Hockey extra — page 12 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1984 SMC students have two options for lofts in new college policy By LYNNE R. STRAND will be required to use the architec­ News S ta ff tural design we have, ” said McCarthy. The new Saint Mary’s loft policy McCarthy also said the dorm bed gives students two options - a frames not used because of the lofts company built kit, or a blueprint will be stored in the basements of guide for student built lofts, said the dorms. Ihe lofts must be taken Anne McCarthy, chairwoman of the down before graduation time. Saint Mary’s Loft Committee. A loft survey was conducted by Ihe new policy, which was an­ the committee on Nov. 13 during nounced yesterday, goes into effect lunch and dinner at Saint Mary’s in the fall semester of 1985. Dining Hall. With 439 Saint Mary’s Ihe blueprint option, says students responding, 81 percent McCarthy, is for students who agreed that the lofts would make the would he able to “construct the lofts dorm rooms more livable, while 75 cheaper than what we could offer percent said they now wanted lofts. them for.” 69 percent of the Saint Mary’s stu­ All company bids will be made by dents surveyed opted for the loft this semester’s end and the Loft kits. The kits could range from *75 Committee will publicize the new to * 160, said McCarthy. "They won’t loft policy and cost next semester. be less. ” Of those students surveyed, "We’re getting the cheapest price 45 percent would spend *75, and 35 we can, ” said McCarthy. percent would spend $ 100. Saint Mary's will not be making a Ih e loft issue was raised last profit on the lofts Ihe company spring when the administration of chosen will build the loft kits next Saint Mary’s announced the summer and will install them in the residence halls would be integrated Let’s hear it for our girl The Obscrver/SbdU fall. Also, the lofts will be sold per this year. Regina Hall, which is Katy Orie, left, and Jane Harless show support fo r person, not per room since each loft predominantly singles, was trans­ Theater. The hard work paid off, as their represen­ their section contestant in the Miss Holy Cross con­ sleeps one student. formed from a 100 percent fresh­ tative, Shannon Maughan, won the competition. test, held last night in Saint Mary’s Moreau Little Saint Mary's Controller and Busi­ men population to 50 percent ness Manager, Jason Lindower Jr., freshmen and 50 percent sop­ fully supported the proposed loft homores. policy yesterday. Lynn Stone, a Regina sophomore, Ihe committee also considered said, "Lofts would be very beneficial Campus coffee house is examined the option of Saint Mary’s supplying to Regina. If you live in a room for only the necessary wood in order for nine months, you should be able to the students to build their own lofts. have some freedom. You should be as possible new social life option But, said McCarthy, “We didn’t see comfortable. Where else are you the advantage for buying w ood.” She going to get together with your By MIKE ANNAN LISA Zahm’s biweekly Coffee House, would be lively without being over­ said personally "the easiest way is to friends? ” News S ta ff now in its third year, is an evening of bearing," he said. buy a loft kit. ” Stone said, “Yes, definitely,” to the conversation, food such as coffee Another attractive feature of the Saint Mary's new loft policy is proposed lofts. She would even In the ongoing battle to improve and donuts, and live entertainment - proposed coffee house is its backed by the Notre Dame Director spend up to *200 for a loft. Stone social life at Notre Dame, the crea­ including everything from ventrilo­ availability. “If a shop like this were of Fire Safety Jack Bland and Tom also said time would be saved with tion of a campus coffee house is a quists to jazz bands, said Zahm rec­ built, students would have a place to Borger, a Saint Mary’s architect. Ihe the loft kit option, but money would new option being considered. tor Father Thomas King. go or take a date without having to lofts will comply with the current be saved using the specified do-it- The coffee house - would be That atmosphere is what Wurth wait for a class sponsored event," Notre Dame standards of no less yourself blueprints. modeled after Zahm Hall’s Coffee believes students are interested in. said Wurth. “The coffee house than 36 inches from the ceiling, and Melody Cameron, a McCandless House in some respects, said Doug The coffee house would attempt to would always be there ” no more than seven feet from the sophomore, said the new loft policy Wurth, executive coordinator of achieve the intimate, relaxed setting