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1 I A12 starts fund raising drive HOMECOMING WBAA About WBAA HOMECOMING BRIES Confronting your loss is first step to recovery MS Harlan Cohen Help Me Harlan tier and cruder than it al ready is? I found a note that my dad had written about six months ago when he got di vorced My father actually considered suicide over such insignificant stuff as money This was the final straw the knife that dug far enough into my back I know who I am or where I am anymore I just want to cry and cry and cry Please help me although not sure CALLER ON THE AIR: Dan Skinner David Bunte and Jerry Harrison Extension specialist the point Since his death begun smocking Occa sionally I smoke pot and gotten drunk once or twice I feel bad for any of the things done I feel that the story of my life right now has called for this escape It is an escape To make all of this down ward spiral blacker and ug now I can't see past this void that his death has left in me I used to stand firmly against my own use of I i orsythe said came at a real bad time The unversity at that WBAA" is anticipating bringing back a full news package including Morning Edition All Things Consid ered and Weekend Ed it ion Based on figures from NPR station would need to raise $244549 to fund three years Accountability Skinner said this will be a no frills fund raiser with no coffee mugs or shirts the money will go to support the he said feel the best return on the The most popular show the station airs is Garrison Keil lor's A Prairie Home Com panion: Skinner' said It is also the most expensive A year of the Hom Com panion which airs on the station costs $7212 A year of Monitor Radio news ser vice that airs on the AM sta tion three times a day costs $6160 and a year of Mar VI nicknamed the tra Special will be presented during halftime of the Pur due and Ohio State Univer sity football game by the Reamer Club the student organization responsible for the maintenance of the Boilermaker Specials The new tra Special was designed by Joe Penal oza a 1994 Purdue grad uate The construction was done by students in anad vanced composites class taught by Ray Thompson associate professor of avia tion technology HELP ME HARLAN: My cousin just died a few weeks ago I even conceive of death but gone He was only 20 years old I can't keep myself going 1 hold myself up just so tired and lonely Every time I see a picture of him or remember one of the won derful times we had together I break down I'feel so deprived so jealous of all the people who got to be around him all the time and appreciate it already been harder than I can imagine The week af ter he' died I had to go back to school I had to start over and I just keep it up not even sure what asking you I just need help I just need someone to tell me that it will be all right but I imagine my life A return to NPR? Concurrent with its public campaign WBAA also has begun a major gifts campaign By Tom CampbellJournal and Courier station manager moderates a call in show with program coordinator at Slayter Center 1:15 pm Unveiling Black Cultural Center 315 University St will unveil ar chitectural plans for a new center 2:30 pm ootball Purdue vs Ohio State Pregame activities include an introduction of the 25th anniversary football team coaches managers cheer leaders and homecoming queen Halftime will include the crowning of the 1996 home coming queen the first public appearance of the new Boil ermaker tra Special and a performance by Marching Band Tickets are $23 for the public in main stands Call (800) 49 SPORT or (317) 494 3194 No $10 tickets will be available in the South End Zone 5:30 7:30 pm After Game Buffet Sagamore Dining Room second floor of Purdue Memorial Union The all you can eat buffet will cost $1295 per person or reservations call 494 8945 7:30 pm Oktoberfest homecoming banquet and concert The Purdue Musical Organizations conqgrt in the Purdue Memorial Union's Great Hall will be followed by the Purdue Alumni Associ ation dinner in the Union Ballrooms Tickets are $20 or reservation forms call (800) 893 3041 or (31 7) 494 3945 8 pm Concert Ameri can Music Review Loeb Playhouse Stewart Center ree A ketplace carried on both the i AM and stations costs $6463 Skinner said' the station 1 also would like to be able to add some new programming if funds permit: Ther 'World a one hour news progriyn produced by Public Radio International would cost $7000 a year Mountain State a folk music show would cost $2620 to air two hours a week on the AM station Network Indiana am in depth news show for botn the AM and stations would cost $4200 a year" In addition Skinner said WBAA executives have talked about taking the AM station to 24 hours a day To get an jazz program to fill the hours between midnight and 6 am would cost about $5000 a year Since the station has never tried anything like this be fore however no one knows what to expect At Ball State University where Skinner came from four years ago Not only have ynu lost your cousin but it appears also lost a part of your family through the divorce You have every right to be sad and you need to cry Just know that time will eventu ally dull the hurt and ease your pain Bottling up your feelings with drugs only postpones reajity Confront your sorrow now and build upon each tear This letter is already a step in achieving the balance you so deeply deserve and desire If possible seek help through your friends family or even a professional Just stop talking and keep yourself busy Know that never alone Life is a total adventure and your journey has barely just begun This experience Saturday 1 All day Tennis tournament continues 10 am Swimming and teams vs alumni at the Lambert ieldhouse Pool ree 11 am Jo 1 pm Horse qispiay i ric Mnneuser Busch Clydesdales will be in parking lot northvyest of Ross Ade Stadium hear 4 South Golf Course Noon Tailgate party Sponsored by Purdue Alumni Association at Mollenkopf Athletic Center Tickets are $6 children 5 and under eat free "Reservations required: Call (800) 414 1541 or (317) 494 5175 12:30 pm Marker dedication By Mortar Board in honor of Betty Nelson dean of students emerita East of Knoy Hall Reception follows in Schleman Hall ree 1 pm Pregame con cert Purdue Marching Band BCC to present plan for new center Purdue Black Cultural Center will unveil the architectural renderings for its new $3 million facil ity during a homecoming tailgate party on Saturday The tailgate will begin at 11 am in ji tent on the parking l5tjust north of the center St The unveiling ceremony will begin at 1:15 pm