Show Concert situation: too much too soon on the university Every time there is a concert event fine arts concert-an- d a or concert a e it pops campus-bare thrown accusations there is little interest in the event of interest lack the for is who as to responsible about just This school year alone accusations have come from this students and paper from the concert committee from from faculty Maybe none of the organizations on campus are responsible for the lack of interest It is probably more accurate to place the blame on the current economic status of the nation as a whole and the lack of funds the students have to survive on for the entire school year We have had an exceptional selection of concerts in the Northern Utah area Some have been well attended: some have suffered some were virtually ignored Students with limited funds must choose what they ith can afford to see and when they can go to the event Salt Lake City and Odgen competing for the Logan money time and attention there are a lot of decisions to make While this fall we have been bombarded with a vast number of concerts in a short period of time spring quarter will offer little variety as that is traditionally a slow time for the concert marketplace The public may complain about the selection of the concerts in the area the price of the tickets or the dates the events are presented but the fall is the saturation time for concerts Come the first of the year not much will be offered and the times will be termed as “boring” to those looking for something to do So no one is to blame for the poor turnout at the concerts It is simply a case of too much too soon and too little funds However students should take advantage of the fall concerts and use that as their diversions from studying this quarter as slow times are ahead "This is our eighth concert this week I think it’s either Led ZeppHnort and his all accordion band" USU-sponsor- Florin “ Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people" —Harry Emerson Fosdick Convocations deter ignoranC THE UTAH To the editor STATESMAN USPS 532 640 Jen Suckling editor Conrad Walters associate editor Ron Hendricks design editor Wayne Adair university editor 0 L Mabery entertainment editor Maiiey Hisiop sports editor Jerry Bran associate sports editor Mike Reordan wire editor Greg Hughes on campus editor Sharon Anem recurring sections editor Stan Sisk photo editor THE UTAH STATESMAN is written and edited by students at Utah State Unver sity EDITORIAL OPINIONS are solely those oI the editorial board and those writers with signed articles and do not necessarily reflect the oomons of Utah State University or ASUSU LETTER POLICY: The editor reserves the right to edit refuse or print any letter Ak letters must be typewritten on a 65 character knespace and be limited to 800 words or less They must be signed with a name student number and phone number Barbara White copy editor Bob Cornett photo assistant Vicki Vatertaus production mwiager Audrey Anderson assistant production manager Jana Rhoads Dudley adverbsirg manager Larry Baker faculty adviser STATESMAN is published In weekly diking the school year eicept diking fma's weeks and school holidays including quarter breaks Veteran's Day holiday Thanksgiving Day holiday Presidents’ Day hokday and Memorial Day holiday are school holidays THE UTAH E0IT0RIAL OFFICES are m room 315 Taggart Student Center Business offices m room 317 SECOND CLASS marling paid at Logan Utah 84321 1 Among the Convocation lectures have attended this year were the ones given by Dr Wasserstrom and Mrs Anderson (for Robert Carswell) With this in mind I would like to make the following observations Student attendance at the Fine Arts Quartet was as large as at the I Wasserstrom lecture and far greater than at Anderson's At the end of the Wasserstrom lecture there were considerably less people in attendance than at the beginning One cannot say the same for the Fine Arts Quartet presentation Those who came to hear the group stayed throughout the entire session The number of students attending the Anderson lecture was so abysmally small as to be virtually meaningless It was quite obvious that the majority of the audience was made up of people who were attending the 10th annual Banking Seminar on campus I have several conclusions a) Do away with the Convocation Series entirely bl Bring in no speakers or groups such as the afore mentioned-the- y do not attract the greatly inanimate corpus of students cur rently attending USU and therefore do not belong in a program designed to enhance the cultural and educational enrichment of the campus c) As you suggested use the Convocation money to bring in currently popular stand-ucomedians or ephemeral groups These events will surely attract the students and faculty (who are most noticeable at cultural events by their absence) After all what is the purpose of a university education if it is not to perpetuate the same meaningless mindlessness one sees on TV or hears on radio everyday! Surely one cannot expect our students to use these events as an attempt to rise above the education or cutlural level at which they currently exist or to use these events as an attempt to broaden their minds and expand their emotional and intellectual outlets This as you seem to suggest is asking too much of them d) Continue scheduling events such as the above and allow those of us who appreciate these events to attend them without bilious or acrimonious remarksany After all when the events are taking place the doors are open to all of the students and faculty who wish to p id them-n- o one ng them or ike of whateverpn' sntly taking place I long ago t‘Wrf t the lack of feculve “ e at cultural or ' Convocation everts ’ are too encrusted acles of their privrt worths istivity to be t the I I do care about These program - “ ’t way of attemptwlucnwo lyopia with end rultural heritage more" to them that current world than the I tellectual fad least by having me7 s possible that 4 d to some new ideas some new ic the choices L eliminate the re and relegate to K to continuing - sub-cultur- e I DrDe°J Sj—b7°l USU Cowd actor -- t |