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

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And, now presenting . . .cont. When the election was set the third week of january. Lloyd DeMers. a psychology sophomore, faced Kelly Lafont. a general studies freshman who previously served in the senate as a business senator. The contrast of the two candidates marked the election: DeMers had not been actively involved before the elec- tion. while Lafont had already spent a year within the SGA. But DeMers received the backing of the outgoing SEB personnel. . DeMers came away with an easy victory over Lafont. immediately bringing in a group of committee chairper- sons new to the Student Entertainment Board. Working with DeMers were Ric Olivier, sophomore, concerts: Mike Higgins. junior, lectures: and Tim Kelly, freshman, public- ity. DeMers' first task after being sworn in on a Wednesday was a Thursday show featuring comedian Steinberg, who had cancelled an earlier showing due to physical exhaus- tion. The show was scheduled before DeMers' election. As DeMers recalled after the two-show performance, The only work left to be done was the scheduling of Steinberg and the reservation of Peltier Auditorium. The concert was moved into Talbot Theatre and the SEB got the help of Greg Mullins, assistant professor of speech and technical director for the campus theatrical productions. Two students, David Guidry and Nicky Mau- cele. handled the lighting and sound, respectively. free of charge. Steinbergs sharp comments the holds a master's degree in Englishj on Nixon, college life and his well-known mad psychiatrist routine made him a huge success with the capacity crowds. Financially, the SEB took a beating. los- ing S3.575 since student tickets were only 50 cents. But DeMers and his chairmen had the same opinion as past SEB personnel: produce an enjoyable show for the students, without worrying about making a profit. For the remainder of the spring semester, a budget of 824,236.95 was submitted to the Student Senate, a budget which would later cause a controversy. With the announcement of NBG's Saturday Night 's scheduling a special live Mardi Gras show from New Orle- ans. three weeks later an attempt was made to book john Belushi and Dan Ackroyd for a comedy show. At the last minute Ackroyd pulled out and his agent wanted to sub- stitute Michael O'Donahue, a writer and former contrib- utor to National Lampoon, for the same price - 34.000 Citing this and other demands tprivate limousine, no student contactl the board cancelled the show in the interest of the students, who. they felt, would not be get- ting a fair deal. Three weeks later. at the March 15 meeting of the Stu- dent Senate. SGA President Danny Gavell read a one-line statement from Lloyd DeMers resigning as SEB director. Dt-Mers did not attend the meeting. DeMers' final act was to reimburse the SEB for half of his monthly salary tS02.50j since he worked only 15 days tilllVlilt't1l1. DeMers later said there were many reasons for his resig- nation. but the most important were problems within the SEB itself. I was disappointed in some of my committee chairmen, he said, not mentioning names. My judgment was lacking in some of the people I chose, he explained. Lack of volunteers and what DeMers considered negli- gence by some of his chairmen added more work than he could handle. He added he receives support from Gary Whipple, Student Union director, and Bill Borskey. SEB advisor. Disappointment in his own performance and fail- ure to carry through some of his projects added to the frustration, he said. The remaining chairmen gathered and elected freshman Tim Kelly to serve as interim director until a regular elec- tion could be held to fill the remainder of DeMers' term, which would have ended in December. In the seven weeks of his term, DeMers and his chair- men did manage to schedule a semester's activities of entertainment. Coffeehouses were continued with Frank Hall and john Hiatt in the Student Union. Edward Rosenfeld delivered a lecture on How to Get High Without Drugs, which covered areas from medita- tion to hyperventilation. More dances were added, includ- ing joining the nation-wide trend of discos. In the cinema field. handled by Olivier, movies included David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth, George Segal in Blackbird, The Lost Honor of Katrina Blum, Steppenwolf, and the rock opera Tommy. For Freak Week. a double feature of Reefer Madness, a semi-seri- ous look at the evils of marijuana in the '30s, and High on the Range were shown. Andrew Antoine, concerts chairman, booked one con- cert for the spring semester, an outdoor affair featuring two or three bands. This concert and band for the annual spring ball came up before the senate the weekaafter Dem- ers' resignation, which led to a complete review of the financial books of the SEB. When interim chairman Kelly went before the senate, he announced there was not enough money for the dance band. or enough for the concert, featuring Crack the Sky. Figures released by SGA treasurer Dave Doherty, responsible for keeping the SEB's financial records, Sain S2.483.91 remained unbudgeted in the concerts account -- when S3.800 was needed. Questions by the senators centered on DeMers' use of money. including equipment purchases and paying work- ers with petty cash. Kelly said he did not know of the pur- chases. which included a tape deck and turntable, until after they had been made. but he felt they were needed. DeMers explained Borsky and Doherty had to know of the purchases, since both had to sign the checks to buy the equipment. SEB checks are not valid without both signa- tures. Petty cash, instead of checks, was used to pay workers because of the problems of getting the checks, DeMers contended. He added all transactions were marked in a ledger book kept by Borskey. The solution put together by SGA President Gavell, Kelly and Vic Lafont. SGA financial committee chairman, involved moving money from the lectures and phone accounts and the entire SEB reserve to put up 53,817 for the concert. Money for the spring ball came from various accounts within the SGA itself at Gavell's suggestion. Other questions about movie expenditures and the loca- tion of equipment were answered the following week. Per- haps the biggest irony of the affair was the cancellation of

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The many faces of Lily Tomlin