;Page 2,-Thursday, April 5, 1979-The Michigan Daily a' . S. r N e at S. '4 STATION SEEKS WATTAGE INCREASE MSA supports WCBN By ALISON HIRSCHEL In its last meeting before the newly- elected members take office next week, the 1978-79 Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) voted Tuesday to make an open statement of support for WCBN, the Campus Broadcasting Network. Representatives from WCBN, a 10- watt station serving the campus com- munity, will soon approach the Univer- sity Regents for permission to increase the station's power to 200 watts. Without the additional power, WCBN is in danger of being crowded off the air in the next few years, said Steve Poceta, WCBN's general manager. THE POSSIBILITY of powerful stations dominating the airwaves arose recently when the Federal Com- munications Commission (FCC) ruled to remove all legal protection of smaller stations against encroachment as of Jan. 1, 1980. "That puts a 10-watt station like WC- BN in a secondary category with' respect to frequency rights," Pocata said. "We could be literally forced off the air when we have to get our license renewed in 1984." Two years- ago, WCBN applied to the Regents for a power increase and was turned down. But Pocata said the proposal can be pushed through because the FCC ruling is law and the need for the increase is apparent. "We looked at the reasons it was turned down before and we've covered our bases," he said. WCBN ASKED for MSA's support to impress the University officials, Pocata explained. "We think the endor- sement will demonstrate that the student voice on campus is concerned," Pocata added. "WCBN is currently ac- tive in the student political scene and we want to show we're actively discussing the power increase." According to MSA member Roy More, the Assembly decided to back WCBN because "We feel that this is a service that should be provided. There is a need for MSA to get behind other campus activities, particularly campus broadcasting." Although More said that MSA will try to use "clout on the administration," he is unsure as to how much influence MSA's suggestion will have on the Regents. "It all depends on their mood," More conceded. IN ADDITION to support, MSA promised to allocate some of its funds toward the $16,000 total cost of the power increase. "We encourage WCBN to go through administrative channels first," More said. "We're not in a position financially to make a full fun- ding, but we will help." More said he doubts the University will provide the full amount necessary. MSA also approved a resolution to in- vestigate alternative ways of handling future Hash Bashes. Inspired by Tuesday's Michigan Daily editorial calling for the end of the Hash Bash, MSA member Richard Barr proposed that MSA form and participate in a committee to review information and come up with possible solutions to problems caused by the annual event. According to Barr, the committee will consist of MSA members, representatives from campus security, and other interested people. "In the next month or two, the committee should get together and set the wheels in motion," Barr explained. "They probably wouldn't make a proposal un- til well into next year." "The panel will attempt to ascertain how much need there is to decrease the size or limit the amount of outside par- ticipation," Barr .said. "Ending the Hash Bash is not the sole purpose of the committee, but it could be a choice," he added. 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U........662-0354 priest who knows him well said the con- victed murderer would change his mind and "fight for his life" if his execution were postponed. A three-judge emergency panel of the federal appeals court split 2-1 against a stay of execution. The majority said it found no legal justification that would enable Evans' mother to intervene in the case as the accused's "next friend." TO GRANT "next friend" status, the court would have to hold Evans was in- capacitated and someone else had to take an action he normally would take himself. In dissent, Judge James Hill of Atlan- ta said he "would grant the stay in or- der to ascertain whether or not a men- tal deficiency short of incompetency would authorize proceeding by a next friend." The Rev. Kevin Duignan, a Catholic priest who visits Evans at Holman Prison daily, said Evans appeared in recent days to be "a very confused in- dividual" who has seemed on the verge of a breakdown. BUT WITH Duignan and a deputy warden standing beside him yesterday, Evans, 29, showed no signs of fear as he read a five-minute "final statement" to about 60 reporters. Speaking forcefully on the prison lawn, he asked that his electrocution - scheduled for 12:01 a.m. tomorrow - be videotaped.I Evans said he wants the tape used to "demonstrate the barbarity of capital punishment and as a lesson to the youn-, criminal." WITH THE first execution in this country in more than' a year scheduled for tomorrow, most Americans remain in favor of the death penalty for those convicted of murder, an Associated Press-NBC News poll shows. And the public is convinced capital punishment does deter some people from committing murder. Sixty-two per cent of those inter- viewed March 19-20 said they favor the death penalty for persons convicted of murder. That support is down somewhat from levels found last year. 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