A poll designed and publicized by Student Body Secretary Ian Lee has ruffled a few feathers within student government and WXYC, the campus radio station.
Lee sent an e-mail Thursday to multiple listservs asking students to take a poll aimed at gauging their opinion of WXYC.
Officials from student government and the station said they think the process could have been carried out more effectively if Lee had sought the help of more organizations.
“It just seems rushed,” said Student Congress Speaker Deanna Santoro. “Had all branches of student government and WXYC been involved, we could have made sure the poll was more thorough.”
Santoro said WXYC receives feedback from students each semester through multiple avenues, including student call-ins and other station initiatives.
Lee and Student Body Vice President Holly Boardman said the purpose of the poll is to determine the number of students who listen to WXYC and how the station can be improved.
“Quite frankly, a lot of students don’t listen to it,” Boardman said.
The poll provides students the opportunity to voice what type of programming they want WXYC to feature more frequently.
Those who take the poll are allowed to write in a genre under the “other” category or check one of four other options, including news and hip-hop.