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% 52 Freed Americans Arrive at Andrews By Warren Strobei to have been drowned in the joy He then invited to sing with them Fifty -two freed American many were feeling. Even a sign “God Bless America.” Not only hostages arrived at Andrews Air that said “America has a full deck, they, but people in the streets, in Force Base last Tuesday, January Iran got the joker” seemed to cars and in their homes could be FREEDOM ONE 27 and were met by a crowd of have more humor in it than bitter- heard singing in unison. Some two thousand well-wishing child- ness. American flags decked with spectators broke down and cried. ren, housewives, businessmen, tiny yellow ribbons were to be A1 though the crowd at long-haired youths and service- seen everywhere, a huge yellow Stewart Airport may have been @i men, many of whom had yellow ribbon around the control tower larger, none could have been more Photo by Trish Meissner ribbons tied through their belts or proclaimed "Welcome Home,’ emotional. It was, as one woman A few of the fifty-two freed Am erican hostages step off in their hair ' and welcoming signs were waved in the crowd at Andrews put it, Air Force Fieedom One on to the airstrip at Andrews Air The ex-hostages came in frantically as each onlooker “ A moment in history.” Force Base. four Air Force planes from Stewart stretched for a view at their freed Airport in New York where they countrymen and their families, had first arrived back in the One woman even wrote a poem, United States. Each plane circled although she had no chance to slowly, swooped over a huge 7-ton recite it. flag that had been laid on the air- The former hostages were field in their honor, landed, and quickly hustled into twelve motor- taxied to a stop in front of the busses and after spending several press booth and reception area. minutes waving to the crowd, As the former hostages and sped off to the White House where their families stepped off the President Reagan was waiting, plane, a Navy band struck up “God Few, if any, of the fifty- Bless America," ‘T ie a Yellow two could have expected the wel- Ribbon'Round the Old Oak Tree,” come they would receive. An and “America the Beautiful.” estimated half-million people Then it was time for re- lined up along the route from The Student Publication of St. Mary's College union. The fifty-two met with Suitland Parkway and into down------------------- friends and distant relatives with town Washington. Volume Number 1 February 3, 1 98 an outpouring of emotion - tears, Along Pennsylvania Avenue, __________ smiles and laughing relief. Vice streams of ticker-tape flowed President George Bush, Mrs. Bush, from windows, as the ex-hostages Secretary of State Haig, Senator leaned from the busses to touch Strom Thrumond and other digni- the hands of the crowd. At the Campus Radio Station taries were also there to greet White House, President Reagan tllem greeted them cordially to begin The scenes on the tarmac what was to be a very informal were echoed in the crowd, whose afternoon. Any signs of physical Begins Broadcasting chants of “Fifty-two, we love or mental anxiety that had been you” and “Welcome home” reported were absent, drowned out the band. The on- The President made a brief by Tom "Thumb" LaVeiie However, continuing the ef- station seriously, and I think it is ~ r - . forts begun by former Station because there is so much time that lookers smiled at one another, and to-the-point speech, praising One ot the best-kept secrets „ o n e/ i j l. r , , ,, Manager Bill Stengel, and with the laughed, and a few even cried. them for their endurance of suf- of ast semester was St. Marv s . , \ . r , the station is not cn the air. and ,. „ .. help of a S6,000 budget from the Noticeably lacking was any fering and telling the nation that radio station, WSMC. Located c ^ A w , they hear a lot of stories about hostility towards Iran; it seemed *t was time to tum the page. the” -round flo o r'o f Charles SG; A” Mr' Wilkes .said the Pre' goofing around and things that go Hall, the station had been off the ™ n"g™ "1 >s femptmg on in there [the WSMC studios) .” to make WSMC the best radio air for the better part of the station St. Mary’s College has ever Barron continued, “I think semester. had.” our purpose is to prove to every­ This inactivity, however, is one that this is a station that about to become a part of the As a testament to their real!y works- 0nce we show that past. enthusiasm, “motivation radio” 've are serious, everyone will has been adopted as the theme of realize what a potential gold mine This week, WSMC is tenta­ tively scheduled to go on the WSMC. Motivation