the editor in
chief of Iter school's literary
magazine Tlw Galleon.
"We thought we should do
something to bring our
schools and the rest of the
Abilene universities together"
Hardegree said. "It seems like
there is very little interaction
between the universities and
this provides a good opportu-
nity for involvement."
While other universities are
involved ACU students pre-
dominantly did the planning
for the event during the
Shinnery Review meetings
Hardegrec'sald.
After the show the maga-
zine will push for submissions
usually due at the end of the
semester for the Shinnery
Review Hardegree said.
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