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wntmg his poetry, McCreary works in his office, writing a little poetry every day. At least twice a week, be spends at least a half hour just writing poems. He some- is the best thing for them."

They have published such names as Frank Sherlock, Pattie McCarthy, and Peter Ganick, all of whom are close friends of the McCreary's.

- Chris McCreary, author of "The Exiles" times writes fiction, but for him to write prose would require more time than his working days as an editor permits, so he mainly sticks to writing poetry.

Aside from writing poetry, McCreary and his wife Jenn also have a publishing interest called "Ixnay Press." It was originally started so that they would be able to remain in contact with friends, but since then has grown into a publishing enterprise that produces a literary magazine and chapbooks, or small collections of poetry. Each chapbook contains about 15 poems, which total around 60 pages.

When asked if he would ever consider branching out with his publishing company and taking on more publishing and editing commitments, McCreary said that for now, they want to keep their publishing company on a somewhat personal level with people whom they know, people whose work they admire, and who they feel they can trust. Of his own chapbooks, only one has been published through his publishing company, a collection of poems called "Clockwork."

"Sansom Agonistease" was published in I 999 by Potes & Poets Press. His new book, "The Effacements," is being published by Singing Horse Press. He describes this collection of poetry as being based on famous novels by authors like Jane Austen. He read the text of these novels and rewrote them in to other narratives. All these together have been molded into McCreary's latest work.

Most of his poems are drawn from his response to literary figures or conversations with other authors. Otherwise, he narrows his poems down to a theme. Once he settles on a theme, he finds the poems that best fit into that theme and they become a part of the chapbook.

What's next for McCreary? He said that he would love to go back and continue writing short stories and novels as he did during graduate school days. For a while, he stuck with poetry because he needed to adapt to the time, but recently he feels as though he has the time to go back and try writing short fiction. McCreary offered advice for younger writers. "Read a lot. Without it, you will have no background about what to write or how to write it. Also, revise a lot. I don't believe that your first idea is necessarily your best idea. You have to keep revising and you '11 eventually get the style you're 1 14>oki1T.g'fdr..,,1"uJt;.1 •,r '•J·

Prior to web casting, "The Bum" could only be heard for approximately 15 miles around the Radnor area. Now with the introduction of web casting, the station can be heard with the ease of an Internet connection. The station's general manager, Krista Mazzeo, has been told that WYBF has attracted listeners in places as far as India and South Africa.

For almost a year, Mazzeo has dedicated her time to gaining knowledge of web casting. This past summer the equipment was delivered and set up. "After a few test runs, Todd Kern, senior network engineer, found a couple of very minor problems, the first being that only on campus listeners could hear the broadcast over the Cabrini network," Mazzeo said. "After a few more days the station was officially web casting on and off campus."

The web cast is currently running as planned, according to Mazzeo.

WYBF's local music show, "Local Yokels;' airs on "The Burn" on Monday nights at 7 p.m. The show focuses on nonmainstream artists and local bands. WYBF's goal with this show is "to get as much music in as possible and to make a bigger impact on campus." With these shows being broadcasted over the web, local artists will get the chance to have their sounds and style listened to around the world.

Luke Stevenson, senior, hosts a show on Sunday nights at 6 p.m. "College students live on their computers, so web casting

Stevenson is happy that his friends from home and other schools will now have a chance to experience the effort he puts into his show.

Stevenson feels that his punk and hardcore show has the potential to draw many fans from the Philadelphia area now that the station can be heard over the Internet. "Web casting as a whole is great. I'm really excited to work with it,'' Stevenson said.

Since the start of web casting, the new WYBF website has seen

KATIEREING/PHOTOGRAPHYEOfTOR its number of daily hits increase on an average of 150 per day, according to Mazzeo.

Krista Matteo, WYBF's station manager, has spent the last year familiarizingherself with web casting, the latest project of the radio station, "The Burn."

Feedback from the students and parents has been nothing but positive. Tom Reing, father of music director Katie Reing, said, "It has been great to hear her live instead of having to wait months to hear her old radio tapes. She has a great radio voice." Log