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DJ: Student’s show attracts all kinds ► From Page 1 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 LOCAL BUSINESSES HELPING YOU SAVE MONEY! 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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.” MAN ON THE STREET: S ■-I.JLI i . . j Everything for the Dawg Great Prices on Dawg Stuff Shirts • Shorts • Caps • Mugs • Hoodies • jackets Sweats • Frames • and so much more! BAXTER STREET 800 KSTO R E www.dawgwear.net (the best Bulldog gear web site on the planet!) 360 Baxter St. (across from the dorms) 706-549-3081 ' * jgfcto. . 'PB 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.” it -•, _ Ql 0 CHIRISTfNA SERRA senior English major from Alpharetta “My family’s not big on holiday shopping, and I just don’t have time right now.” The Red & Black 1 Monday, December 6, 2010 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 3