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November 10, 1972:;
Central considered 'risk' for concerts
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By Dale Oowing
LIFE Managing Editor
f/t major   Michigan   concert
ioter   and    booking/ agent
d»y cast a dark shadow over,
il's ability to obtain first rate
-tiiners anymore, namely rock
to,
["No major   act   is   going   to
der  doing   a   major   concert
anymore at Central," claimed Pete
Andrews, Ann Arbor booking agent
who has $et up numerous concerts at
CMU in the past for Men's Union,
and WCHP, campus radio station,
including Mountain, James Gang,
Guess Who and the Beach Boys.
Program Board {PB), coordinating body of all concerts at CMU,
is still looking into the possibility of
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LIFE photo by Mtk» N«vrux
jkRTISTS -The Rajko Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra, Dancers and .
(ingers entertained at Warriner Auditorium Wednesday night. The 35-
ember group, with its members averaging 19 yeafs old, presented a
fciy yffiffit Programi tefjec$»?ig tlte nmWlS%"®fP*y *>*•?< Tb«
tformance was offered in con junction with CMU's Artists Course"
Series. '
scheduling such groups as Chicago
and Arlo Guthrie in Finch
Fieldhouse toward the beginning of
Winter semester, but PB President
Ron Szymanski warns that those
concerts would require ticket costs
of $4 to $4.50.«
"If we can get Chicago booked,
we'll have to charge that much for
tickets," Szymanski said. "Both
Chicago'and Arlo Guthrie are still
very tentative right now, though."
Andrews is very doubtful
Chicago would even consider doing a
show at, Central.. "They might
consider 'one outside in the new
stadium, but the chances are slim,"
he pointed out. "In Finch — well, I "
don't think they'll even get a date.
"And Central would have to
charge $5 per ticket to break even."
he added. Tin. not saying Chicago
isn't a possibility, but any concert in
Mt. Pleasant by them would
probably be a filler date."
Two years agp in a sellout show,
Chicago performed at Central when
the. group had not yet reached its
present peak of popularity. "CMU is
just too small for Chicago," Andrew
now says.
Program Board is strongly
considering hosting concerts next
spring in Perry Shorts Stadium,
where crowds in excess 20,000 could
be accommodated. Thus, big-name
groups'could'hopefullyIbe attracted
to CMU.    -   ' ' '■'■'..•
Four other groups—Yes,
Traffic, Rod Stewart and the Moody
Bluec—have   been  mentioned-   at
groups' price might be too high.
"Yea and Traffic each charge
about 112,500 per concert." Andrews
said from his Ann Arbor office; "and '
'that's pretty steep."
-   He discouted Rod Stewart for
the same reason.
Andrews, who heads Day Star
Production, a major state
Promotional agency, contracts for
the University of Michigan (U-M)
and Grand Valley state College in
addition to Central. Presently, he is
contracted to U-M to "book, promote
and present major concerts at U-M,"
and works with John Sinclair's
Rainbow Multi-Media.
Szymanski had previously
mentioned the possibility of obJ
taining the Mo/ody Blues, but for an
outdoor concert in the stadium.
Andrews said Central has very little
chance of .getting that group in any
situation.
"The Moody Blues had 12 dates
on their present tour," he said, "arid
received over 200 offers for those 12
dates. You can.imagine bow hard it
would be to persuade them to come
to a small school like Central."
Concerning the Arlo\Guthrie
Concert, listed as a hopeful for
February, Andrews called that
venture "nip and tuck, and it. might
Jose money."
V    Would an act like Arlo Guthrie .
-draw enough interest among Cenral
students to be a sttcess?
"I don't think so," Andrews'said,
"and I know I wouldn't bring that act
up there."
p<w*ibUlti«« f#r CMU aWy *»t;a^ ^ , - Andre»/» i* adajittedlyleer^ of
Andrews aad Szymanski agree the.  Central because one of his bookings,
enera'i student   attendance
makes successful SU meeting
By Terri Burkhardt
LIFE Staff Writer
The   Student   Union   appears
jilly to be getting off the ground.
Such was the opinion expressed
I many people after the Student
Mon   organizational    meeting
dnesday night. '
The   meeting,   directed    oy
dent Body President Tim Horan
i Union concepts reinforced by a
r student senators, was! a success
»use fo the number of spectators
Ithe meeting.
|:. Previously most,of the Union
yity has taken place in Student"
Me sessions, and although these
stings are open to all student*
»!ly only senators attend.
Topics discussed at the meeting
Ned an explanation of the IJnion
Kept, possible ways the> Union
work and   reports   of  task
*s.
