Nicholls State University - La Pirogue Yearbook (Thibodaux, LA)

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And, now presentin . . . cont. Of course, whatever a hypnotist does next is interesting to Watch. Seven hundred students crammed in Peltier Auditorium to watch james Mapes, a hypnotistfactorf psychic researcher, perform. Using an experiment which my manager cut out of my act six months ago, Mapes borrowed and sealed a S100 bill in an envelope and had a student mix it with four oth- ers. Mentioning that the trick had already cost him 391320, the man who holds a master's degree in theatre arts and psychology, ordered four envelopes burned and opened the fifth to reveal the S100 bill. Mapes appeared as relieved as anyone else to see the money in the envelope. The second half of his show involved picking 16 stu- dents at random and after hypnotizing them, performing various experiments on them. Among the experiments were sampling a 10095 powerful marijuana joint, in real- ity a normal cigarette: imagine yourselves nude, then imagine that the audience was nude: and watching a kid- die show at age nine, then transforming it to a tear jerker. Mapes' closing suggestion was for the students to enjoy going to class, have plenty of energy and get better grades. His suggestion was at an appropriate time: the week before midterm exams. A third lecturer who drew an interested crowd was from the National Assassination Bureau, who talked on Who Killed IFK? Examining all of the already known evidence, the speaker also pointed to recently disclosed memos about Lee Harvey Oswald and revelations of CIA work both inside and outside of the United States. The only major attempt at a rock concert came in Octo- ber, with the scheduling of a Canadian singer Gino Vanelli. Vanelli had been the only profit-making concert for the SEB in the previous spring. But the scheduling itself of Vanelli worked against the success of the concert, since the contract was confirmed only six days before the actual Civic Center concert and only after he had made appearances in New Orleans. Still, the SEB did not take a bath financially and lose any great amount of money. The next month, concerts chairperson Ray Roy came back with Valdy and the Hometown Band and Frank Hall in a Peltier Auditorium concert. The entertainment board continued the revival of the '60's Coffeehouse, having a single performer or duo come into the Student Union for afternoon shows. Mark Henley, who had led the way, returned again for a show, along with Miesberg and Walters, themselves col- lege students who had graduated into musical performing. Nat Kerns, dance chairperson, had the task of searching for bands which would attract students. Several added attractions of low-cost beer and sometimes free admission helped in crowd attraction. One of the major arrangements of the dance committee was to co-sponsor with the SCA and alumni federation a dance featuring Madonna in a ballroom of the Louisiana Superdome after the Third Annual River Bell Classic foot- ball game between Nicholls and Southeastern Louisiana University. But the fall SEB was not without its conflicts. Andrew Sioux Hill attempted to schedule three speakers, a civil rights spokesperson, a Ku Klux Klan leader and an Ameri- can lndian Movement KAIMJ representative, for one eve- ning. Due to scheduling problems, Hill was only able to secure Bill Wilkinson, grand wizard of the KKK to speak one night, with the hopes of presenting the others at a later date. Threats of violence, demonstrations and other possible action caused the cancellation of Wilkinson's talk, not helping the SEB's lecture series. David Steinberg, a topical comedian who had hosted the Tonight Show on NBC. also cancelled the second half of his tour, including Nicholls, when his doctor put him in the hospital for physical exhaustion. Another speaker of sorts gave the SEB problems, when comedienne Lily Tomlin walked out on her second show in Peltier Auditorium. Financially, the entertainment board didn't make a profit, but this was not the major goal of Lyons or his chairpersons. No admission was charged for Berger or Mapes, while Tomlin tickets were only SB2. The conclusion of Lyons' term as SEB director gave no hint at the problems and changes which would follow the next semester. The first hint came with the November election of a new SEB director, or rather the lack of an election of one. Although most students and SGA officials thought it would be a simple transition to a new Student Entertain- ment Board, it took three months and two elections to bring it about. The first election on Wednesday, November 17, could have served as a hint of the problems which would follow the SEB in the spring. The SCA judicial Board, supervisor of the election, declared it null and void, also throwing out two consitutional amendments in the same election. The reasons given by board chairman Al Suffrin were lack of publicity, negligence of poll workers to maintain order, lack of guidelines for write-in ballots and illegal campaigning. Only one student officially filed before the deadline, but two other students attempted write-in campaigns, which led to rumors of ballot stuffing. Although Suffrin did not put the blame on the Student Senate, he noted that almost 802, of the poll workers were senators. Without even enough time to re-schedule the election before final exams, it was postponed until january. Even before the new SEB director had a chance to take office. part of the spring semester budget was allocated. SEB advisor Bill Borskey scheduled a one-month budget to provide entertainment until the new director could be chosen. SEB