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  • Western Carolina University
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1986-11-06_Vol52_No12_01

Volume Fifty-two Number Twelve Thursday, November 6, 1986 (704) 227-7267 P.O. Box 66, Cullowhee, N.C. 28723 rtllT,n Catamounts Come From ON TAP Behind to Whip Citadel "Hail Mary" Louisiana State Three Students Were Convicted of arson in connection with the May 24 burning of an anti-apartheid shanty at Johns Hopkins U. The Delta Upsilon fraternity members were given three years probation and ordered to perform 300 hours of community service. has been banned at U. The school's Union Governing Board refused to fund a showing of the film, prompting charges of censorship from the student government. A Fraternity Party Was Caged after the local fire department said it was a fire hazard to turn the house into a giant hamster cage. The U. of Wisconsin fraternity, which put shredded newspaper and giant cardboard tunnels throughout the house, was also armed with fifteen fire extinguishers. Fire officials nixed the idea before the party even started. Financing Scholarships For Honors Students has taken a new twist at Brookhaven College. Officials established a 1960's- style campus coffeehouse complete with musical entertainment, poetry readings, and magic acts. Scholarship monies will come from the $1 admission fees. Whether Boston U. violated Free Speech Rights of four students is the issue of a civil suit filed against the schooi.One student was evicted and the others threatened with disciplinary action for hanging banners from their BU dorm windows urging the school to divest its holdings in companies doing business in South Africa. Parking Problems Are Worsening and school officials have "dragged their feet" long enough, say student leaders at Memphis State U. So they've arranged a public forum. Guests include school administrators, city council members, and state legislators. 6,000 Peace Cards inviting President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to attend a peace summit were delivered to Washington, D.C. by members of a U. of Kansas student group. The KU Coalition for Peace and Justice, which extended the invitation for the Lawrence summit, were allowed inside the Soviet Embassy and the White House. A Party For Commuters attending Rutgers U. was held recently by the school's Off-Campus Students Association. The OCSA was to keep off- campus commuters in touch with the university. "A lot of students go to class and then go home; they don't get involved," says one OCSA member. Syracuse U. is producing a video yearbook, a half-hour long, full color video set to music that depicts SU campus life. A yearbook publishing firm helps SU students shoot scenes and select them forthe tape. About ten people are needed to produce the yearbook, which students can buy at the end of the year. The tape can also be personalized for students who send slides or photos of themselves and friends. Party 'til you prune. Kansas U.'s Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity held a "Jacuzz-a-thon" to raise funds for the American Diabetes Association. Participants sat in the hot, bubbling water of two, six-person hot tubs in the front yard of the fraternity. Each one collected pledges for the number of hours spent in the tub. Is beauty only skin deep? A Stanford U. researcher has found that very attractive women and men have a decided advantage over their less attractive peers. The study, using photos of six men and six women, found that while many people claim that looks are superficial, appearance matters a lot in our day-today encounters. INSIDE Campus and Local Perspectives International Affairs Arts and Entertainment People Sports Classifieds Features Western Carolina defensive end Cedric Hitchcock (95) stopping a Citadel player in Saturday's 27-12 Catamount victory. The win was only the Catamount's second in eight years over The Citadel, and was their fourth in a rowthis season. The Cats came from behind 12-10 in the fourth quarter to win. Photo by Mark Haskett. LMP Seeks Response on Concert Issue LMP - One of the big questions on campus this fall is, "Is LMP going to sponsor any more major concerts?" Well, the answer is ... we don't know yet. There are several factors to be considered. One thing to consider Is howwetlthe .38 Special/Bon Jovi concert went over last September. Another factor that must be looked into is the possibility of using the money allocated for concerts for something else like student trips, special activities, small concerts, movies, etc. Finally, the biggest consideration is YOU... Do the students here at Western Carolina want another major concert in Cullowhee? Let's take this one step at a time. Just how well did the .38 Special and Bon Jovi concert do? Keeping in mind that it was Ihe first big concert in the new Regional ActMty Center, it did OK. The production crew ran smoothly. Itwas a great place to have a concert. And, over 4000 tickets ended up being sold. However, it could have been better. That is, only 1400 out of the 5000-plus students on this campus went to the concert. The rest were people in the region. Since Last Minute Productions' function is to provide entertainment and activities for the students, this last fact cannot be taken lightly. LMP simply cannot justify spending large amounts of money on concerts with this kind of support from the students. What alternatives are there over having major concerts? There are lots of other ways to use that money. One possibility is having several smaller scale concerts instead. This way, we could have a variety of groups come to Cullowhee. Hopefully we could appeal to the many different interests here on this campus. However, these groups would not be