KANU apologizes for transmitter
KANU crackled on the air. "We are sorry about occasional bad sounds, but we will try to make do with the antique we presently have.
"If you have any friends who are affluent and if you think they might like to go down in history as great benefactors,
please have them buy us a new $30,000 transmitter."
KANU, KU's FM radio station, is having difficulties with its 25-year-old transmitter. Due to the transmitter's age, the quality of broadcasting fluctuates, although it is usually quite good, said R. Edwin
Browne, assistant professor of journalism and KANU director.
The Western Electric transmitter was given to KU's William Allen White School of Journalism by the Harris Publishers Co. in memory of Fred Harris, he said.
The problem faced by KANU is maintenance, Browne said.
The transmitter is obsolete and parts are hard to get.
"Two years ago," Browne said, "we were in need of parts, so I wrote to several stations which have Western Electric transmitters. We received two out-of-service transmitters and cannibalized them for their parts."
Broadcasting recently has not always been up to par, he admitted.
Anticipating complaints from listeners, Browne taped a session for broadcast which relates present difficulties and makes a half-joking plea for a new transmitter.
Vince Bilotta resigns as yell-leader adviser
Vincent Bilotta, athletic director and adviser to the pom-pon and yell-leaders, has resigned as adviser to the pom-pon squad.
"The pom-pon girls have been placed under the advisership of the dean of women's office," Bilotta said. "Adviser re-evaluation was made during tryouts for black pom-pon girls. I don't know if a concrete decision has been made as to whether the yell-leaders will be placed under the direction of the dean of men's office."
Bilotta explained that at the time this decision was being made he had decided to withdraw as pom-pon adviser.
"In 1963 I became adviser to the men and women cheerleading squad. At that time we tried to reorganize it by breaking into two separate groups. I've found the job to be very time-consuming; I did it strictly as an extra-curricular activity and I did it because it was a hobby."
Bilotta said he didn't know if an adviser had been chosen for the pom-pon girls through the dean of women's office.
Music concerts to be presented
The 11th annual Symposium of Contemporary American Music will be Sunday through Tuesday featuring Vincent Persichetti, as guest composer. He heads the composition department at New York's Juliillard School of Music.
The symposium, which will alternate between Hoch
German dept. chairman named
Maurer, formerly a professor German at Indiana University in Bloomington, came to KU in September 1968.
Warren R. Maurer, associate professor of German, has been selected to succeed Eugene Norwood as chairman of KU's German department, the department announced.
When Norwood announced his resignation as chairman in February to accept the position of associate dean of the graduate school at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, a steering committee from KU's graduate school began interviewing applicants for the position.
Maurer, whose appointment will be effective June 30, said he hopes to bring the department to quality status with a quality faculty.
Chemistry professor given research grant
Richard L. Schowen, associate professor of chemistry, has been granted $16,164 for continuing research on reaction mechanisms in solution by the U.S. Public Health Service.
The grant, which also has been authorized for an additional three years, will support his work on the nucleophilic reactivity toward the silicon atom, particularly the primary kinetic isotope effect.
Also currently under study are molecular switches in the central nervous system.
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Auditorium and Murphy Hall, is open to the public, and all concerts are free, announced the School of Fine Arts.
The first concert is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Sunday and will be directed by James Ralston, teaching associate of choral music. Two of Persichelli's compositions will be played.
A second recital at 8 p.m. will feature works by four KU faculty members of music theory.
A recital of student compositions is planned for 2:30 p.m. May 12 in Swarthout Recital Hall. Featured student works are by: James Barnes, Tulsa, Okla., senior; Antonia Molina, Manila, Philippines senior; William Davis, Natchitoches, La., sophomore, and Michael Seyfrit, Wheaton, Ill., junior.
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