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MADISON MEMOAIAL L3 .A«Y James Madison University VfcCBt&eze Harrisonburg, VA 22801 Vol. LV Tuesday. September 6. 1977 Jatnes Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va. No. 2 Entertainment provided 'not on other media9 WMRA 'an extension of the university' By THERESA BEALE through cable which runs to as well as JMU students, Holp Top 40 or easy listening various buildings, similar to said. may not be included on cable television. Campus Most students are from WMRAs schedule, but the stations are usually carrier more metropolitan areas and public radio station operated current, she said. are used to having a large by James Madison University With a signal that extends selection of stations to listen students provides en- 50 miles up and down the to, she said, adding that tertainment "not available on valley, WMRA must please student input would be other media" to its listeners, the interests of area residents valuable in program planning. according to Karen Holp, Another problem the station WMRA program director. encounters at JMU is when As a public radio station Honor Council the students "fail to un- with over 20,000 listeners, derstand their interests are as WMRA differs from a com- varied as the total audience." mercial station in its of- vice president ferings of classical music, "They are part of the total folk-bluegrass, progressive leaves school audience, not a separate rock, opera and jazz, Holp segment apart from the said. It also cannot sell ad- Mark Ritter, elected vice audience," Holp said. "You vertisements on the air and president of the Honor Council cannot stereotype students must broadcast educational, last spring, has decided not to and say they all like informational, and en- return to school this semester, progressive rock. It is not that tertainment programs. according to Bob Snyder, simple." WMRA became a full- president of the Honor To determine the wants of service public radio station in Council. the total audience, Holp November 1975 by design of An election to fill the conducted a listener the Virginia Telecom- vacant position will be held preference survey last spring munications Council, who Sept. 13 in conjunction with an on the JMU campus and in the wished to have a station in this election for first Vice counties of Rockingham, area and in agreement with president of the Student Augusta, Albemarle, the JMU administration. Government Association Shenandoah, and Page. "WMRA can be viewed -as (SGA). Progressive rock ranked an extension of the university The SGA position is vacant number one in the survey of TWO SUNBATHERS mix business and pleasure, studying in the into the community and because of the decision of (Continued on Page 7) windows Of their dorm. Photo by Mark Thompson another way of providing for Kevin Rack, also elected last the community," Holp said, spring, not to return to school explaining that the station is this semester. CPB schedule ranges from not carrier current since the Anyone interested in administration wanted to running for vice president of 9 serve the area as well as the the Honor Council should pick students. Carrier current up a declaration of intent in 'Cabaret to coffeehouses radio does not broadcast its the honor council office by 10 By KENT BOOTY For the film buff, there are projection at JMU, however. signal into the air but sends it a.m.. Sept. 8. The Campus Program more than' 30 movies to choose A new 650-seat movie theater Board's incomplete fall from. "Rocky," "Network," adjacent to the Campus schedule features en- "The Omen," and a "Marx Center is scheduled for tertainment ranging from the Brothers Film Festival" are completion by September, Broadway production of but a few of the offerings. 1978, according to ad- "Cabaret" to a comedian who Although the sound system ministrators. does impressions of "Star in Wilson Hall underwent a The NewtYork stage play Trek" characters. "complete overhaul" this "Cabaret," winner of eight summer, the CPB "can't Tony awards, comes to guarantee" that films won't Godwin Hall on Sept. 18 at 8 Atlanta Rhythm concert break down as they frequently p.m. General admission postponed indefinitely— have in the past, according to tickets are $2.50 for JMU see story, page 12 Dave Imre, movie committee students and $4 for the public. chairman. Reserved seats cost $4 for This should be the last year JMU students and $5 for the Music lovers can ■ look students complain about the public. forward to periodic coffee poor quality of movie (Continued on Page 4) housed and dances sponsored by CPB. Student coffee houses will Commuter committee be held either every Tuesday 9 night or every