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Annual Talent Show Gets New Name Radio Station Remains An In A&E : 'Grey's Anatomy' is must-see tv ^•ET RWTK3€ ji* f ■ HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY k#CA[ Campus Chronicle FRIDAY, April 21, 2006 HIGH POINT, N.C Annual talent show gets new name Still a showcase of High Point's extraordinary talent High Point By Pamela Montez-Holley duced a special guest-Flava most memorable routines was a tribute to Staff Writer Flaaaaaaaaav! Famed rapper Flava Flav the late singer Aaliyah. As the Sensations honors students came out with his new love interest glided across the stage, audience mem- It was showtime at the Apollo! Well, "Hoops." Maybe they weren't the real bers bobbed to the beat and sang along to Students, faculty and staff re- not at the real Apollo in Harlem. Dr. Judy stars, but Mike Jefferson (who was also "Rock the Boat," "More Than a Woman" ceived recognition for their Isaksen's Audio Production Class put to- the co-host) and Lisa Judkins did a good and a number of other songs by Aaliyah. achievements during the past aca- gether this year's talent show. It opened job portraying the eccentric celebrity However, the two acts that stole the show demic year. The Academic Awards with the dance team from the Genesis couple. "I thought those two were really were Sarah Huntt's band, June's End, and ceremony was held at 11 a.m. on Gospel Choir. As the group of women cute and funny," commented junior rapper Shadrak, better known as Shad April 19, with the Campus Life danced to the song "Pray" by CeCe Sabrina Wahid. "I also liked it when they Fuller around campus. Awards following at 2 p.m. Winans, the audience showed its respect did a lip sync to the song 'Best Friend' by June's End and Shadrak did such The highest awards in the uni- for their talent with applause and cheers, 50 Cent and Olivia. It was just funny!" an amazing job performing that it was versity (Achievement, Citizenship, and some even gave them a standing ova- Wahid continued. The skit was then fol- very difficult to determine a winner. The Leadership and Service) were given tion. lowed by the rest of the show. winner was to be named based on the level to Hillary Cole, Chris Ferguson, Meanwhile, the Audio Production The Apollo Night featured a vari- of cheers the audience gave them. The Pamela-Montez Holley, Zachary students hustled to make sure performers ety of performances. Some students applause and screams for both acts was Jones and Will Tarrant. Congratu- got on stage at the appropriate moment. showed off their talents as rap artists, so high that there was no choice but to lations to these students for winning After the loud, roaring noise coming from musicians and rhythm and blues and al- these well-deserved honors and for the audience, one of the hosts of the night, ternative artists. In between acts, the Pan- See Apollo Night, page 5 all of their hard work as they have Luke Lemanski took the stage and intro- ther Sensations performed. One of their endeavored to leave High Point bet- ter than they found it. Radio station remains Senior recalls Kosovo chaos Graduation an integral necessity By Brian Nicholas ing it into the thousands. A full-power By Briana Warner promises to be and Greg Smith station is 100 kilowatts. Due to strict Staff Writer Staff Writers regulations, most stations were prohibited an event to from upgrades for fear of interference The radio station once contained a with neighboring stations. In the late At 2 p.m. during a normal day of remember phone that allowed only calls out, a com- 1970s, as FM radio took off, competition school, Linda Ahmeti and the rest of her puter with a play list set on random, two for the airwaves intensified, and the Na- classmates were asked to evacuate the Graduation weekend kicks off microphones, two CD players and a DJ, tional Association of Broadcasters and building. Outside they found tanks and with the Commencement luncheon taking requests on a cell phone. All of this NPR convinced the FCC that low-power streets lined with soldiers wearing masks. on Friday from 11:30-1 hosted by was crammed into a small, un-sound- stations were detrimental to broadcasting. There was absolute silence except for the the Office of Parent and Alumni proofed office on the second floor of After 1979, class D licenses were no following statement: "There will be no Relations. Cooke Hall. This was WHPU (formerly longer issued. College radio today has more Albanians in school." Ahmeti, an That night, at 6 p.m. the Bac- WWIH), High Point University radio, been demoted to second class status, Albanian, lost her education in Kosovo, calaureate Ceremony will be held at which has been off the air for more than meaning that