your "big-name" bands such as the Beach Boys, Cyndi Lauper and Journey. They would be bands on a smaller scale such as the Romantics, Producers and the Scomers. Another alternative is to fake the money allocated to concerts and divide it up between other areas of Last Minute Productions. This would allow more money for things like leisure actMties, outdoor activities, movies and special events. So, do you still want a major concert? Before you answer, there are several things about the concert business you should know. Concerts are an expensive business. Most students don't realize how much It costs to put on a major production. Bands such as Lionel Richie, Springsteen, ZZ Top, Journey, Huey Lewis and Phil Collins all cost in the $75,000-$125,000 range. This price Includes opening act, sound and lights, and production costs. For WCU to be able to afford concerts like this, it would have to be a sellout crowd and tickets would cost at least $15.00 to $20.00 just to break even. When bands decide to go on tour, almost every college, civic center and concert hall makes bids to these groups to get them to come to their town. Naturally, the bands are going to go where the money is. They want to go where they can make a profit. As much as people don't like to believe this, bands ate in the business of making money, not music. Think about it; if you gross $200,000-ptus In Greensboro or Charlotte, why come to Cullowhee? Many students complain that they want to get bands on the weekends and not during the week. It is very difficult to book bands on weekends; besides, It usually makes the tickets cost more. Even if we were lucky enough to find a group on tour in our area and if we had enough money to afford them and, if we thought students would support it, and, if we found[a date suitable for both the band and us and, if the facility is available and, if the band Is willing to take a chance on making money, that still doesn't mean we can get a group because Cullowhee is not exactly in the mainstream of the concert world. Are you ready to cast your vote yet? Remember, there are other alternatives to major concerts. And LMP does use student's money to produce concerts. Finally, we cannot be too picky. (Beggars can't be choosers!) The key to this whole thing is that we need more student support. Maybe the question isn't "Do you want LMP to sponsor another major concert?" We should rephrase the question to "Are you willing to support another major concert this year?" To help LMP determine whether or not we should sponsor anymore major concerts, please take the time to fill out the adjoining questionnaire. You can drop it by the LMP office on the second floor of the UC or in the boxes in both Brown and Dodson cafeterias. Thank you for your cooperation! Last Minute Productions specify why you did not wish to go to any concerts. STUDENT QUESTIONNAIRE Please check the answer. 1a ()Male b (JFemale 2.a ()Sfudenf b ()Non-student 3. if a concert were sponsored here at WCU that you liked, would you attend? a ()yes, definitely b ()probably, depending on the price c ()maybe d ()probably not e ()no 4. Have you ever attended concerts in places other than Cullowhee? a ()yes b( )no Ifyou checked "no", please 5. The type of band most like to see is: would a ( )Pop Rock/Top 40 b ( )Heavy Metal c ()8lack d ()Counfry e ()Jazz f ()Other: Please specify. 6. Which would you prefer to see at WCU: a ()1 or2 large concerts per year b ()several smaller concerts c ( )more money allocated to other areas of Last Minute Productions like trips, leisure actMties and special events 7. If you chose several smaller concerts which you like to see?" a ()The Romantics b ( )Otis Day and the Knights c ()The Producers d ()Timex Social Club e ( )Berlin f ( )Bananrama g ()The Creek (Sugarcreek) h ()Other: Please specify. 8. Please check thefollowing major groups you would go see if they came to Cullowhee.' a ( )Huey Lewis and the News b ()Lionel Richie c ()Steve Winwood d ( )David Lee Roth e ()REM f ( )Van Halen g()Hank Williams h ( )Exile i ()Daryle Half j ()Bob Segarand the Silver Bullet Band I ( )Cameo m ()John Fogerty n ()The Human League o ()EI Debarge p ( ) Heart q ( )Mfke and the Mechanics r ()Ronnie Milsaps s ()Alabama t (JCyndi Lauper k ()Ofhers. Please specify. Please specify any other factors that might determine whether you will attend a concert. 9. Please list in order the following factors that determine whether you will attend a concert. 1 being highest 5 being the lowest a ( )Day of the week the band is playing b ( )Band c ( )Price of ticket d ()Place of concert e ( )Friends are going 10. What is the most amount of money you would spend on a ticket to see a concert that you liked here in Cullowhee?. a ()$0 to $5 b( )$6to$10 c()$11to$15 ■ d ( )$16 to $20 * Note' Thisdoesnotpickthe band that comes to Cullowhee. It only gives us a better understanding of the types of groups students are interested in. There will be boxes in both cafeterias for students to drop the survey off. There will also be a box at the information desk on the 2nd floor of the University Center for this purpose. The Western Carolinian Striving to be the best we can be. / like the noise of democracy. .James Buchanan

The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

• Creator
  • Western Carolina University
• Format
  • Publications (documents)
• Type
  • Text
• Date
  • Date original: 1986-11-06
  • Date digitized: 2019-03-29
• Extent
  • Dimension: 22.75" x 15"
  • Pages: 10 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
• Location
  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
• Source Collection
  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1986-11-06_Vol52_No12
• Repository
  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library