Broward Community College - Silver Sands Yearbook (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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Switch the channel, Harry. Yeah. . .yeah. . . naw. . . Try channel four . . .No, try another channel, Harry. lpausel Well, Harry . . .lpausel Whaddaya mean there are no other channels? lpausel Awright then Harry. What're ya waitin' for, a royal command? Turn it off! Sound vaguely familiar? Well all over the country communities are finding an alternate answer to the situation described above. That answer is cable television, which promises to be the next major step, after radio and television in man's progressive drive toward the technological ultimate in modern communication. Cable TV is a system lnot a networkl for bringing in outside television programs to communities where reception of a good number of channels is limited. Thus if an area is fortunate to have a cable TV franchise, then the number of available channels expands greatly. Every channel on the dial can be ultilized. At the same time, because the programming is transmitted by cable a good proportion of faulty television reception such as snow, ghosts, flutter and interference is eliminated, bringing in rich color and sharp, clear images. No household antenna is required, therefore removing the need for another bothersome, unsightly necessity of normal television viewing. South Florida's very first operating cablevision franchise was granted in Plantation on October 28, 1969 to the giant TelePrompTer Cable TV Corporation. Heading the operation is Thomas Crusan, who has temporarily been located in a shopping center on West Broward Blvd. for a little over a year. He eventually plans to build a studio, office and warehouse at the same location when the need for expansion becomes mandatory. lnitiating a cable TV system in any area is a massive undertaking. ln the case of Plantation, the franchise had to be bid for and the purchase went to the highest bidder, which was TelePrompTer. A huge map of Plantation, 50-1 scale lwhich is of tremendous sizel, was drawn up in pieces, especially locating underground obstructions which would effect the laying of cables. This process took months. An engineer then laid out the electronics for the cable system. ln the meantime, Mr. Crusan and company began to search for a centralized spot which would be prime location for an antenna site. However because of Plantation's westward movement in the growing stages, no good land was found, so an antenna was constructed on a tall building which was tall enough to suit cable's purposes. At present, cables have been laid east of the turnpike and north of Broward Blvd. Plans to lay cables from Peters Rd. to Sunrise Blvd. and from US 441 to University Drive lPlantation's boundariesl are set, with a December, 1972 deadline. Any household in Plantation may subscribe to cable TV for 34.95 a month for the first outlet. Installation involves the laying of cables right to your home and the installation of a small device on the back of your television set, free of charge, that in no way involves any optional expensive equipment. Plantation cable started installation customers on November lst, and in a matter of a few weeks installed cables for 30 subscribers with a backlog of another 40 or so. The channel used on these sets is cable channel eight. Because the cable system is on t ground floor, and because ca television is truly a lg mediu lcatering to subscribersl a good de of local origination has been planm for the citizens of Plantation. T initial offerings included Plantati High School football games and Mia , Floridians pro basketball games.No and then local sports highlights th have been planned are covered. F instance a tennis tournament at Jack Gleason's lnverrary Country Club wil Chris Evert and Frank Froehling versi Laurie Fleming and Gardnar Mullo was filmed and offered to a handfl of pioneer viewers. Also in the offi in terms of local origination Plantation city council meetings, sto teletype news, all of which would offered on cable channel thr Channel eight is the public servl channel, offering announcements city functions and other news 1 public interest as well as the spo offerings. Channel nine is a weath channel. Since cable television originated m than 20 years ago, most of i I market reports, Associated Pr 5 1 il l' T lllllllf lV 'lhe lllerllls l 4 l l l 1 llrealesl leelhall Receiver

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, , u rt 1 if if x'. '- is Walt Thomxon advises a student about img the best of our co-op program. on campus, blue and white orm and everything. He has ght a lot of youthful perspicacity the position inasmuch that as a ent he is able to maintain a certain fold comprehension of campus nty problems being both a student security guard. rge Beggs, Data Processing major, ll mg his thing for Savings and Loan clation. Steve Detlor worked one for the U.S. Geological Survey i ting Marine samples in the muck . mire of the Everglades. Mary g an Education major is ently teaching deaf students. A lness Administration major, John n hoped to work for U.S. customs n graduation. He was found a job EP in a clerical capacity working he custom s office. Barry Shaw, a ogy major is working for a Miami ogy lab. He spent two weeks on T cean cruise on the Chesapeake Bay ying ocean currents. perative Education has reached spread proportions in colleges all the country. Established in 1906, program was initially limited to neering students. However, over years it has gradually broadened - ope to include every variety of ent. At Antioch University 5 oximately one half of the student y is involved in the Cooperative Education Program. Northeastern College in Boston has over 6500 students participating in CEP spread out over its seven campus