Ms. Dowell,

Four years ago when I first applied to this university, among the many selling points was mention of a student-run radio program that served the entire tri-state area and was the first radio station in the state to boardcast online. Clearly at that time WUEV was an example of how the University of Evansville interacted with the greater Evansville community, and was considered something that made the university stand out in my mind.

Being a member of both RSA and Moore Hall council I spend a lot of time hearing about how the residents of UE feel about their campus. From what I’ve heard from both my fellow students and the few alumni that I keep in contact with almost everyone I have talked to is opposed to the idea of selling WUEV. I too disagree with the selling of our radio station. U of E is always trying to reach out into the community, trying to bring both campus life and city life together, WUEV is a college run program that does reach out into the community, by not only having non-profit (a dying breed) jazz programming, but also broadcasting many of the UE sports games. Many students that I have talked to have expressed dismay about the possibility of losing the ability for their parents to turn on the radio and listen to UE sports and UE students on the air learning how to DJ.

I have spent the past 3 years on Moore Hall council trying, sometimes in vain, to get students to spend more time outside of their dorm rooms and interacting with the campus and city at large, and I see the student operated WUEV as a way of promoting a stronger sense of UE community, and I fear that the sale of WUEV would diminish that sense of community. In conclusion I would like to reiterate my belief that the lose of WUEV would greatly diminish the sense of community both from within UE and UE’s relationship with the greater Evansville area as well.

--Richard Morton