The Journal

Issue date: 11/8/07 Section: News

Media Credit: Max Gersh Students watch a big screen TV at the launch party of GTV Nov. 6. GTV is attempting to improve the programming and increase their number of viewers not only at Webster but eventually in other outlets as well.

Anyone who has tuned in to Channel 10 on campus (or Channel 101 in the new Residence Halls) within the last few months has most likely witnessed sophomore Ian Fisher playing acoustic guitar.

"When I do put on GTV (Gorlok Television) when I'm just flipping through, it's on Ian Fisher," said sophomore journalism major Edana Dillard. "Ian Fisher is always on GTV."

GTV general manager Whitney Gelnett, a sophomore film production major, has made a point to rectify this situation.

"I know there was the whole Ian Fisher thing going on for a while," Gelnett said. "I think he played for four months straight. That was my first goal, actually, to change that."
Opening night

GTV is Webster University's student-run TV station. GTV staff members used the combination of TV and free food to draw in a crowd of approximately 30 students to the GTV Premiere Party, held at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 in the dining area of the University Center.

"This year's goal is to kick it up one more notch," said sophomore video production major Jerod Welker, a member of GTV's news crew. "At the beginning of the year, we were showing a few student performances and Ian Fisher. We wanted to make a comeback, so we thought we'd throw a party."

Attendees in the UC turned their attention to the TV, which displayed a video of GTV staff members running a mock relay race through the library and the UC, passing a remote control like a baton. The video was shot by GTV crew members the night before the premiere.

"It was the spur-of-the-moment idea that turned out well," Welker said. "It's one of the best things we've shot, and we shot it in a few hours."

Following the opening video were clips of Ian Fisher's guitar session with the caption "Remember that?" as well as more recent events, such as Campus Activities' Spiterature poetry jam, the first presentation of the Last Lecture Series (presented by adjunct professor Bernie Hayes) and monthly student open mic night First Fridays.

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