colleges lEngineering, Business Administration, Liberal Arts, Education, Pharmacy, Nursing and Physical Education.l Not only do colleges themselves actively take part in Cooperative Education, but employees are also showing an increasing interest in the program. They, too, are in a position to benefit from CEP as well as the students. Through this program the employer is able to maintain an influx of new talent, while having the opportunity to be selective seeking students with the particular talents he needs, and thus, in this sense, serves as a recruiting device. The Ford Motor Corporation had nearly 700 students from 40 colleges in its original program. There are currently 277 Cooperative Education programs on college campuses all over the nation. The largest Coop Program in Florida is at the University of South Florida. Over 700 students are working on their respective work-study programs. Broward's program is the third largest in Florida involving approximately 100 students over a years time. At the moment there are 34 students involved in the actual working part of the program. During your working term as a Coop student you will be considered a full-time student even if no regular courses are taken. Upon completing your Cooperative assignment, three credit hours will be given to you in CWS 201, 202, or 203. Also during your working term, you will be required to pay only part-time fees for the appropriate CWS course. Another advantage of the Cooperative Program is that male students classified 2S by the Selective Service boards who are on Cooperative work assignments are not subject to military induction during this period since they are for all practical purposes full-time students. The aesthetic advantages of the Cooperative Education Program are numerous. Students find that their studies have greater meaning now that lj.- N l S J, s-unsung-. . ,gf- 2, QW' g A man of many talents, Asistant Director Mlliam Dery even aided Silver Sands photoyaphers covering this story. they can coordinate actual work experience with the classroom study. Actual work experience coupled with the classroom motivates the students with regular income-producing jobs to pay part of their college expenses. lt makes college study possible and also attractive to many qualified youths who probably could not otherwise afford college expenses. If you are interested in applying, obtain an Application for Cooperative Education Program form from one of the guidance counselors or trot on over to the Administration Building to the Coop department office and get one. Then, make an appointment with the Coop office to review your application with one of two coordinators of CEP at Broward, Walt Thomason or William Dery at this time, the coordinator will talk to you about your career plans in order to find for you the best possible coop- erative assignments. Cooperative Education is here for you, student. lt may and sometimes does take time to find an appropriate working position, but the CE people are persistent and concerned about Q. They will never turn down a truly interested student. Go on over and talk to them. It won't do any harm and who knows how much good it may do.

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households lwhich include a couple of million peoplel. It is known fact that at least 10'X1 of all television sets in the United States are hooked up to some sort of cable system. The Manhattan cable system has expanded to the point to where it now utilizes 27 channels. How's that for variety! Plantation cable is permitted one wild card channel according to certain state regulations that have been laid down. This wild card channel is any outside channel that is within 150 miles of the receiving antenna, 1 -1 U 4,1 T . I Fx .sf cable TV a co op student leams the tricks of the trade. and in Plantation's case the wild card channel is a Ft. Pierce station. Perhaps the most exciting aspect of cable television is what the future will bring. No one is certain just what direction cable TV will take, but one thing seems certain and that is that most television eventually will be cable television. The Plantation system is one of a number of systems which will be testing a two-way cable. In other words not only will the subscriber be able to receive, but he will also be able to transmit back to the station such extra services as a burglar alarm system, the automatic reading of electric meters and the like will be offered to subscribers perhaps within five years. A device has already been invented which would work similar to the telephone. lt is a key-operated box with pushbuttons similar to a telephone. Imagine yourself or your wife at home watching a special program on TV, say a camera in a supermarket sweeping down every aisle, pointing out priced goods and specials. You can stop the camera at any time from your chair to survey shelves. You've decided on a loaf of bread, a dozen eggs, and a can of creamed asparagus. Now all you do is push up the correct code numbers on your buttons as they have been displayed on your screen and then sit back and wait for confirmation of your purchases. Sound futuristic? About as distant as, say, man on the moon ten years ago? Due to the success of communications satellites as a means of international transmission, the door seems to be ready to be swung open to a world of broadband communication via satellite and cable. ln fact, theoretically, it is possible to form a cable network sewing millions of people across the nation right now by use of earth satellites and microwave technology which involves transporting television signals over hundreds of miles distance. lVlan's future, culturally and educationally, seems destined to shaped to a certain degree by cable television. Communication is the key. Tune in. Turn on. Cable TV.