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The Rice Thresher
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by Elizabeth Jardina thresher editorial staff The swirl of controversy surrounding KTRU settled at the end of last semester, but the specifics of KTRU's operating policy are still on the drawing board. At Monday's Student Association Senate meeting, SA President Lindsay Botsford and KTRU Station Manager Johnny So gave updates on the status of KTRU Friendly Committee. The committee, charged with determining the broad direction of KTRU's programming, will have four undergraduate students, one of whom will be the student-elected station manager and one of whom will be another KTRU DJ. The other two spots will be open to any undergraduate students. The exact process of how those two spots will be appointed has not been decided. According to tentative plans, Botsford said, interested students would submit an application and then interview with a committee composed of one SA Executive Council member, one KTRU officer and one other member of the senate. The SA Executive Committee would discuss candidates and make recommendations; the rest of the SA Senate would then approve those recommendations. Applications will be available in mid-February. The KFC will begin meeting in March, Botsford said, after the station manager is elected. At Monday's meeting, So said he and the other students who work at KTRU would like the students on the KFC to become KTRU DJs after they have been selected. "If they are willing to put in the effort to have some kind of control of the station, they should put in the effort to work at the station," he said. So said potential undergraduates on the KFC would not be required to prior experience at KTRU, but would have to be willing to do a DJ shift. Traditionally, first-semester DJs get very late-night or early morning shifts, but So said KTRU would work with the undergraduates on the KFC to find shifts that fit into their schedules. After some discussion, concerns were raised by several people. Baker College senior Frankie Vasquez Harris asked about specifics of So's proposal. "If they don't successfully fulfill their duties as a DJ, will they be removed from the KFC or just as a DJ?" So said details such as those have not yet been worked out. Discussion was also raised about whether current KTRU DJs would be eligible for the two undergraduate spots. Many at the meeting said that having been a DJ previously should not give a candidate an advantage. "I may not know how to work a sound board, but how does that make my opinion [about KTRU programming] less valid?" Vasquez Harris asked later in the meeting. Both Botsford and So said the question has not yet been decided. The KFC will also include three faculty members, one staff member and one alumnus who has experience as a KTRU DJ. The faculty members will be recommended by the Faculty Council Committee on Committees. The alumni member will be recommended by the Alumni Association. All members of the KFC must be approved by the university president.
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