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2 THE SIGNPOST Wednesday, April 17, 1991 News ASWSU Senate Activities Knowledge is an eternal Pursuit Vote for Gary Stimpson Non-Traditional Senator Dedicated Experienced Leadership We made the decision to come to school. Join me in making the most of our time at Weber State University! Encourage one another Make friends PEN April OUR 18th Thursday at 10:30 a.m. David Broder CONVOCATIONS Columnist and 1990-91 AN EDUCATIONAL distinguished journalist BREAK at the Washington Post Austad Auditorium That's Union Bldg. "Moondogs" Gallery Entertainment Does it happen here? Police brutality in Utah ISS Social Science WSU Honors Room 119 Sponsored by Program ues FORUM Dr. Ali Al-Tarrah Cultural Consuler to the Kuwait Embassy from the SENATE United States activities Union Building Ballroom Senate passes bill to expand parking By Joyce Zabriskie Senior reporter of The Signpost The ASWSU Senate passed a bill introduced last week to expand two school parking lots, one near the Social Science Building and the other in areas around the Health and Physical Education complex.

Senator Dave Hall said that he had gone to Architectural Services and several locations were studied as possible solutions. "I talked with Doug Peterson, who will bring the issue proposal before the president's council," Hall said. "I want President Thompson to know that the students KWCR (continued from page 1) bounces off the mountains, he said. The station currently has a 5- to 10-mile broadcast radius. The transmitter will be powered from normal wall outlets in Promontory Tower, Clapp said.

The antenna is efficient enough to transmit with the power of two ordinary hair dryers. "Three thousand watts isn't much compared to 25,000 watt transmissionsof someof the largest area radio stations, 1 but it's better than 55," Clapp said. "This will result in a tremendous increase in coverage by our students," he said. "Advertisers will consider us more of a valid radio station." Wilson said the goal of KWCR is to serve the students and provide a constant link to WSU. He believes are behind him.

He's been very thorough and wants input from everyone." Another proposal under consideration by the senate would set aside the last week of the quarter specifically for studying, and would cancel activities such as Convocations and Issues Forum. Physically-Challenged Students Senator Bill Vicars introduced the bill, co-authored by Mutaz Al-Qirim, Mark Mathson, Dave Hall, Susan Norton and Matt Weeks. It is designed to limit activities so that students can use the time to prepare themselves for their final exams and to "uphold (See SENATE page 6) the station's current Top-40 Urban format is the format students want. "We've had a very noticeable improvement in listenership," Wilson said, "and we're excited about getting Davis County." He said if WSU students were to show enough desire for format changes, station management would be willing to listen. The 450-lb.

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