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Show StatesmanCampus News Page 4 Bash: Pres. Albrecht will announce 700 North's new name continued from page 1 This event is the first event Casillas said he knows of where all the officers and members of ASUSU have planned it together, and because of this the planning has gone smoothly. The end of year bash will start Wednesday night with a comedy show featuring student talent and main performer Pete Lee. Lee has been featured on Comedy Central and Last Comic Standing, and the show will be in the International Lounge at 7 p.m. Thursday there will be a showing of Back to the Future on Old Main hill at 7 p.m. Students should expect to have "bits of surprises here and there" because the show will be interactive. The movie, which was also shown at an event last year, will be moved to the TSC ballroom in case of bad weather. "The movie goes along with the theme of the weekend, and I think everyone just loves that movie," Casillas said. Friday is the main day of the weekend celebration and will have what Atwood calls a festival-type feel throughout the day, with local vendors and booths lining 700 North. "It is going to be like Day on the Quad, just transferred to the street," Atwood said. The day has been dubbed "Aggie Fest," Casillas said, where students will be able to "get their party on before finals." The entertainment with local bands, including Falk, Battle School, Til We Have Faces, Profetic and The Fictionist will begin at 3 p.m. and continue on throughout the afternoon. After Kingston performs, there will be a dance party with DJ Marcus Wing on the street until midnight to end the night, Casillas said. ASUSU and others involved wanted to make sure the end of year event actually felt like a bash, Casillas said. He said last year ASUSU finished out the year with an extra $20,000, and those involved this year didn't think it was fair to have students pay their fees and then not get to attend as many events because their money wasn't spent. He said the funds are coming from the money they made back from the Howl and Mardi Gras as well as the Government Relations Council. "We didn't want to waste the money because all the rest of the money not spent goes to Capital and Support rather than staying in activities," he said. "That is also why we made it free, as a big thank you." Brent Crosby, executive VP, said his role was securing the funding for the once in a lifetime event" and students should be excited. He said being a part of the street renaming is being a part of USU history. Crosby said he is confident the event will appeal to most audiences on campus. He said Kingston was chosen because they felt like he would appeal to more students and give more of a variety from the other musical talents that have come to school. "I feel that this year programming has reached new levels and I feel like this bash will set the bar even higher," he said. Monday, April 25, 2011 Students stunt on theQuad .... I , C1' {{ — megan.b@aggiemaiLusu.edu , . , ---■mk-, .- wo ...., woo F IF, , .s 1 - .. It f ■ 1111_,„ , , _.. 40 .. , .: 4...1 El! . _ . N4111- 1 I ' tair--- ,7 11 411'. ''', ' ' . tALii t.if 4, ALLIE HENDRIX, A FRESHMAN majoring in English, awes passersby with a backflip on High Point Gymnastic's trampoline, set up at Day on the Quad, Friday. CARL R. WILSON photo Survey: Programming VP reaches out to students to get their input on next year's festivities continued from page 1 the option to do whatever they want and their committee and volunteers choose." Larsen said he views his job as being about making the students happy and not so much about doing what he wants. The final numbers for the 2010-11 academic year will not be available until this summer, said SILC business manager Lynne Singleton. Even then, she said, there is such a massive amount of data that some of the final totals are subject to change. The Biggest Event of the Year The HOWL is the biggest event ASUSU programming organizes on an annual basis, Webb said. From the money generated through HOWL ticket sales, ASUSU Programming is able to add funding to all of its other events, he said. In 2006, they stopped selling advance tickets to non-students, Webb said, which is when ASUSU programmers began putting a lot more focus on student satisfaction. All of the profit from the HOWL goes directly into the programming budget in order to fund the rest of the year's events. "We decided that we should be putting more money into the HOWL to make it a better event," Webb said. He said the HOWL generated about $50,000 in profit last year. Without that kind of money, Webb said, student fees would be $3 or $4 more each year. Zimmerman said next year the number of people that will be allowed in at the HOWL will be capped around 6,000. Last year there were close to 7,000 attendees. "There's always stuff you can do better," Webb said. "Every individual is different, every council is different, I think that this year has been phenomenal in the fact that they tried." Putting USU on the Map Webb said the vision recently elected ASUSU vice presidents and directors has already begun to impress him. One of the goals of the events that programmers organize is to put USU on the map in order to benefit student enrollment and retention. Webb said he is excited for next year because there are two new ideas already in the works. He said students can look forward to a cinema series and a once-monthly, low-budget event similar to Poetry and a Beverage. "We're going to have a comedian or a small band, just fun, little things so there's more stuff for the students to do," Webb said. "Because the biggest complaint we got is, 'You're bringing in these big-name acts but there's only three of them all year,' so we're trying to move money around and really understand what students want." He said the Admissions office has sponsored a few of the events that went on this year, which is proof that event planning is a benefit to the university. "Overall it's been a really good year," Webb said. "The name recognition for the university with the big—name acts, the bands — whatever your personal opinion is of bringing B.J. Novak or big-name bands — it, in a sense, does put Utah State on the map." This year has been polarizing, Webb said. There have been both negative and positive responses to the survey he and Larsen have sent out, he said. Following the Money Zimmerman said, citing the 2011-12 projected ASUSU financial report, increases in student fees reflect a $30,000 increase for activities and personnel. She also said The Utah Statesman has been granted an additional $1 per student, per year. After the numbers are tallied at the end of each year and it is decided whether each ASUSU department has profited or ended up "in the red," a goal amount of $58,000 is flushed out and put into a Capital and Support fund. Other monies are also appropriated to the Academic Opportunity Fund (AOF). "The purpose of the Academic Opportunity Fund is to provide financial support to undergraduate students," according to the statutes of the AOF allocation committee, "who have been accepted or invited by a reputable organization to present a scholastic achievement or participate in an academic competition." Both of these funds are excellent resources for students, Zimmerman said. The recent bouncy ball drop was partially funded by money appropriated from Capital and Support, as well as money from the science council and physics students. Zimmerman said she and the other administrators in her office only deal with money appropriated by student fees. For some of the larger events, a number of groups with vested interests will pull together to make something happen, she said. — dan.whitney.smith@aggiemaiLusu.edu Business PARTY FRONT BUY BACK in Stadium Drive-thru TSC Library/Old Main April 29-May 6 April 28-May6 May 2-5 9:00-4:00 8:00-5:00 9:00-4:00 |