It's a Tuesday night. The sun set about an hour ago; students are no longer scurrying to class and most of the academic buildings are empty -- except for the bottom floor of Campion. Walking down the dimly lit corridor, up the slight incline of the building and past the double doors, the faint sound of laughter penetrates the still air. Passing by the BC TV studio, the laughter grows louder. Who is it coming from? From the crew of the newly debuted show "Now You Know."

The studio may be filled with up to 15 people, or maybe with just five; regardless, the laughter abounds as the show begins to tape. Seated at the homemade wooden desk in the center of the studio are co-anchors and co-producers, Mike Hundgen, CSOM '05, and Jessie Rosen, Heights staff writer and A&S '05. They crack jokes at each other both on camera and in between takes, known to everyone in the room as "banter," reflecting the natural mesh of their personalities.

The cameras are rolling, and Hundgen and Rosen introduce what this week's show will entail, teasing at Dining Services information, Middlemarch details, and UGBC campaign trials. Now You Know is now in action. Tune into channel 50, and you can witness the end result.

The concept of Now You Know came to Hundgen back in October, and after much hard work organizing how to make it materialize, the show first debuted on Jan. 21. Aimed at BC students, it communicates events and issues going on around campus and also features an on-site reporter in Boston covering various city happenings.

"I'm surprised that BC didn't have a show like this before," said Rosen. "We have an entire TV studio and four channels with no programming, except for Boogie Heights, so this was something that was necessary on campus."

As Hundgen and Rosen describe it, the show is another medium to expand communication on campus, providing up-to-date and live information while also offering a learning experience for the students that get involved in the TV production.

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