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The Prospector 1 March 10. 1987/Page 4 _
Opinion
KTEP’s change in format lacks musical variety
By Stella Gutierrez
Editor-in-chief
One person can compose a symphony,
write scores to Broadway shows and a
Hollywood movie, write a jazz piece and
compose the music to a ballet
1 conard Bernstein is one such composer
who has not limited his talents to compose
ing clavical mink and he’s respected the
world over for it.
The University’s public radio station,
KTEP, should take letons from Bernstein
The station is planning to change its pro
gramming format to classical music only,
which will limit its audience to those who
enjoy only classical music
K TEP’s forte is that it is an alternative
radio station, giving listener music that
they could not hear on any other station
The public radio station was well known
for programs like ‘Folkstage," "Saha del
‘88.7 “ Totally Wired," Clamics of Jarz,"
“Jazz Spectrum," "Jazz Revisited" and
other programs among them classical
that offered listeners variety
the management at KTEP argues that
KXCR plays jazz, but both stations expose
different faces of jazz that complement
each other, covering what the other missed
Another disappointment in KTEP’s
change of format is that student volunteers
at KTEP were not informed They heard
of the change through television,
newspapers or word of mouth Some of the
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volunteers felt betrayed because although
they spent their free time at KTEP, their
opinions meant little or nothing to the
management Some petitions in favor of the
old format are now being circulated for the
student volunteers to sign
educating the students is another reason
to keep KTEP’s old formal Something a
lot of people do not realize is that KTEP
proc ides a valuable learning roof to broad-
cast students It the change of format goes
through, most of the classical music would
be taken through satellite The only ex-
perience a student would get is pushing but-
tone With the old format, students got to
produce their own programs Also fewer
students would volunteer because their
music interest would not be available
KTEP management justifies the change
of format by referring to a survey that poll-
ed both listeners and contributors Statistics
from the survey have not been released to
The Prospector
Disraeli, a British statesman, said there
are three kinds of lies "lies, damned lies
and statistics." We cannot even judge
whether the survey was done in a scien-
tific format if we cannot see the questions
asked, the answers provided and the
figures.
In a press release, general manager Dave
Wilson stated, "Our listeners want an in
crease in classical musk programming "
II the listeners want it, then why haven’t
the survey results been released?
With the new format, news programme
ing will also be available, and will give
students with different fields of interest a
chance to cultivate their talents That to a
good idea, but why can't this he added to
the old format?
KTEP covers a broad range of interests,
and a offers musical variety that other sta-
tions do not-a valuable service to the
students and the El Paso community
In his book, The Joy of Music, Berns-
tein wrote of the importance of musical
variety "But think of the miracle that we.
now in the (eighth) decade of the twentieth
century, have so much beauty in our musk
That’s the wonder not that we have a
Beethoven or a Chopin in our time What
would we do with them if we had them'’
They have given us their glorious works;
now it is for our contemporary artists to
give us theirs "
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Letters from our readers
Message in tequila
ad misinterpreted
Editor:
In reference to Laura Valen-
tinc’s letter concerning the Juarez
Tequila ad, I feel Miss Valentine's
conception of the subliminal
message in the ad was grossly
misinterpreted. The ad featured a
scantily clad female with
anatomical body pans which are
particularly large in proportion to
the rest of her body.
In my mind, the message con-
veyed by the ad was quite ob-
vious. Il stated indirectly that the
plain Janes of the world could
drink Juarez Tequila and become
next year's Miss America.
1 know it works for me.
On numerous occasions, I've
sat next to Marty Feldman’s twin
sister in a bar and after a few shots
of tequila, the unfortunate woman
is miraculously transformed into
a carbon copy of the scantily clad
Venus in the ad.
Another possible interpretation
of the subliminal message is why
should a woman go through pain-
ful and expensive silicone treat-
ment when the best remedy to
enhancing a particular anatomical
body pan is simply to dnnk te-
quila. It worked for the girl in the
ad.
Furthermore, Miss Valentine
asks why men in jockstraps are
not in the ad. Scientific research
has concluded that male consump-
tion of large quantities of tequila
leads to a rather limp and flaccid
bedroom personality. Therefore,
it is quite obvious the ad is aimed
at women. Those women who ply
men with tequila in order that they
become willing bedroom partners
will be sadly disappointed.
But I would like to thank Miss
Valentine for the revelation that
women under the influence of te-
quila are willing bedroom part-
ners. Next time I buy a girl a drink
in a bar, you can rest assured it
will be tequila-I'll just have a
beer.
Miquel McDowell
Will Banta
Mike Coulchan
UTEP students
Constitution as
‘good as dead9
Editor:
After reading the Feb. 26 issue
of The Prospector, 1 am convinc-
ed about one thing: that the United
States of America is not a free
country. How can this be a free
society when even liquor adver-
tisements are subject to censor-
ship? What is the point of keep-
ing Marxists out of the country
when our civil rights have been
destroyed by the Fascist right?
Recently the City Council pass-
cd an ordinance which is nothing
more than a thinly disguised at-
tempt to suppress stores that sell
erotic entertainment. The El Paso
chapter has already said that it will
not challenge this ordinance in
court. Mark one up for repression
and slavery,
The fact is that America is no
longer a democracy, but a
mobocracy. Any movement
which can intimidate our spineless
politicians gets its way even if it
has to trample on the Constitution
to do so. Nobody should be sur-
prised if some form of dictatorship
is established in this country in the
near future.
To answer Stella Gutierrez'
question, our Constitution is as
good as dead. So why am 1
writing this? I guess that I just
want to let everybody know that
I was against.
Aldo J. Velasquez
Junior English major
library as has
been done in
the past? If
not, beware
of the nurses
who are no
longer up to
date on the
knowledge
and skills!
Will someone
please hear
my plea?
Move all or
none!!!
Parrish is an
RN and a
graduate
student
Library access limited
to ‘distant relations’
By Terry Parrish
Guest Comment
UTEP Library moved off campus!!! "No more walk-
ing to the library between classes!" laments students.
Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it-a campus without its
library But that is exactly what your distant relations at
the College of Nursing arid Allied Health are facing —a
campus without its library
No longer can students who have an hour to kill bet-
ween classes utilize the library It takes about 20 minutes
to drive to campus, find a parking spot and walk the
distance to the library, and then another 20 minutes to get
hack to campus (Note Nursing and Allied Health students
have never complained that all the amenities of campus
life are not as accessible for them as for the main campus
students, but a library is not an amenity )
I understand that it is economically more feasible to
move the library to the main campus Since it is unheard
of to operate a campus without a library, then how about
moving, at the same time, the nursing campus to that big
vacant building that used to house all the books
I also would like to propose that, at the very minimum,
efforts be made to allow the nursing campus students to
park on campus at the library Who would that hurt? This
would decrease the journey time somewhat Give us a
"library parking only" permit
Will the nurses in the community still be allowed tree
use of the
Prospector
Editor-in-chief: Stella Gutierrez
News Editor: Sonny Lopez
Layout Editor: Julian Resendiz
Copy Editor: Eddie Elfers
Entertainment Editor: Michael Mitchell
Sports Editor: Eddie Siqueiros
Graphic Artist: Alejandro Gonzales
Chief Photographer: Fernie Garcia
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