radio, as de- the 5tation reail5' is-" air. According to Tom Ericsson, fined by Wilkes is “in corporation As for the administration’s with Assistant Station Manager, “We bunch of good people, viewpoint, Barron remarked, “1 interested are not continuing the radio other things on think a lot of administrators station,......, -vwe are re-starting ltit - ca™Pus’ n a t afe going to start anci faculty would like to see it we are starting from scratch ” " g , , " gS happen on their (WSMC) as some kind of vehicle campus. Ericsson adds, “We’ve where they could get their ideas Both Tom Ericsson and got a lot of joice, a lot of motiva­ out to the students . .1 think it Nathan Wilkes, Station Manager, tion and a lot of good people . should go both ways, it should place the emphasis of WSMC we’re going to make WSMC perform educational, social, mu­ operation on professionalism. everybody’s station.” sical, academic . all kinds of Citing factors such as mem­ purposes.” According to Mr. Wilkes, bership in the Maryland College “ We could have gone on last Radio Exchange and a news Whatever the purpose, what­ Photo by Rick Culp semester half-assed, but we want­ department headed bv former ever the outlook. WSMC will take snt in the stud io ai ed to get things working right.” Empath editor Steve McHenry, to the air sometime this week, in „ D c* »• n ■ k01*1 Nathan and Tom are confid- time for its Tenth Anniversary Pete Butz, Station Engineer, ent that “motivation radio is (March 9). Whether or not the whose efforts Mr. Wilkes describes going to be a professional radio station survives another ten years SMC Student Killed as “a miracle,” is the man most jtaIj’n will depend largely on attracting responsible for “getting things responsible, professional, motiva­ right.” With new equipment, new — — — — — — — in Hit-and-run Accident ted people to operate it. wiring, and new or soon-to-be-new " ^g'[-g going to John Rocco Petrucelli, a students for his wit and intelli- “transmitting facilities,” the sta­ twenty-one year old senior here at gence. John had been consistently tion management is confident that make WSMC St. Mary’s College, died last on '.he Dean's List, including this WSMC will sound and operate INSIDE: Thursday morning at the Shock past semester. better than ever. everybody’s station Trauma Unit in Baltimore from Condolences and expres- ExtensiveCoverage injuries caused in a hit-and-run sions of sympathy may be sent to Some problems attributed accident on Willows Road on Mr . and Mrs. Arthur V. Petrucelli to the downfall of WSMC in the More guarded in his enthu- of Ex-hostage s Friday, January 23. at 14226 Bauer Drive, Rockville, past have been equipment failure, siasm. however, is Rich Barron, Return Home John would have graduated Maryland, 20583. No funeral equipment abuse, stolen records. Director of Student Activities, from St. Mary’s this spring. He arrangements have yet been made, disorganization and all-around un- Barron states, “the administration was weil-known by his feilow professional attitude of the D.J s. here doesn't really take the radio - pages 6 and 7. -------- 5--------------------------------------------------------- b T H E E M P A T H February 3, 1981 </» 3 nn n i Haymes, Hirschfield To Resign by Warren Strobel been a temporary one, as he had believes that “ posts in administr^ successful appointments and more him when he first arrived here. tion should be held by people solidarity andcamraderie in the Both men have enjoyed the Harmon H. Haymes, Vice not applied for the job in the first who are instructors.” He, how­ division. “That isn’t my accomp­ time they have spent here at SMC President for Academic Affairs place. “Dr. Jackson and I both ever, is happy to go back to teach­ lishment,” he says, “ that accomp- so far, and hope to go on en­ and Dean of the College, and John decided the time had come,” ing. lishemnt comes from the faculty.” joying it. Although the jobs have M. Hirschfield, Chairman of Social stated Dr. Haymes. The switch been advertised, replacements Sciences have both announced will give him more time for his Among Dr. Hirschfield’s ac­ In addition, he feels indebted to have been found for neither of their resignations, to go into favorite activity, sailing. complishments are several new Tom Stevens for the help he gave the positions. effect at the end of the present While in office, Haymes has semester. Although both an­ accomplished the implementing of nouncements came at approxi­ four new ^ajors and felt that he PeeT ReVieW BOdfC] Will mately the same time, there is has helped bring up student no connection between the two.

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