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Friday, August 7, 1987 N u m b e r 3 4 V o l u m e 6 2 WKDU lauded by Philly Magazine Inquirer focuses on DU by Brian Goodman From the start, the seeds of O f The Triangle by Eric T. LaBorie faculty dislike for G aither w ere Triangle Staff W riter p l a n t e d . W KDU-91.7 FM, The candidates com peting for Drexel U niversity’s Vie Philadelphia Inquirer, i n the position left vacant by D r. student-run and sponsored its w eekly I n q u i r e r m agazine sup W illiam W . H agerty in 1984 w ere non-com m ercial radio sta plem ent, w ill feature U niversity Peter Bennett, president of the tion was chosen by President W illiam S. G aither and Academ y of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia M agazine a s the recent sexual harassm ent issue Bernard Sagik, D rexel’s form er the Best R adio Station of surrounding D rexel in the A ugust vice-president for academ ic af Philly for 1987. 9 i s s u e . The Triangle w as able to fairs, Joseph M archello, Associate Editor of obtain advance copies of the chancellor of the U niversity of Philadelphia, L i s a publication. M issouri’s Rolla Cam pus, DePaulo said “ W e were T he cover story, -w ritten by I n W illiam Gaither, dean of the looking to see w ho’s do q u i r e r staff w riter M ary W alton, U niversity of D elaw are College ing som ething unique and readdresses m any of the issues of M arine Studies, and Hans pulling it off... ’K D U w as already coved by The Triangle M ark, deputy adm inistrator of sim ply the best of all the w hile giving a m ore in-depth view NASA. radio stations w e listened of G aither’s personal life. T he ar T here are conflicting stories of to.” According to ticle contans inform ation on three the harassm ent incident as told by D ePaulo’s article in the other incidents of alleged sexual G aither on two different occa August, 1987 issue of harassm ent. sions. In a interview with T h e Philadelphia, W K D U w a s W alton gives an inform ative T r i a n g l e (M ay 8th issue), when “ truly innovative w ith a and w ell balanced description of asked if the physical contact bet hip eclectic m ix.” the incident as w ell as an unbias ween he and another em ployee The D rexel station fac ed review of surrounding stories was intentional, Gaither was ed heated com petition, as told by those close to the inci quoted as saying, “ Y es, I suppose most notably from dent. M any felt that the previous it w as intentional, intention^ and W YSP-94 FM and its coverage in the I n q u i r e r w a s b i a s accidental.” Elizabeth G em m ill, revised “ classic” rock- ed in favor of Dr. Gaither, Vice President for University and-roll form at. Said dow nplaying the sexual harass R elations, reported that G aither Philadelphia, “ W Y S P , m ent incident. “ put his hand on her (the em ploy w ith its new form at c o u l d T he report covers the procedure ee’s) knee and squeezed her m ore have w on; if they didn’t by w hich G aither w as chosen as than once.” One o f the production rooms in the studios o f WKDU have H ow ard Stern.” D rexel’s president. The faculty However, in Gaither’s descrip The content of Stem’s morning program has General Manager Rick Kahley and Station representatives w ere “ not happy” tion of the Toronto incident to the caused a great deal of negative controversy Manager Mike Gerfen were not available for with the candidates picked to Board of Trustees, he reports that throughout the broadcast industry, eliciting let co m m en t. com pete for the job and form er “ the physical contact consisted of ters to the Federal Communications Commission WKDU gained further public recognition this V ice-President for A cadem ic A f no more than an incidental from offended listenters in the New York- spring when it hosted a “ spoken-word” perfor fairs B ernard P. Sagik is quoted touch.” He denies any foresight Philadelphia broadcast areas. mance by the embattled Jello Biafra, formerly of as saying that “ G aither w as pre or intention of touching the “ Needless to say, all of us here are really ex the Dead Kennedys fame. p i c k e d . ” w o m a n ’s knee. cited that all of the hard work we’ve done in the In its latest event, the station is sponsoring the past is paying off,” said WKDU program direc annual Summer Band Bash on Saturday, August tor Tina Bird. “ We haven’t had many program 15, to be held on the roof of the General Services World Game at Drexel changes, but we do have a diversified for Building and Parking Garage at 34th and Market mat... and our new public affairs series running S treets. by Cameron Lackpour to best use them peacefully. The on Thursdays.” Triangle Staff Writer enemy, according to a World Game publication, is “ ignorance, Drexel University will host the hunger, illiteracy, or resource World Game ’87 Summer shortages.” Workshop from August 15-22 in As part of this overall the Creese Student Center. The philosophy, the week-long Student Congress creates committee week-long workshq;) will include workshop will delve more deep a World Game session on the ly into world problems at hand. evening of Saturday, August 15, The Sunday, August 16 session the committee may be pubished Allocations Committee (SAC). followed by numerous day-long will concentrate on the at a later date in a student’s guide Last year, SAC iunding was cut workshops to be held throughout methodology of world problem by Neal Secrist to courses and instructors. resulting in reductions in budgets the w eek. solving while the Monday session Special to The Triangle Gary Hamme, director of the allocated to funded student The World Game was design will concern the problem/defmi- Center for Co-operative Educa organizations. ed in 1967 by the late R. tion question. The Drexel Student Congress tion, discussed the possibility of To maintain official status as a Buckminster Fuller for use with The W orld Game at Drexel is < met on Monday, July 27 to forming a conunittee comprised recognized Drexel organization, his geodesic dome in the United open to the general public. The discuss numerous issues concer of one student from each college such organizations must file States Information Agency’s admission is $5.00 for die game ning the University’s student to give input and evaluate the specific information with the World Fair exhibit at M ontr^. scheduled from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. population. operation of the Co-op Center, Eligibility Commission by August The agency opted to keep the in the Grand Hall of the Creese Foremost among issues discuss with regards to respective colleges 10, 1987. domed building but reject^ the Student Center, Saturday, August ed was the formation of a Facul and majors. Student Congress meetings are game due to its complexity and 15. The week-long woriuhop, in ty and Course Evaluation Com Student Congress has also in opened to anyone interested and anti-war message. cluding the Saturday game costs mittee, which will be responsible itiated an investigation into how are held every other Monday ati Fuller conceived the game as a $150.00 per person. Inquiries for collecting data and input from annual student fees are 7:00 p.m. in room 3014 creative alternative to war games. should be directed to Charles students concerning their feelings distributed, hoping to identify MacAlister Hall. The next The object of the game is not to Dingee at the World Game Pro about their courses and their in ways to increase the financid meeting is scheduled for August capture the opponent’s resources ject, Inc., (215) 387-0220. structors. Conunents compiled by resources available to the Student 1 0 . and land, but to understand how The Triangle Friday, August 7, 1987 R esearchers find fundam ental bar truths by Charlie Browne tacos, and shrimp can make even here? There is nothing bad to say pensive, but not outrageous. C h i l i ' s , on 38th and Chestnut, and Edward Hartnett the most introverted person walk about The New D eck Tavern, on Closer than O ’H ara’s: had the best food anywhere. Plen O f The Triangle off with a trough of dinner. The Sansom St., just past 35th. Real The Chestnut Street Bar and ty of chili (what else?), these lit atmosphere is second to none — Irish people own and manage (say G r i l l is at 38th and Chestnut, tle crunchy things, even some Responding, as always, to a a roughly even mix of men and hi to Pete) the year-old place, closer than O’Hara’s, but essen stuff like lettuce and tomato, not campus crying out for help, women, young to old, all reliev which is always a good sign.