stations risk losing their but found it again in the United States. Wesley Memorial United Method- two years. place on the airwaves if a full-power sta- Ahmeti, a senior criminal justice ist Church, where the keynote The space has become a faculty tion wants the space. Expensive upgrades major, grew up in Kosovo (an autono- speaker will be Dr. James Howell, member's office; a copy machine sits in have forced many stations off the air. mous territory within the former Federal a resourceful and talented minister what was the lobby of the station, and the Stations exist at 39 campuses in Republic of Yugoslavia) during a period from Myers Park United Methodist equipment has been moved to other loca- North Carolina, including UNC Chapel of war and genocide. In the late 1990s, a Church in Charlotte. tions. If you were to check the Hill, Duke University, Appalachian State lack of formal government and political He received his Ph.D. from university's website, you'd think that the University, Lenoir-Rhyne College, corruption plagued Kosovo, and a war Duke University and has written 11 radio station is still running. In addition, Guilford College (currently ranked 6lh in began between the Serbians and Alba- books and numerous scholarly and "Campus Radio" is still called out when the top 25 radio stations, according to nians. During this time, identified Alba- professional articles, preaching re- SGA takes its roll, but no one answers. Princeton Review's "The Best 361 Col- nians were subject to murder, rape and sources and book reviews. As a national and local phenomenon, lege Rankings"), Wake Forest University kidnaping. Albanians were also told that On May 6, graduation will be college radio has been profoundly af- and a handful of community colleges. they could not attend their school, and this held on the Roberts Hall Lawn, fected by competition for air space and Mr. Greg Brown, former English in- led to the establishment of secret schools where the Commencement speaker tight regulations by the FCC. It started in structor and adviser to the HPU station, in the basements of houses. will be Her Majesty Queen Noor of the 1960s when the FCC began licensing now teaching at Lynchburg College, ar- Ahmeti recounted coming home one Jordan. 10-watt, class D FM stations to further rived here in 1999 and began working to afternoon to find images on the news of a The festivities will start at 9 the development of FM radio; however, improve the station. FCC regulations re- gas raid at the local university. Over 100 a.m. Queen Noor has played a ma- some college stations had already been quired that the station operate for a mini- students suffered injuries from the attack, jor role in promoting international operating for decades on AM radio. Some mum of five hours a day, but the then- some ending up with neurological exchange and understanding of stations eventually received licensing for Middle Eastern politics, Arab-West- a few hundred watts, with a very few mak- See Radio station, page 5 See Kosovo, page ern relations, conflict prevention 11 and recovery issues throughout the Page 3 Page 5 world, including youth drug abuse, relief for refugees and disarmament. She is actively involved in in- Journalists ternational and UN organizations HPU: Alive that address global challenges. In this issue: leave lasting with faith impression —compiled by Amanda Roberts 2 Campus Chronicle EDITORIAL Friday, April 21,2006 Reflections on value of What is truly the most being a student here important aspect of life? By Ali Akhyari pulls us back. Every year, saying goodbye to this out until halfway through the semes- Opinion Editor This concept continues into the "real • friends and packing up the dorm room get ter because the class has a couple hun- world" where we chase the American harder and harder. After spending the dred people; where you may take the same I have put in my time and burned the dream with blinding dollar signs that majority of the year at HPU, we're ex- route at the same time every day, but midnight oil, along with every other cliche cover our eyes. We move like zombies pected to go back home and deal with our you'll never see the same person two days that describes working hard and earning chanting the logic that comes most eas- parents, losing many of the freedoms in a row. High Point is wonderful for the marvelous finish. And by this tempo- ily, the logic of others. After all, it is easier we've had the past eight months. But it's building relationships not only with ral measurement I have, of course, come to believe someone else than to take the not just losing freedom; it's going back friends but teachers as well; when you're away with some maturing truths.
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