other Tuesday seeking 'awareness night, according to Carol Dickinson, chairman of the By PAM HOWLETT lot were forced to park in X lot CPB coffee house committee. The Commuter Student because the lots had been The coffee houses-held in the Committee (CSC), under the overassigned to a great ex- campus center ballroom-are chairmanship of Wayne tent, according to the second free and are open to any Baker, is attempting to create issue of the last "Scooter's student musician who wants a "greater awareness among News." to perform, she said. commuters" of the services "Scooter's Nooze," the "The coffee houses will CSC has to offer. commuter publication'which consist of students as well as a One of CSC's goals this year acts a voice for the CSC, will few professional acts," said is to try to break the stigma of change its focus'this year and Dickinson. "We might even being a commuter. Baker will present more timely have some comedians this believes the "basic system" information more often. year." at James Madison Jacob Saylor, last year's A meeting will be held in a University " has not been put editor of "Scooter's Nooze" "couple of weeks" for together with commuters in and this year's acting musicians wanting to sign up mind." treasurer, said the publication for coffee house per- Two areas the CSC plans to will be questioning various formances, she added. work on this year are the commuter problems rather Three dances are already parking problem and "lunch than simply listing in- scheduled for the campus only" food contracts in the D- formation and events. center ballroom. "Piranha" hall. Orientation for commuters will host a da nee on Sept Last year. 25 per cent of the was handled in a new way this SEI). \ STANDARD POODLE, peeks out from behind pine 22 , "Casper" on Oct. 8. and commuters who had pur- summer. Commuter students needles neat Godwin Hall. Pnolo By Mark Thompson "Tarn*" on Get. 2n. chased stickers for G parking (Continued on Page 10) Page 2. THE BREEZE. Tuesday. September 6. 1977 The ghost of Mr. Madison: 'This is the strangest grass Pre ever seen' "This is the fifth largest By DWAYNE YANCEY quad, iust barely missing the officer, "but what's it the tunny stuff. What's your name?" university in Virginia and it The first one to see the having his hat removed by a doing there?" hits only six visitor spaces?" figure was a member of the high speed Frisbee. "I have to put him •"Madison. James Madison." protested Madison. university's police force. "Whew." said one of the somewhere. I certainly can "Well, you' could have Making a routine drive past students to another, "for a not take him with me to see "Very cute. Now what's your name?" parked at the old College Wilson Hall the officer sighted minute there I thought he was President Carrier." Exxon station if you'd come a small man in colonial garb going to try to arrest us for The officer eyed the man's "I just told you. James Madison." before they tore it down" hitching his horse to one of the throwinga Frisbee without a strange costume and began to Madison gave up and left. trees on the quad. permit." feel uneasy. A moonie. "O.K.. I don't have time to The little man finished play games with you. Do you He sighted a large green field With instinctive precision perhaps? No. couldn't be. he down the hill with a sturdy the officer turned on his hitching up his horse. hadn't tried to convert him have a visitor's pass?" "A what?" fence around it. "Hmm. looks flashing red light, slammed on "Just what is that?" yet. Maybe he was one of like a race track around it," the brakes, and bounded out of demanded the officer. those people? Could be--he "A visitor's pass. And do "Why. that is my horse. you have any authorization to he thought, and led his horse the cruiser. did have a wig on. Maybe out onto the brilliant green "Whoa there, just what do Nice looking stallion, is he Hurricane Anita was causing bring that animal on campus? not?" Do you have a parking permit turf. you think you're doing?" he them to migrate north... "This has to be the shouted as he ran across the "I know what it is." said "All right mister, cut out for it?" "A parking permit? For strangest grass I have ever ■to my horse?" seen." He reached down to '**- "All visitors need a pass pull up a clump of grass but and a temporary parking succeeded only in burning his permit before they can park knuckles. "Let me make a on campus." note of that-agriculture Madison's legalistic mind classes need improvement." was at work. "How is a visitor Leaving his horse to roam supposed to know that? And over the turf, Madison strolled how can a visitor get a tem- past a construction site.

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