December 15, 2000

Rice U. Pressures Campus Radio Station to Broadcast More Sports Events

Fans tuning in to a women's basketball game on Rice University's student-run radio station last month heard more than the usual screeching of sneakers. They were also serenaded by the Ramones'"We Want the Airwaves" and other raucous tunes.

Two student disk jockeys at KTRU simultaneously played music and the game against the University of Arizona to protest Rice administrators' push for the station to broadcast more sporting events involving Rice's teams (The

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