Loyola University Chicago - Loyolan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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1'-A.. Mn ,N N Ulm 'lu .Milf X M lflmJ ,gm Lary Logman Past and present members of WLUC Radio have formed a non- profit educational corporation called Community Educational Broadcast- ing lComCastl to construct and operate the FM station which WLUC applied for in the name of Loyola University. According to Larry Logman, president of Comcast, and other members of the corporation, it has become apparent that the Uni- versity does not wish to support an FM station and does not intend to act on the permit. ComCast hopes to obtain the permit from Loyola and begin construction on the station. If ComCast does obtain the permit, the new FM station would be sepa- rate from WLUC radio, both legally and physically. It would be estab- lished at a different site than the WLUC station and would serve a wider area. ln addition to serving Loyola and Mundelein, as WLUC is now limited to doing, WLVC-FM would reach Edgewater. Rogers WL UC Forms Educational Corporation Park, Evanston and Uptown, with a heavy emphasis to public affairs programming for these communities. The new station would be largely, but not totally, staffed by present members of WLUC. Members of the surrounding communities would be encouraged to join WLVC-FM. Training courses are planned to en- able these people to become effec- tive members of the station. ComCast's purpose is not to dis- credit the University or to harm WLUC. Rather, its purpose is to establish an FM educational station to serve the needs of the North Side communities. WLUC will still be the Loyola University radio station .3 -1 and will be staffed by members of the Loyola station. WLUC will be helped by the establishment of the FM station- many people would be staff members of both stations and would gain from the great experi- ence involved. Constructing a 10-watt FM station is an expensive affair. Thus WLUC has initiated a fund-raising drive to aid the new corporation in its proj- ect. The goal of the drive if S20,000,

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University Turns a Deaf Ear to WL VC-FM July 1, 1970 July 21 , 1970 December 1 7, 1 970 February 22, 1971 February 26, 1971 March 25, 1 971 April, 1971 May 10. 1971 June 1, 1971 First application sent to the Federal Communications Commission QFCCD for a permit to construct an FM station on LoyoIa's Lake Shore Campus. First application returned by the FCC due to possible interference with existing stations on the same frequency. The second request to the FCC for a construction permit was filed and accepted in Washington, D.C. by the FCC. FCC assigns the proposed FM station its call letters: WVLC-FM. Staff members of WLUC meet with the President of the university to inform him of plans to build the FM station. WLUC attempted to secure funding via grants to the university. WLUC receives letters of support from all student organizations, local community groups, and de- partment heads of Loyola and Mundelein. A meeting was requested with the President of the university to dis- cuss the further developments to- ward the FM station. The President postpones the meeting until the fall. A one-time expenditure of 313,644.92 requested in WLUC's yearly budget to pay for the equipment of FM station. July 1 5, 1971 August 19, 1971 September 8, 1 971 September 81 October, 1 971 November 1 7, 1 971 November 30, 1 971 January, 1971 February 9, 1 972 February 22, 1972 The Board any budget requests whatsoever. of Trustees deny WLUC A budget WLUC for amendment is granted S1,368 to operate the AM station per Mr. Tinkle. Office of the President sets FM meeting for September 27th. President of University asked some questions about possible problems of operating an FM station. The President received documented replies to all of his questions by staff members of WLUC. A budget amendment request for emergency funds of 36,000 to build the FM station unanimously ap- proved and recommended by the Committee on Student Life. Budget amendment request refused by the University Budget Committee. A Ioan for S2,000 to save the FM station by buying minimal amount of equipment was requested. The University Budget Committee re- fused to grant WLUC the Ioan which would have been paid back by the station at the end of the fiscal year. FCC permit to build WLVC-FM expired. FCC extended the permit to build the FM station until August 9, 1972 when WLVC-FM must be on the air or risk losing the only available fre- quency in Chicago to another uni- versity more eager to build a station.

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Loyola and Mundelein Merge Physics Departments: Beginning of a Trend? The merger of LoyoIa's and Mun- deIein's physics departments was prompted, in large measure, by the closeness of the two schools, a re- newed interest in the physical sci- ences by liberal arts students not majoring in physics, and the feeling that the quality of academic pres- entation would be improved, ac- cording to Rev. Robert J. McNamara, S.J., dean of LoyoIa's College of Arts and Sciences. The recent merger of the physics departments of the two schools con- tinues a national trend toward the sharing of university and college academic facilities when the result improves the curriculum content and spurs the educational and re- search process. Specifically, the merger of the two physics departments increases the joint physics faculty to seven mem- bers, expands the number of course offerings and research opportunities, and increases the amount of availa- - 'SLN' - 'zfzxifi , . Si - I ble physics equipment, classrooms, and laboratory space. Physics students from both schools have the benefit of using a laser laboratory located in the Learning Resource Center of Mundelein Col- lege. The laboratory, which is used primarily to teach the principles of physical optics, is furnished with the latest laser equipment from Loyola. The new department is charged with the responsibility of meeting the needs of both institutions, explained Dr. Ronald W. Harris, chairman of the joint physics departments. Har- ris continued that every attempt will be made to see that the philosophical approach and the structure of the courses offered are in keeping with the wishes of Loyola University and Mundelein College. Harris said that the requirements for a physics ma- jor are to be identical at both schools and that registration for all physics courses is to be done at the parent institution of each student. ck! - f' NS.-Q 1 'X 3 1 L.....f - 41' is Q