We started the radio show today by talking about the ways UCSC will be preparing for the forthcoming 4/20 weekend.  I’ve included the administration’s official posting about what they’ll be doing that may affect normal interaction at the university.  Please comment on this post to keep the discussion going.

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April 17, 2008

To:  Faculty and Staff
Fr:  Executive Vice Chancellor David Kliger
Re:  ”4-20″ Activity

April 20th (4-20) has become known nationwide as the date when people gather to communally smoke marijuana in an expression of support for the reform of marijuana laws.  In recent years, thousands of people have gathered on the UCSC campus to participate in this event. (more…)

Listeners,

I recently wrote a letter to the KZSC Program Review Committee and Station Manager. It was in response to a letter asking for my comments about possible indecency determination concerning our Valentines Day Show. The PRC is the KZSC committee that determines the schedule each quarter, reviews all the shows, and determines any show related sanctions. If they decide that our Valentines Day Show was indecent, it could result in a warning, suspension, or perhaps even more drastic action. More importantly, they will be saying that The Vagina Monologues are indecent — which is so ironic that it deserves significant attention.

I’m posting this letter to ask a favor of you all. If this were any other show, we’d generally deal with it almost entirely internally. But, this is The Vagina Monologues. I believe the V-Day movement is important to all of us and we should defend it, given the chance. Please take a few moments to listen to the show below (if you haven’t already) and read my letter to the PRC. If you feel you have something to say, positive or negative, about this show. Then write a quick email, give the PRC a call, or if you’re feeling really fancy, write them a letter. Tell them what you think. They need to hear from our community.

Thank you,
-Timothy

• PRC Email: prc@kzsc.org
• PRC Voicemail: 831-459-4726
• PRC Address:
  • KZSC PRC
    1156 High Street
    Santa Cruz, CA 95064

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To: Kristan Sartor, KZSC Station Manager
and The KZSC Program Review Committee,

Thank you for asking to hear from me before making a decision on whether our Valentine’s Day Show should be considered indecent. I hope by the time this letter reaches you, that you all have had an opportunity to listen to the show and therefore have gained an understanding of its content within context and without the bias of the listener complaint which has motivated this process. I encourage all of KZSC’s listeners to complain and applaud as much as possible so we can grow as artists and understand our community; but the matter before us is about indecency, not whether this particular listener appreciated the show. As such, I’ll address that complaint in that context. Also, as a side-note, I’d very much like to receive a copy of the letter. Reading it would likely help me grow as a broadcaster, and would certainly aide in addressing this issue.

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Hey there. If you’re reading this, we’ve launched our new website. You may notice it’s not quite as filled with content as our previous site… It will be. I just need time to transfer all the data to our new format. Let me take a moment to tell you about all the cool new stuff.

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