Show Volume 71 Number 78 Utah State University Logan Utah Losses on concerts fault of students Buzz Thurber new Cultural the reason the for loss money major VP cited student apathy as for concert season “I can’t understand why people don’t go to concerts with artists” Thurber said The $60000-6500- 0 budget can be spent as the cultural vice president sees fit and approximately $26000 was spent on Fine Arts concerts He said he wished there was more money for pop concerts that would appeal to larger crowds but some contributions are made ' specifically to the Fine Arts fund ‘‘I’ve learned we can’t cater to 200 or less students and expect to make money” Thurber said During Fall quarter the concert budget stays stable or gains but over the year money is lost he said Funds must pay for the performer’s salary the Spectrum and sound system wages for employees hotel and food ac 1973-197- big-nam- e 4 commodations for performers and advertising Thurber said students must realize that USU is in Logan Utah and not in some other state and that different opinions in concert choices result ‘‘We lost money on the Beach Boys and Three Dog Night but Ramsey Lewis really did it” he said “The Blacks wanted him for their emphasis week so that’s what they got” Cultural Committee members voted Wednesday on possible groups for Homecoming including Seals and Crofts Those ranking high on recent polls for other concerts were John Denver Elton John and Cat Stevens “I want to improve concerts by having more going on especially during intermission” Thurber said There are openings on the Cultural Committee and anyone attending meetings can vote Thurber said Friday May 10 1974 Every group that has applied for funds will be given time to give details and to answer questions on how they plan to spend their funds Budget request forms were due at the Activity Center Wednesday That afternoon Rex Vice Financial Burgon President received said they hadn’t an overwhelming number of new requests but he added that all the requests hadn’t been turned in Student government funds come from tuition fees A decrease in enrollment is expected next year and this will decrease the funds The available funds will also be decreased by overspending this year Burgon said “More money was spent than Pages was allotted” he said The deficit in the budget at the end of last year was about $7000 Burgon said If the organizations don’t spend more than is anticipated the deficit this year will be about $2500 to $3000 he groups from asking for more money than they actually need he said “Of course we encourage the estimated them” Burgon said Before he left office Doug Jensen former Financial VP calculated that the deficit would be about $2500 Burgon said Several plans have been employed to help control spending this coming year he said First a Financial Board has been set up It will keep a constant record of where the different groups stand Burgon said that previously the Financial VP had the sole responsibility of keeping such records Secondly the organizations have been asked to itemize the proposed uses- of the funds they ask for This will help keep the - organizations to raise what money they can themselves but we have to kind of leave that up to It’s not certain how much money will be available for next year The only way to estimate that is to guess what the enrollment will be Burgon said but he anticipates there will be less money to work with “It’s going to be tight” he said But he added that he hoped that all groups who need funds will request them The Executive Council wants to allot funds where they’ll be used best and benefit the most students he said “I think the more requests the better” he said iradlv dhoseoD SnL Editor of Student Life for the school 5 will be Richard Brady year Applicants were interviewed during the meeting and each position was filled after consideration by the board Upon approval Rex Lund will be to the making appointments Publications Board Winnie Peterson Rex Lund was approved by the board for appointment by the ASUSU Executive Council to be Publications Competing for the position of Editor in addition to Brady were Carol Dawne Harmer J Chris Larson and Randy Hendricks Students wishing to work or write for Student Life should contact the Editor 74-7- Proposed salary cuts might be unnecessary 2 start next imil ociget hearings Budget hearings to decide the allocation of student government funds will be held next week 1 Brady was chosen during the May 6 meeting of the Publication Board Chosen to serve as Summer Editor was Pauline Summers and Crucible Editor for the coming year will be Board Chairman for the coming year Appointed to the position of Business Manager was Steven Leggett at UC 315 The recently proposed cuts in salaries for USU faculty administration and classified employees are still not definite a USU official said Wednesday Dean Mark Neuberger secretary of the Institutional Council said he hopes the cuts will not be necessary He said that since the4imeJthe proposed cuts were publicized state revenue has gone up “We hope that the cuts will not be necessary” Neuberger said He said that Gov Calvin L Rampton is required by law to cut anticipated expenditures when state revenue falls below anticipated levels This is the case with the proposed salary cuts he said “All state agencies were informed that their budgets may be cut” he said He said the salary cuts would only amount to about one or two per cent The final decision will probably be made by Rampton in June he said Business Vice President Dee Broadbent said there is no way to know yet if the cuts will be made He said the governor’s office told USU to plan for a possible cut in the budget The cut would not only affect salaries but could also affect most funding areas at USU Broadbent said But funding would take up about 60 per cent of the totaTcut he said Broadbent said it was only proper planning on the part of Rampton to advise the different state agencies of the possible cuts Exec Council names Lund Publication Board chairman Rex Lund former USU student body president was approved as chairman of the Publications Board Wednesday during the executive council meeting Publications presides over all The Board student publications chooses the editor of Student Life and sets the salaries for the students that work for the various publications Lund said that the board was student organized to sepa-it- p Life the and Jlucnt government would he said He that newspaper like to see a good relationship betweeen student government and the Student Life because it is hard for student government to function without publicity from the newspaper Each member of the executive council outlined what activities their office was involved with and explained future plans Dar Krambule Volunteers said he planned on initiating a few new programs One would be a telephone reassurance program designed to contact elderly people regularly to make sure they are in good health and no accidents have occured Krambule said they will set up regular times to call the elderly people and if they do not answer someone will be sent to investigate Another program Krambule plans to introduce is providing recreation for the handicapped Vice-Preside- nt people who work at the Cache Instructional Workshop Alan Spendlove Relations vice-preside- nt Student said his office is working on student recruitment programs He said that one program they are considering is having certain student productions from USU travel and perform in various parts of the state Russell Hawkins Academic said his office yill be concerned with the Placement Center initiating more student-facultinteraction a faculty evaluation program a grading policy analysis and an advisors’ Vice-Preside- nt y handbook Craig Cummings Student Body President said he plans to start a council initiate to evaluate student a program employment opportunities and will work to recruit students to work for student government cost-of-educati- |