Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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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

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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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birth control crusader Bill Baird, who spoke to another sellout crowd. He criticized the Pope and the Catholic Church for dictating their beliefs to other faiths. He said, I am a Protestant and resent this attempt to change my views. Baird also said, Give women the right to decide their own morality. lt should not be dic- tated to them by a chauvinistic church. CBS news correspondent David Schoenbrun, former Commentator of the Year, spoke on the world problems of the day. Using a constant flow of sarcastic com- ments, he touched upon the Middle East, Vietnam, China and domestic problems. He noted that the major cause of the Middle East problems . . is the great power intervention in the area which has complicated a situation that could have been settled a long time ago by the Arabs and the lsraelis. Schoenbrun, long opposed to U.S intervention in the Vietnam conflict, called it unjust and immoral and added that the only solution could be complete with- drawal of all U.S. forces. Lined up for the second semester is Bernadette Dev- lin, the youngest and most irreverent member of the British Parliament. She was only 21 when she gave her now famous Maiden Speech to a packed House of Commons in April, 1969. She is outspokenly con- temptuous of Parliamentary democracy, prefers action to legislation and for helping to organize resistance to P wt-olxyq-., I 4 ,qw 'Ii l-G'-. ,A g