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  • a ne egal pT Rye | te ai ON cabins ie OP rata ee en rus a em, ae THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN FRIDAY December 7, 2012 ___www.wcunews.com , Vol. 78, No. 12 Bid LMP concerts: Worth the money? By Tyler Auffhammer and Lex Menz The Western Carolinian Last Minute Produc- tions annually hosts concerts at Western Carolina University for students to enjoy. On Aug. 29, The West- ern Carolinian sent an open records request to Rotimi Ariyo, associate director for programs at the University Center, to get an inside look at the money spent on recent - LMP concerts. The letter requested access to and a copy of annual budget allocations from Student Affairs for Last Minute Productions as well as expenditures related to concerts produced by Last Minute Productions and any revenue gained from said concerts from 2006 to 2012, in accor- dance with the state open records law, N.C. Gen. Stat. Secs. 132-1 to 132-10. It was requested that there would be a re- sponse within 10 busi- ness days, a typical time- frame for open records wennests: An email was received on Oct. 15, a response time of 47 days. The email was from Kim Corelli, University Center administrative support associate, and included LMP docu- ments that, according to Corelli, University Cen- ter Director Jeff Hughes told her to scan and email to The Western Carolinian. According to these documents, Hughes re- ceived them from Donna Reynolds, executive as- sistant of student affairs, on Sept. 19 and sent them to. Ariyo the same day. The documents in- cluded the LMP budget allocations from 2006- 2013, as well as a ticket office statement from the (Bardo Fine) and Performing Arts Center of An Evening with Bo Burnham, an event that took place on Oct. 26, 2011, as well as revenue and expenses from the Fabolous concert, dated Oct. 29. According to the budget allocations, LMP received $161,504 in 2006, $192,427 in 2007, $195,627 in 2008, $200,000 annu- ally from 2009-2012, and $225,000 in 2013. In an interview with Ariyo, he said of the increased budget for this school year, It helps us sign better artists. Dur- _ ing the summer, I give the students a range of budgets, and the stu- dents select the artists. I teach them how to go out and negotiate with the artists as well. The records did not include revenue and expenses from the fol- lowing concerts, those of which have taken place during Ariyos staff lead- ership at LMP: Travis Porter and 30H!3 from Sept. 26,; We the Kings and Ryan Cabrera from March. 17, 2011; Fabolous and Lyfe Jennings from Oct. 29, 2010; and Jer- emih from Oct. 9, 2010. According to Ariyo, he misunderstood what the open records request was asking for. After the lack of records received, The Western Carolinian petitioned the Control- lers Office to obtain the complete LMP records but was never given a response. Electropop duo 30H!3 received $26,000 for their Sept. 26 concert at WCU. Upon request for ad- ditional records, Ariyo responded by sending artist booking price information and a break- down of the revenue and expenses from the 30H!3/Travis Porter concert. From the additional records received from Ariyo on Nov. 29, it was found that LMP paid the following booking prices: Electropop duo 830H!3 received $26,000, and hip-hop act Travis Por- ter received $15,000 for File Photo their joint concert at the Bardo Arts Center on Sept. 26. For their joint concert in the UC Grand Room on Mar. 17, 2011, pop- punk band We the Kings See LMP, page A2 WCU Police requests Photo by Mark Haskett Western Carolina Universitys new Health & Human Sciences Building on the Millenial Campus opened this fall. Rumors cleared by Facilities Management By Logan Porter Staff Writer Initial reports about the construction of Western Carolina-Uni- versitys Health and Hu- man Sciences Building rumored that a gross misappropriate and waste of funds occurred during construction, which began in 2009 and is technically still - underway. The Western Carolin- ian, however, has un- covered documents that illustrate smart spend- ing and lower-than-ini- tially-estimated costs by Facilities Management and the State Construc- tion Office. Preliminary estimates for the WCUs Capital Improvement Project, as it is known legally, indicated a total cost of $46,205,011. The Associ- ate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Management Joe Walker approved this estimate on Feb. 2, 2007. Reversions were issued by the Gen- eral Assembly totaling $3,953,657, however, and the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina brought the budget down to ap- proximately $43 million, with a $600,000 commit- ment by the Office of the Provost to provide fur- niture and fixed equip- ment for the building. As of the latest assess- ment, the project has remained within budget at a cost of $42,851,343. The bulk of the