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DJ: Student’s show
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begins with a semester of
working on staff and a
semester of DJ training.
New DJs have to complete
one graveyard shift per
week from 2 a.m. to 8 a.m.
“We have about 40 to 50
active DJs and 70 or 80
who are trained but don’t
have a show right now,”
said Ben Papillon, a music
director at WUOG.
He said there is a variety
of things students can get
involved with at the sta
tion, including acting on
the news staff, promotions
or music staff.
Over the years, Martin
had received a lot of calls
during his show even
from grandmothers.
“The ‘Half Time Hip
Hop’ show works for grand
mothers too,” he said.
Since Martin’s show airs
on Friday nights, he said
he gets the occasional
drunk call.
“Even throughout the
night you get a lot of calls
especially if you’re DJing
late at night. Sometimes it
can be quiet, but like I said,
you’ve got you and the
music,” Martin said.
There’s no way to track
the number of listeners he
has on the radio, but he
said that the prime slot for
DJs is late afternoon
because most people are at
work or at lunch.
“Regardless if there are
three, 30, 300 or 30,000, as
long as I have one person
listening, I’m happy,”
Martin said.
Martin said WUOG is a
great environment because
it brings together so many
people of varying musical
backgrounds.
“We just love what we do
here,” Martin said. “We’re
just having fun. That’s the
beautiful part of the music
diversity.”
The most recent musi
cal discovery he has made
is dub stop, which he said
is basically drum and bass
in electronica.
“I do. a hip-hop show,
but I listen to it all.
Electronica, R&B, blues,
jazz even country,”
Martin said. “I have a New
Orleans gumbo taste in
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music. If you allow yourself
to be exposed to different
genres of music you may
like it.”
Martin puts about three
hours of planning into his
Friday night show.
“For me, I pretty much
have to plan out my entire
show. Some people have it
all planned out and some
people end up being spon
taneous. You never know
what you’re going to get,”
he said.
Martin’s favorite shows
are the ones with live per
formances.
This Friday will be the
third in a live music con
cert series called “The
Collision Course.” An aver
age of 10 artists come to
the radio station in Tate
Student Center.
“It gets very crowded
and it gets very chaotic,”
Martin said. “For artists,
it’s a great networking
opportunity and a lot of
partnerships get formed.
It’s always been a beautiful
thing.”
When he graduates,
Martin intends to go to
graduate school, get his
doctorate in psychology
and eventually begin a
practice centering on cou
ples therapy.
“One time I was just kid
ding around and I said on
air, ‘Anybody can call in
who wants to dedicate a
song to a significant other,”’
he said. “I kid you not, the
phone lines blew up.”
Like his interest in
music, his talent for help
ing people with problems
seems to have started
early.
“Ever since I was in fifth
or sixth grade folks would
just call me. Apparently I
have an inviting personali
ty where people feel they
can tell me everything,” he
said. “After taking that first
psychology course, I was
like, ‘That’s what I want to
do.’”
Martin said he hopes to
incorporate music into his
practice someday.
“Music is a very power
ful thing,” Martin said.
“Sometimes it can be a
stronger mouthpiece than
what you can say in
words.”
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NEWS
Holiday Shopping Secrets
SARAH MORRIS
sophomore interna
tional affairs and
Arabic major from
Marietta
“I’ve started making lists.
Online shopping is a
savior.”
ANTHONY
MARANDO
junior accounting
major from Loganvllle
“I usually start really late,
and I don’t spend too
much ever, so I’m never
worried about missing
those big holiday deals.”
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CHIRISTfNA
SERRA
senior English major
from Alpharetta
“My family’s not big on
holiday shopping, and I
just don’t have time right
now.”
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AMIT JAIN
senior chemistry major
from New Delhi, India
“I usually start late, like
the day before
Christmas. In the end it
works out good, but
while you're shopping
it’s overwhelming. Just
get in, get out.”
ANNIE
BATEMAN
junior public relations
major from
Washington, D.C.
“I online shop, especially
at school. Whenever I
get a spare second.”
Frantic last-minute shop
ping doesn’t end on Black
Friday.
Stores are still full,
spending is high and the
holidays are around the
comer.
University students may
still need to organize their
plans for gift giving over the
holidays. But with the spec
ter of finals looming closer
and closer, how is a strug
gling student to balance
sleep, schoolwork and holi
day shopping before going
home for the holiday sea
son?
There’s no right answer
for students having difficul
ties finding that perfect
present.
Some students make lists,
and others turn to online
shopping. Still others
choose procrastination,
waiting until the week or
even the 24 hours before
the big day to get their pres
ents in order.
The Red & Black asked
several University students
about their holiday spend
ing plans do you have a
holiday shopping strategy?
Julia Carpenter
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