'The reasons why Central
"fonts need a Union were ex-
&td and generally 'accepted. The
statement of principles cir-
■ted around campus and printed
[Monday's CM LIFE was a starting
*t and did not offer structure
*tives.
"The statement of principles
JB8t offered as a, prevaeative
*£ point to make people
»»!y consider * possibility of a
«at Union,"-Horan Mid. "Ap-
**t!y a lot of people are thinking
«t it since I see a lot of people at
| Meeting that I have never seen
We,
"Tlie Vnioa will be composed of
*Ple organised through their
H areas, majors, curriculum at
other area of specific interest.
*y would be dftpartmentalised to
1 ' *ork with specific complaints
•tk*n come to the Student Union
} bargaining agent," said Pat
•y. Student Senator at-large.
"fti* would be advan^tgomia to
[*«mhera of the Union boeause(
#the Art Department had a
1 ft would do alt the noeceaaary
'*» Wa^aiefciaa; th» g^JUftd
Everyone in the- Union would then
support the' Art Department
negotiations," he continued.
"The Union would not change
the conception of the various student
organizations as they are now,"
Horan said. "It would not eliminate
any student organization. Student
Union would merely attempt to
coordinate activities plus work with
lifestyles and interests. We must
pull together and work as a unit," he
said. '' '•
"The support of Student Union
has   to   come  through   the   mass
~:studex^ body (-unless; we. get full ^
support from them, the Union won't
work,"   Horan   emphasized.   Since
relatively few people turn but" for
campus elections, Student Union will...
not try to' elicit support  through1,
popular vote, he said. t   -
"We hope to get a large, number
oi  student? behind-^!*-^with^thj^,..,
signing   of   support   cards.   These
cards will basically state that the
student   recognizes,   the    Student *
Union as his sole bargaining agent in*."
negotiations  with ,the   University.'
Our goal is to get 12,000 of these
cards' signed," Horan said. ' <V.. *
Students    at    the    meeting   ■'
questioned the legality of the
Student Union and" whether
President William' B. Boyd would
recognize the Union or just laugh it
off.
','AS'for the Student Union being
legally recognized, there is nothing
now in the Jaw that provides for it. It
is open for .interpretation at this
time. The body of law that is about
unionization deals with an employer-
employee relationship. Do students
qualify as employees of the
University? This is debatable," said'
Horan.
"We-.can'Jinye a Union on this
campus withoutbeinglegai^utrtKefi
that means Boyd is not required by
law to bargain with us," Mulloy said, -
"However, realizing1 that Boyd is a*
reasonable and mature man we feel
that he won't laugh at the Union
when we go and "give him 12,000
cards of student support.""'-•
The financing »f the Union at
this point is open to suggestions.
Possible ways of ..financing it, including the use of student fees'or
dues paying,' were' suggested.
"Student. fees contribute o'ne-
xthirfl^the';totals ajteomilt; "of the
University budget' for "one - year,"
Korean Drive
needs
Student volunteers are heeded4,
to help plan the 14th annual Korean,
Orphanage   Drive.   Anyone1   interested is asked to attend a meeting^
tonight at 7 p.m. in Room 2B of tbfc.
University Center, ''•'.;
"Wo desperately need Student:.
"help,w   emphasized   Mary,v ^i.ru|^(
Battle Creek senior and oha&inju, of
the Drive. '    ' .     '*•'   ,£
She said as -fl-ty-wlt typttffaVsr
campaign not reacbjiig Ift'SwU
of   the   orphan* ?$*'>!#?
will   be   major   contributors   in
reaching ;the;!-f jMNg'mifMa** to
■ fee* iiid cWlw ChHdren At the M«.'
San and Penyewn'g.ernhanages for,
another year.        -'; -'•
The  major , fund raising  cam--
paign will be during Korean ' Orphanage Weeta&ov.lll to $Jov. 17. A
trophy will be awaited to the dorm
which raises the moat money to meet    ,*n
the goal.       .'       ' **the Student GoVwnment Office.
•♦We have the. Sunport oi local Tho next Uhion meeting will.be.
merchants finda*b.w»W!fea*rii.en bat incorpdrated into the Studetit
wbai'we heed'most are Veally }n- Senate meeting scheduled, Monday
tisresied «t»denis to 'help with the   ' at 8:00 pfm. in the University Center
Horan said. "This goes to tuition,
salary, student activity expenses
which goes through the vice
president of Student Affairs office,
and it also goes to buildings. We are
paying . for the non-academic
buildings on this campus."
"The arbitrary method in which
the' University   spends   students'
money is something the  Student
Union  would   work  on.   Students
; should have a say  in  how  their
money is spent. We would like to see
. the Union responsible for dispersing
this money," he continued.
