Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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I , 7 J ATT -. 'SA Q,--1-4 Furthermore, the sound in a place such as Fillmore East in absolutely no comparison to the sound in Alumni Gym. The groups, also, in having a choice to play in Fillmore or Rider College for the same price will undoubtedly snub the spot with less prestige. Alumni Gym has a seating capacity of 3,000 seats and if one charged S5 per ticket, which is the top price that should be charged, there is a possible 315,000 income. The median price of a first class group, Sly or Simon and Garfunkel, today is in the neighborhood of S20-25,000 So Rider College has to settle for second rate groups, at best, instead of present chart sellers. Colleges across the country are completely dropping concerts from their social calendars in order to find sa- fer investments. Yet this year began with a great start as Neil Young and Donovan were booked for the fall se- mester. Both contracts eventually fell through, which proved disappointing and made it most difficult to land a new contract at such a late date. ln the fall of 1970, the CUB had over ten rejections for concerts compared to only one for the year before. Fi- nally, after many long hours of emergency negotiations, Al Kooper was booked for a September concert and Eric Clapton's new group, Derek and the Dominoes, for a Homecoming concert. Kooper, formerly organizer and producer with Blood, Sweat and Tears, put on a good show to a small but a happy audience. He showed his many talents by playing lead guitar and piano. Besides performing some of his own hits such as I Can't Quit Her, he played some El- ton John, Bolling Stones and Flay Charles. A few short weeks later, Clapton's Dominoes ar- rived as scheduled. Clapton, one of the finest lead gui- tarists in rock, has a musical background with John If ,ix

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V CUB Makes Concertfedj Effort As 'Fat City' Becomes Reality by Skip Rockower CUB President On campus there seems to be a massive, concealed organization known as the CUB fCollege Union Boardj. People still don't know quite what to make of these let- ters, but they do notice on the top of posters for most events a standard line which reads brought to you from your friendly, local CUB. What is this organization that nearly monopolizes the campus social life? The CUB, with over 150 members, is the largest or- ganization on campus. It deals mainly in four areas- concerts, movies, speakers and coffeehouses. In con- junction with the Student Activities Office, the CUB has the highest budget of any organization. The great increase in members and size of the budget is accredited mainly to the new Student Center Cunoffi- cially named Fat City J, which is capably managed by a Policy Board headed by Andy Langus. At last, after years of trying to make do in a converted barn, there is finally a home in which the student population can be at ease. ln all areas of the Center there is full use of facil- ities, from sleeping on the couches to just hanging in the snack bar. ln the beginning, people were just wandering about as if they were in a dream which they probably were anyway, hoping that it was not a dream. The en- thusiasm didn't stop, either, with just wandering from the small department store Ccalled a mere bookstorey to gazing at the art displays. No, it carried through to the movies, speakers and coffeehouses, which never before had been in such demand. The one exception, and the only exception at most schools, proved to be concerts. :lf 241 its If the decade of the 60's could be called the Years of Rebellion with such artists as Dylan, the Stones and the Beatles, the 70's will surely be called the Year of the Buck with high costs and money-hungry groups like Creedence Clearwater and Led Zeplin. Never before in the music industry has it been so difficult for a col- lege with a small gym to complete in the concert field. Rider is no longer competing with just area colleges, not since the big halls-Madison Square Garden and the Spectrum-have entered the concert field. This small college is finding the big competitors to be a deadly enemy. They sell tickets to a larger audience and can thus charge less per ticket.

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x ,NR Q , is 9 1 Q, ' -Qiitif' l .Q k, sly i Mayall, Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith and Delaney, Bon- nie and Friends. With associations like this, the show could only be great, which it was. Clapton put on one of the finest and most enjoyable shows ever at Rider. Clapton's speed on his guitar upheld his reputation as the fastest and best around. Financially it was a bomb, but the reaction of the audience almost made up for that fact. As for second semester, bookings were-at least at press time-as prohibitively difficult and expensive as ever to arrange. The CUB, though, pledged to keep trying to bring the Flider community the best possible entertainment. Speaker programs at Rider are usually very inter- esting and poorly attended. But this year has proved to be an exception. The first speaker was Dr. William Abruzzi, medical di- rector at Woodstock's infamous rock festival, who spoke to an over-flowing crowd. Dr. Abruzzi spoke against the use of hard drugs, calling those who use them sick and stupid. However, he stated that society should suspend all judgment and punishment for the use of marijuana until the results of studies on it are re- leased. He also said that researchers are looking for something to be wrong with grass so as to keep it illegal. Next on the agenda was widely-known abortion and