Wurth also believes that the cof­ floor. “is a good idea.” “We should have student government. Unlike Zahm’s that characterizes Zahm’s event, fee house should be student run “Each loft will be checked by a them if they’re built properly,” she Coffee House, however, it always Wurth said. This would allow the shop to cater college representative... someone would be open and would not be It would be a place for students to engineer orientated The students see LOFTS, page 4 dorm oriented, he said. get together in “an atmosphere that see COFFEE, page 4 Few college stations broadcast as WVFI-AM still does WVFI-AM, recently applied for a tion’s operation is affected, said WNUR. The station is popular in country’s few college commercial The follotiing is the final part of a FCC license. It will he several years Rhode. the nearby Chicago suburbs and in stations, said Brown. Their sales three-part series on WVFI-AM, the before their license application is The student run radio stations at the city itself, he said. department has accounts with student-run radio station serving either rejected or approved, said Northwestern University, Boston Boston College’s WZBC es­ both local and national corpora­ Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s. Rhode However, the WROX staff College and Yale University timates only ten to twenty percent tions. They need far fewer com­ Is not optimistic. already have their FCC licenses. of its listeners are students, said mercials than the regular In Washington, DC., where These stations have become very Kevin Conburry, station manager profit making stations to cover By ELIZABETH CORNWELL Georgetown is located, the FM different from Notre Dame’s WVFI- at WZBC. their operating costs because they News S ta ff band is already overcrowded. AM. When a station has a change in are not making a profit, he said. WROX is competing with over 70 audience content, it is forced to Northwestern’s WNUR Is a non­ other stations for the frequency tailor its programming format to commercial station. WNUR has While WVFI-AM may broadcast they want, said Rhode. WVF1 that new audience. Yale's WYBC begun running annual fundraisers, over electrical outlets, this method Because the process is slow and Series has an extremely varied format, said Misrok. Recently, they had a is anything but current. not promising the WROX staff has said Andy Brown, station manager weeklong radio telethon to gain The Notre Dame student run begun to investigate another op­ at WYBC. Their offerings include community contributions. radio station differs in a number of tion. An FM cable radio network is gospel singing, new wave music, The carrier current status of ways from many college stations. about to be initiated in Washing­ When college stations receive disco, reggae and blue grass. Notre Dame’s WVFI-AM allows the Few colleges are still operating a ton, D C Depending on the cost, their FCC licenses, often their The schools which have station to operate on a cheaper carrier current operation such as WROX may soon become a cable audiences expand outside the switched to the FM band have basis than other college stations the one at WVFI-AM. And Geor­ radio station, said Rhode. campus. found that costs have increased. because it uses older and less ex­ getown’s WROX, which is still When the switch from carrier Northwestern’s WNUR, which Because most stations work with a pensive equipment. But because using the system, is considering current to FM band is made, many has one of the largest number of lis­ limited budget, they have had to WVFI-AM is only broadcast updating their station, said David other changes occur at a radio sta­ teners for a college station, has al­ find new ways to meet the new ex­ throughout the dorms, it enables Rhode, station manager at WROX. tion. Because the audience is most no student listeners, said penses. the station to continue concentrat­ WROX, like Notre Dame’s broadened, every aspect of the sta­ Mike Misrok, music director at Yale’s WYBC became one of the ing on the student listeners. The Observer Friday, November 30, 1984 — page 2 In Brief It’s about time for tax change Construction worker Jeffery Condon was listed in fair condition yesterday at St. Joseph’s Medical Center with injuries suffered in a 20-foot fall Wednesday at Notre Dame’s Ever since he came to office, President Reagan has natatorium site. Condon suffered multiple fractures in the accident, been receiving intense pressure from all sides to hurry according to hospital officials. He is employed by the Crane Indus­ and do something about the $175 billion federal deficit Mary Healy trial Service Co.