Florida State University - Renegade / Tally Ho Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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. ' s the afternoon comes to an end, listens to Sliger ' s opinions and memories, students who attended social were encouraged by his interest in them. STUDENT LIFE ra Last Weekend at Bernie ' s Classic tunes greeted parents, faculty, and students from the Sligers ' backyard as they made their way up his circular drive for the last of one of FSU ' s greatest traditions, the Annual President ' s ice cream social. Since his first years as president, Bernard F. Sliger has treated his students to free ice cream and a day to get to know their president while expressing their thoughts and concerns. The whole reason I started having these socials was to meet my students and hear their ideas. I feel it ' s very important because I didn ' t have a chance to do it when I was in school. Students were filled with mixed emotions when they heard the news of Bernie ' s retirement. When I heard he was leaving it made me sad. I don ' t think they ' ll ever find someone to completely fill his shoes, stated sophomore Wendy Lincks. Jeff Rosen, a junior math major, summed it all up, President Sliger reminds me of Papa Smurf, and I just can ' t imagine the Smurfs without their Papa. Amy Shinn tudents enjoy time to get to ow their president at the qpnual Ice cream social, und the ice cream tasty ne company invigorating.

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CAMPUS RADIO RAISES O I C E ::ataio tcHim new voice was heard in Tallahassee in Sept. of 1987 — 89.7 on the FM dial became V89- The Voice. Though the station was not the first at the university, it was the only radio station on campus. V89 ' s main goal was to serve as a musical alter- native for listeners. During its first year, V89 played mainly rock music. But as people ' s music needs changed, so did the station ' s format. Alternative music be- came the focus of the station with an emphasis on new re- leases. Special programming was created for other musical tastes — such as the four hour metal show hosted by The Vampire a.k.a. Spen- cer Kuvin on Wednesdays, The Time Machine classic rock show on Saturday morn- ings and the local music show that ran for two hours on Monday nights. Though funded by the Stu- dent Government Associa- tion, V89 is apolitical — we only play music Program Director Chris White said. V89 is public service oriented, it educates the stu- dents in the radio commu- nications field. Some of V89 ' s staff have gone on to work with such media giants as CNN and ES- PN. Two workshops were open to students. The Radio Workshop was avaliable for up to three credit hours, which equals nine working hours and was a S U grade. The Advanced Radio Work- shop, known as Practicum was open to department heads only. It served as an intensive study of the work- ing of a radio station. There were also many volunteer po- sitions on the staff-which numbered close to 100 stu- dents. It is important for Talla- hassee to recognize V89 is a real radio station trying to make a difference and not a joke or some fly by-night op- eration, White said. V89 was operated by stu- dents but it was also a pro- fessional and organized work place. Using the FCC regual- tions as guidelines, the sta- tion censored itself and the music it played. Like other radio stations, it received free promotional copies of the newest music. The station also received copies of music by local bands. Since 1989, V89 ' s listening precentage grew from 2.2 percent to 6.2 percent. This jump showed a drastic in- crease in audience and pro- gramming effectiveness. Among V89 ' s goals were upgrading their transmission power, getting more involved in the local music scene and finding a niche in the radio jungle. During the spring se- mester, the station was oc- cupied with geological and environmental studies to de- termine the effects of the boosted power on the sur- rounding area. The goal was to have their power boosted to 3000 watts, up from 300 watts. Regarding the local music scene, V89 hoped to build a rapport with both communi- ty bands and various record companies and hoped to help some of the bands get record contracts. The search for a niche in the radion jungle has existed since V89 first came on the air. It is a search for an audience and respect that is coming closer and closer to an end. Chris Dorsey a.k.a. Ben the Rat and Rattus Rat- tus, said, I could DJ even if there were only two listeners out there. Kelly Christy