Speakers will be Renee Thomas di rector of the Black Cultural Center Walter Blackbum owner of Blackburn Archi tects of Indianapolis which is designing the new center Purdue President Steven Beering and Marcus Clarke a ord Motor Co executive and chairman of the BCC und Raising Advisory Committee who helped found the Purdue Black Al umni Organization Purdue News Service the public Yadio statioh WBST has done 30 on air compaigns doing about two or three a year said general time had budget problems manager Stewart Vanderwilt and said it wasn't taking fund raising campaign money out of the academic provides a higher level of ac countability and service on the part of a station to its Vanderwilt said becomes a measurement of the service of the station listeners invest in the station they become ad vocates for what the station is doing well and for what they think the station should be he said Purdue University will celebrate homecoming this weekend Oct 18 20 Events will include the unveiling of a new Boil ermaker tfra Special the 25th anniversary of tle Black Cultural Center plus a Purdue Alumni Associ ation tailgate party and five musical events and the memory of your cousin will only make you a stronger and more dynamic person who can enjoy life and live each day for the moment It really is going to be al right or support in your local area contact your nearest hospital While there are too many sites to list the web offers many wonderful areas for search )i with Sunday Day Tennis Men's tournament concludes at Varsity Courts 2:30 pm Concert Symphonic Orchestra Long Center 111 Sixth St La fayette ree Purdue News Service Queen king finalists named inalists have been named in the Purdue Uni versity Homecoming Queen and King contests inalists for queen areSara Cheaney a senior from Greenwood majoring in nursing Jill Hoffman a senior from Jasper majoring in management Amy McCabe a senior from Otterbein majoring in psy chology and Spanish Angela Peluso a senior from Akron Ohio majoring in manage ment and Carli Stephan a senior from Dyer majoring in mechanical engineering inalists for king are Marty Harshman a senior from South Bend majoring in communication James Henry III a senior from West Lafayette majoring in industrial distribution Chad Kodiak a senior from Wil mington Ill majoring in pharmacy Tim Mattix a senior from Portage major iqg in industrial engineer ing and Michael Wan hatalo a junior from Evansville majoring in building construction man agement Harlan is not a licensed psychologist therapist or physician but he is a licensed jlriver To write Harlan send letters via mail to har lanla iviccfcom Send letters do Help Mf Harlan 1954 196 irst St Highland Park IL 60035Ati It 6 fc v1 JOURNAL AND COURIER PURfflE COORDINATOR JOAN MCSHANE Phone 420 5248 ax 1 420 5246 Email mcshanefQurnal couriercom drugs and smoking I have a problem with other habits but not what you can do I only know that I dying inside and I need a friend LOSJAND INPAJN DEAR IN PAIN: You ex press yourself with such a passion It takes a strong person to write such a poig nant letter I as well as everyone else can feel your pain and understand the ag must be feeling riday All day Tennis Boil ermaker Classic an all day tennis tournament at the Varsity Court behind the Recreational Gymnasium ree 8 pm Jazz concert Singer Kevin Mahogany with the Kenny Barron Trio will perform at Loeb Playhouse Stewart Center A Purdue Convocations Jazz Set event Tickets are $18 for the public' and $12 for Purdue students at campus box offices (317) 494 3933 New train mascot to be dedicated The newest version of the official Purdue mascot will be dedicated during home coming Saturday 1 1 The Boilermaker Special area and put it into radio would have been better if we could have begun fund raising while NPR was sU' on the air It created situation that wo to bring NPR back until we have sufficient funds to keep it on the air tor three years In August Wabash College in Crawfordsville launched WNDY 1063 which is providing NPR on its air waves WBAA officials how ever say efforts to bring back NPR have nothing directed toward corporations A0 with WNDY and individuals to see it it can bring National Public Radio back The radio station came under a lot of criticism in October of 1992 when it can celled NPR cost of NPR went up 27 percent with only two PlTROTT TnriAV JL 1 JLJL State news on Page A8 WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 16 1996 as By Joan McShane Journal and Courier acing possible federal funding cuts Purdue Uni radio station WBAA has launched its first fund raising campaign asking lis teners to become contributing members of the statipn I he impetus tor tl paign is what station man agement sees as a movement by Congress to for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting CPB grants make up one third of the budget i said Richard orsythe direc tor of the Center for Instruc i tional Services WBAA is a i part of the center I And although funds have been appropriated tor the station through 1998 the amount has steadily dropped each year In 1996 the station re ceived $117214 in grant money from the CPB com pared" with $148560 in 1994 and $123183 in 1995 And that could be cut by about 15 percent a year the next two years says Dan Skinner WBAA manager Skinner said that the sta tion has set a campaign goal of $60000 to make up for the decline in CPB funding In August WBAA began a direct mail campaign to lis teners on its mailing list i i Sy that campaign will go on air reach that portion that is listening anony Skinner said "It will be a chance for the listeners and the radio sta tion to interact and show they support what do ing Like a big pat on the cam Radio station WBAA 920 AM began broadcasting in 1922 making it the first li censed station in Indiana and ne of only a few in the niton States at the time It focuses on news and in formational programs and its signal reaches a 60 mile radius' from West Lafayette campus WBAA began broad casting in early 1993 at 1013 It largely was sup ported by a gift from the Purdue Class'of 1942 which made the new station its 50th anniversary project The 24 hour station focuses on fine arts programming Its signal has a 20 mile radius According to Arbitron rat ings the station has about 14000 to 1500(5 lis each week and the tene AMtatierrhas about 10000 Anyone interested in sup porting WBAA can call the station at 494 5920 from 8 am to 5 pm) weekdays un a Ji Av 1 Zvk jj a si I I i 1 I io ini dap I a i 4 cherished for generations i 4 I 3 A An? 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