cost, ap- proximately $32 million, went towards the base bid for the buildings construction. Design of the building was award- ed to Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee (PBC+L), an architectural firm with offices in Asheville and Raleigh, the same firm tasked with the design of Raleigh Durham International Airports . future Terminal 1. The HHS building, a flagship for the universi- tys 344-acre Millennial Campus, was officially opened in September, with classes and occu- pancy beginning this semester. Originally estimated at 145,200 square-feet, the building now stands at 160,000 square-feet and includes state-of-the-art health and learning tools. Using a video produc- tion studio, conferenc- ing equipment and telemedicine, students will be able to view and analyze medical proce- dures conducted around the world in real time and in high definition. According to a press release by PBC+L, the building was construct- ed to encourage student and faculty interac- tion, small and large group study, and cross- disciplinary learning. Such advancements are meant to better prepare Western Carolinas medical students for their future in the medi- cal world. In spite of the near completion of the build- ing, certain contrac- tual obligations to the general contractor and others have yet to be finalized, according to Walker. As the project is con- tinued to be closed out, there may be items that will be addressed with the contractor during the warranty period of (12) months, Walker said. Rumors circulated that numerous build- ing code violations and workers complaints were filed and went unaddressed. However, public documents and the Facilities Manage- ment office were able to put these rumors to rest. The building was constructed according . to the most up-to-date, applicable codes and un- derwent routine special inspections to ensure these codes were met. is a delayed report of a sexual assault of a female student in her dorm from last spring. No prosecutions fol- lowed. The second report was of a possible assault at 4:02 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 16. Like the first report, a third party also filed this report. The report outlined a possible as- sault on a female stu- dent. According to WCU Chief of Police Ernie Hudson, the victim refused to cooperate. We have a problem with that, said Hudson in reference to the lack of cooperation. They are not simple problems, especially in the case of assault. To stay safe, Hudson ve recommended students always know where they are. If a student feels un- comfortable, they have the option of calling a friend or calling the police. The CAT-TRAN shuttles are also avail- able for students parked away from their resi- dence halls. If a crime is committed, students are urged to contact the police immediately. We have a tendency to, in some cases, see re- ports where events have occurred three, four days, weeks [in the pasty]. So, its always important if were going to have an opportunity to resolve a crime or find the person whos accountable to get information quickly, said Hudson. Approximately 23 police call boxes are located throughout cam- pus, with plans of three more to be installed, ac- cording to Hudson. The callboxes work via radio waves or telephone lines, depending on the box. Call boxes are marked with blue lights so that they are easily seen at night. Each box con- quick crime reporting dq crime logs are al posted online iroueh the WCU polices web- site. The logs date back to January 7, 2009. When we send out - . timely warnings, we have to verify that some- thing has occurred. We need to be accurate, said Hudson. Hudson continued to explain that a timely warning is put out when . a reasonable threat has been made to the community. In the case of third party reports, such as the ones above, the police must first speak with the source before issuing a warn- ing. Daily logs, timely warnings and emer- gency notifications stem from the Clery Act, a set of laws put in place in 1990 after a college freshman was raped and murdered in her room in 1986 without any notification to the rest of the student body. Institutions caught with not abiding by these laws face fines. You need to be ac- curate and frankly, at times, it takes us a while for us to figure out whether [the informa- tions] accurate, said Hudson. An emergency noti- fication, on the other hand, is something issued when an imme- diate threat has been issued. For example, Hudson recalled last years bank robbery at the State Employee Credit Union off Old Savannah Road. T hear rumors [that the] police dont report what happens. Well, tell me what case. About once a year, The West- ern Carolinian comes and knocks on the door and says, well what about this, what about this, and I get it. !mean, you hear the rum- blings, said Hudson.
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