Questions;' were raised as - to
" what would happen-ii'-the^Uaion^had.
the needed support, went into
negotiations with the University and
then nothing happened'.
1 "First we should stress that our
grievances would 'be reasonable
requests and that they would be
negotiable," Horan said, "We don't
expect to walk in and get everything
;we demand. If the University does
not take us seriously at this time we
have a number^of options open to us.
. "Naturally the first thing people
think of is a strike, but we would not
strike unless it ' was absolutely
necessary," h'e emphasized.
. Task force reports were submitted and other task forces Were
formed. One/ headed '" by - Mike
Holland,' Robinsgn senator, dealt
with Boyd's new policy of having
student university employees turn in
parents' confidential financial
statements.
J ."Why students over 18, who ai*e
.legally considered adults shojuld
h^ypirents financial statement io
, insure thlsir jobs at tbeUniversiiy is
beyond me," Holland said. "What if
the student supports himself,^what
difference does it make what the
parents earn?"'
A complete list, of task forces
d their chairmen can be obtained
The Ike and Tina Turner Revue,
bombed in Finch last year, drawing
only l,500^persons to the 3,800-seat
fieldhouse.
There's something 'strange
about the situation up there," he
said, "when a group is going wild
around the country, like Ike and Tina
' were at the time, CMU seems slow
to react, We must be careful with
Central because it is easy to lose
money there."
Andrews said he had Bread and
Rare Earth on the line for possible
Homecoming concerts, but confusion
at Central caused the two to cancel.
"CMU missed some good concerts
this fall' because of the confusion
among who should sponsor the
groups at the college," Andrews
said.
- The Men's Union-sponsored
Flash Cadillac-Catfish concert Nov.
18 is the only good-sized act which
will be at Central for the rest of the
semester, but WCHP has booked
Finch Fieldhouse Dec. 7 for a benefit
show for the Korean Orphanage
drive.
' According to WCHP Station"
Manager Chip Lusko, a group has
yet to be booked for the date. "We
had Rare Earth-scheduled, but it fell
through today (Thursday)," he said<
"however, Chuck Berry is now a-'
possibility."
Szymanski said he also realizes
the   necessity   to   schedule   major
concerts in tbe stadium instead of
Finch and PB is working toward that
goal. "Next week we are calling -a:
meeting with'ill people pn 'campus
intereated in suggesting concerts we.
could host next^ semester," he said.
About the stadium,  Szymansi
said students.first must prove they
are worthy of outdoor concerts'and f
will not litter the area as they have,
done in past concerts in Finch.     ■''
But if top-notch groups are once,
again, to perform on> Central's
campus, someplace other than. Finch.
Fieldhouse must be found to house
those concerts. "Finch is a very poor
concert hall," said Andrews, "and it
takes a lot of work trying .to come up
with good acts which will play up
there." i:
Central hosts
3rd UN seminar
By Carol McDonald
LIFE Campus Editor
The third annual Conference on
United Nations (UN) Affairs has
been set for Tuesday in the
University Center, and, according to
Henry H, Han, associate professor of
International Law and Relations,,
promises to "be the best ever."
Han, coordinator of the event,
noted for the first time two foreign
ambassadors, or their representatives, will participate- in the
seminar.
NThe two ambassadors include
V.T. M'cComie, Barbados ambassador to the United States and to
the Organization of American States
(OAS) and Barakat Ahmad, Deputy
Ambassador, Indian Mission to the
un:
Both ambassadors, along with
several other noted specialists, will
"participate    in    panel. ~ discussions
throughout the day.
In addition, Central will host
educators   from   several   area   in-
stitutions for the conference. The
event   commemorates   the   27th
anniversary of the UN.
Registration   for   the   annual •
event begins at 8;45 a.m., with the
first session opening at 9:30 a.m.
Morning sessions topics include
"Human Environment: Limits and
Possibilities," (3-C); "Presidential
Politics and the East-West
Relations," (3-A>; and "Youth,
Women and Social Justice," (3-E).
Preceding the afternoon
sessions will be a movie in the third
floor auditorium beginning at 1 p.m.
- Afternoon sessions, beginning
at 2:15 p.m., include '"China and
World Order," (3-C); "Aerial-
Hijacking, Terrorism, and
Liberation Movement," (3-E); and
''International 'Development: A
Regional Approach in Latin
America,'' (3-D).
Open to both the public and
Wiv#sItyuWfflmunitiesj, there-is -no
charge for the sessions,
A complete schedule of
speakers, times and topics will be
published in Monday's CM LIFE.,'
LIFE ilMto ay Baa Oaten*
WEARY -, Student Body President Tim Horarl listens io a question,
directed. his way during Wednesday's Student Union-organizing
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