MSC merger?
Group considers combining two committees
By PAMELA RIMOLDI
Battalion Reporter
The possibility consolidating the
Arts Committee and the Crafts and
Arts Committee will be considered
this week by a selected members of
both organizations and some faculty
and students.
The study committee will discuss
the specific purpose of the two orga
nizations and determine if those pur
poses are being served, said Teresa
Beshara, vice president of Student
Programs.
The study committee plans to con
sider if the purposes of the Arts
Committee and the Arts and Crafts
Committee are similar enough to
consolidate them, and whether that
would help achieve their goals,
Beshara said.
Right now, neither of the commit
tees have a chairman. Both resigned
more than a month ago, for personal
reasons, said Brooks Herring, presi
dent of the MSC Council and Dire
ctorate.
No one has been found to take the
place of the chairmen because no
one seems interested in taking the
positions, Herring said.
Fortunately, he said, the commit
tees have fewer activities program
med this time of the semester and so
they aren’t worried about the lack of
chairmen.
“Both of these committees have
been struggling since they began be
cause they don’t attract high in
terest,” Beshara said. This is not an
art-oriented campus.”
For that reason, she said, the two
committees are essential to this cam
pus because they bring art that may
otherwise never come here.
The Arts Committee brings some
live performances here such as the
jazz band from North Texas State
University. They also bring films and
the various art exhibits in the MSC
Gallery.
The Crafts and Arts Committee
conduct the craft fairs by Rudder
Tower and run workshops in the
MSC Craft Shop.
Recommendations will be made to
the MSC Council by the study com
mittee on how they decide would be
good ways to improve the structure
of the committees, Beshara said.
Beshara said she expects the MSC
Council will make a decision on the
possible consolidation by February
because a new council is elected in
the spring.
Pure Prairie League:
pure prairie boredom
By RICHARD OLIVER
Battalion Staff
Pure Prairie League was on
vacation both on and off the stage
Friday night.
The Cincinnati-based group,
well-known for its hit “Amy,”
played before a near-capacity
crowd at G. Rollie White Col-
Pure Prairie League, headed
by bass-player Mike Connor,
played for an hour-and-a-half,
starting with a near full-house au-
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The “Beat the Hell Outta t.u.
Concert” was highlighted by San
Francisco comedian Ron Doug
las, who provided more enter
tainment than anything else
which occurred on the stage dur
ing the evening.
dience, and ending with only a
few die-hards.
Prior to the performance, Con
nor said the group was actually on
vacation, and was just doing the
one concert.
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