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by Rachel Krause Thresher staff The Student Association is taking applications for three undergraduate positions on the new KTRU Friendly Committee. The committee will be responsible for creating and approving broad programming policies for KTRU. According to Station Manager Johnny So, the KFC will specifically decide on and schedule the broadcasting of concerts from the Shepherd School of Music, speeches sponsored by the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and athletic events. Special one-time events and student initiatives will be handled internally by KTRU. "[The committee] essentially exists to field general programming initiatives," So said. "They are in charge of establishing a regular scheme of what's going to be on." The goal is to "preserve the spirit of KTRU while taking consideration of the wants of the student body," KTRU DJ Director and SA Treasurer Ben Horne said. Horne, a Wiess College junior, was a member of the group that wrote the KTRU operating policy in December after KTRU was shut down for a week by the administration. The shutdown came in response to an ongoing conflict between KTRU management and the Athletics Department about how many sports events would be aired on KTRU. Horne said the advisory committee is unusual for a student organization. "The structure of the committee doesn't really fit into Rice protocol," Horne said. "It is odd to have a student organization with an oversight committee." Members of the KFC will not be required to take a DJ shift. So, a Will Rice College senior, said KTRU originally wanted KFC members to work a general shift to help them understand KTRU policies. The SA Senate, however, feared the requirement might intimidate potential applicants. The senate eventually decided that committee members may take a shift if they want to. SA Internal Vice President Dinah Mack said all undergraduate KFC members will undergo DJ training - a two-hour introduction and orientation as well as two training sessions about the physical operation of the radio equipment. The KFC will consist of nine voting members and a faculty chair. The voting positions include the KTRU station manager, three other undergraduate appointments, three faculty appointments, one staff appointment and one alumnus with previous KTRU DJ experience. The faculty, staff and alumni representatives will require final approval by the university president. In addition, the SA and Graduate Student Association presidents and five undergraduate students will be non-voting members of the committee. "I am confident that the committee structure ... will allow KTRU to continue as a unique medium through which the entire Rice population expresses itself," Mack said. Applications are due Feb. 22. Members of the KFC should be selected by the end of February, and they will be confirmed by the SA Senate March 12. The committee is expected to meet soon thereafter.
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