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CAMPUS CONNECTION
This 60-minute program started following September 11, 2001, following the attacks at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and shortly after Flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania. Mike McNamara served as moderator for that first program, which was engineered by Ralph Matheny, and the guests included representatives of the College Administration. Not only did they have an opportunity to share their reaction to the day's events, but perhaps even more importantly, Campus Connection provided an outlet to advise listeners of the counseling services available to faculty, staff and students, along with the times and places for memorials that were being scheduled on campus and throughout the Marietta community.

Following that special broadcast, Campus Connection became a regular weekly program on WMRT Radio. Tom Hodson joined McNamara as the co-host/producer for the regularly scheduled broadcast that could be heard from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. each Thursday, with a thirty-minute edited version airing in drive-time that same evening.

More than 100 guests appeared on Campus Connection, including Marietta College faculty, staff, alumni and students, who frequently filled in to serve as a guest host. Often students would also sit in on the show as 'visiting reporters' and use this news magazine as a source for upcoming stories in The Marcolian.

Local and regional government officials were also featured in one of the four, 15-minute segments, along with representatives from several campus organizations, including Washington State Community College. The guest list also included several who were either appearing on campus or at a function in the Mid Ohio Valley, like author Dan Moldea, recently retired CBS News Corespondent Doug Poling and entertainer Chuck Mangione.

Now under the direction of Marilee Morrow, Campus Connection continues to expand and this semester it is entirely student-driven. In addition a segment is edited for use at half-time of the Pioneer football broadcasts on WMRT Radio and mariettaonline.com.