The return of radio

Volume LXXXVI, Number 5 Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam www.sjuhawknews.com

After a bout with the FCC, St. Joe’s Radio is back on the airwaves this year

INSIDE THE HAWK THIS WEEK:

New space, same work

Sam Koch ‘11/The hawkmatt Gassan, ‘11, leads St. Joe’s Radio as its general manager this year. The radio station’s back with a new name and a new office in Simpson hall’s New media center.

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Dining on a Budget

No Unity Week? No Way.a Catholic-based organization is protesting

Unity week. The hawk staff responds, page 5.

Restaurant-quality faire on a college student’s budget, page 9.

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REPP finds an office for the new year

Ashley criso ’12Assistant News Editor

As the first college in the country to host an AM radio station, Saint Joseph’s University has a history of taking to the airwaves. With a move to a new stu-dio complete, St. Joe’s Radio (SJR) is broadcasting on the Internet and looking forward to a year of making music. Formerly known as WSJR, the name was

changed to SJR because radio stations only have call letters when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licenses them. St. Joseph’s University did not hold that license. The university radio broadcast was originally run through the

science department as something between a project and a club. The radio continued to illegally turn up the power over the years and was eventually shut down all together by the FCC. David Allan, Ph.D., associate profes-

sor of marketing and advisor for the St. Joe’s Radio, has a background of 20 years in radio as the general manager of Philadelphia’s Power 99. Allan was asked to advise the program at St. Joe’s that now broadcasts online. Allan confirmed that the hiatus of the radio station was in response to the illegal activity. “The FCC stopped awarding conditional

licenses to academic institutions to broad-cast low power FM because the airwaves

had become too cluttered,” says Allan. “So at the same time they were not award-ing them anymore, WSJR was getting louder and louder.” The station underwent several changes

in the past few years, including relocating the studio to various spots around campus. This year, SJR moved to the third floor of Simpson Hall, along with The Hawk and 1851 Records, as part of the New Media Center. “We really are reintroducing it now on

solid ground with the New Media Center,” Allan said. “This is a new strategy for the communications program, a new studio, a new day for St. Joe’s Radio.” The new studio for SJR has been a

sAm Koch ’11Editor-in-Chief

For the first time in the organization’s history, the students of Rape Education and Prevention Program (REPP) at Saint Joseph’s University have an office to call their own. Or at least share one, that is. The eight student members of REPP

moved into their new office in Campion 207, which they share with Peer Educa-tors, a student group from the Wellness, Alcohol, and Drug Education (WADE) program. The office comes complete with a broken window, torn carpet, and two chairs that fill the space.Laura Matias, ’12, said the new space

might not be perfect, but is much needed.“Normally what we have to do is kick ei-

ther Dr. [Melissa] Garrison in the counsel-ing center out of her office as long as she’s not with a client, or there’s some times where I just went to Dr. [Raquel] Bergen’s office and kicked her out and she sat in the hallway while I was with a student,” Matias said. “Obviously, it’s a huge issue. This office space isn’t exactly what we need, but it’s something.”“We’ve always wanted an office. Last

year, with Alison [Dougherty, director of WADE]…being so supportive of our work…she’s really helped to push and to get us an office that wasn’t being used that was wasted space,” said Annie Fulton, ’12, a REPP member.REPP is funded through the Counsel-

ing and Psychological Services (CAPS) department at St. Joe’s, and receives fund-ing through CAPS. The group operates a round the clock crisis line and provides educational programs to the Saint Joseph’s community.

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