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Local THE BATTALION FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1981 Page 3 SC looking for answers to increasing concert costs loyment and others; licy is somethingefe; i flexes its muscles,! nents, and isal he political malfenpij Carter found mf hing about the; ittention to a i il, Middle East Pi mnd the world, the record of his fop n those areas. Hiss I the 1980 campafi to realize theiir.p£> oil prices woul le who elected I y were not impress' a Salt, Panama, tlij' n rights, lowed they wanteds: he economy insteat® El Salvador willi By AUGUST SKOPIK Battalion Reporter Because of a rise in concert pro duction costs and the use of sound stems too powerful for G. Rollie hite Coliseum, the MSC Dire ctorate is thinking of putting a ceil ing on production costs, says ichard Reynolds, assistant dire ctor of the Memorial Student enter. “Concert production costs have isen astronomically in recent ears,” Reynolds said. “The aver- ge production cost for a group luch as The Charlie Daniels Band, he Little River Band or Jimmy Buffet is between $7,000 and $7,500 per concert.” Each group contracts for pro duction work for a tour, Reynolds said, which usually includes trans portation, sound systems, light ing, truck drivers and technicians. “We have increasingly been in formed that this production fee is not a negotiable fee,” Reynolds said. “We re not sure what a pro duction ceiling will do to the type of performers we are able to bring to Texas A&M. “A lot of research needs to be done with each group’s different production costs before we can make any definite decisions.” But rising production costs are not the only problems in bringing a performer to Texas A&M. “Heart (the musical group) had so much equipment we couldn’t hold them in G. Rollie White,” said Jan Rainey, publicity chair man for the MSC Town Hall Com mittee. “We desperately need a new concert hall for Texas A&M,” she said. “The major problem when bringing groups to Texas A&M is the size of the concert hall, not the amount allowable for production costs.” For the Charlie Daniels per formance, the stage in the col iseum had to be increased from 28 feet by 40 feet to 40 feet by 52 feet, with two separate 16-by-16 wings to hold sound equipment. “We had to go to Dallas to rent the extra sections of stage needed and we had to incur the additional expense,” Reynolds said. “This was an extra charge which was not included in the production costs.” Reynolds gave several reasons for the rise in production costs. “I assume that every artist wants state-of-the-art technology travel ing with him; the artist wants to because of gas prices,” he said. duction costs — there are some put on more of a production, and “We can still get some good good groups that will perform with the transportation costs are rising groups if we put a ceiling on pro- our sound system, ” he said. SA hosts SG presidential candidate forum Thursday By FRANK L. CHRISTLIEB Battalion Reporter The International Student ssociation hosted a platform pre- lentation Thursday night for the ur candidates for 1981-82 Stu- ent Government president. Each candidate talked about his qualifications, issue stands, ideas and plans for the office. The four Candidates are David Collins, a junior political science major from Lubbock; Ken Johnson, a junior ^agricultural economics major from Nacogdoches; Marc Schneider, a junior political science major from Humble; and Matt Woodruff, a junior psychology major from Houston. f Collins, vice president for ex ternal affairs, said he believes the student body president should be responsible, able to cope with problems, and most importantly, should “have the ability to sit down and communicate with peo ple on a one-to-one basis.” He said the educational en vironment of the University must stay at a high level and “teaching must not be overshadowed by re search.” Collins said he would like to en courage contact between student senators and their constituents, improve the financial aid prog ram, and increase the amount of academic counseling given to stu dents. Johnson, speaker of the student senate, said he feels the student body president should be a “strong advocate of students’ needs” and should “ensure that Student Government remains in close touch with its constituency. ” He added that the holder of this office “needs to be a strong and viable voice for the students.” Schneider has been a student senator for two years, and he said the president should “represent the students’ views and voice their interests.” He said he wants to provide more services for students, “pre serve and enhance traditions” and encourage more involvement of off-campus students in school acti vities. Woodruff, acting president of Alpha Phi Omega, said a main re- il makes new law for used jewelry dealers cze By BELINDA McCOY i: Battalion Staff Dealers buying used jewelry and precious metals in College Station will soon find themselves doing some paperwork if they want to stay in the city. The College Station City Coun cil Thursday night approved an ^Ordinance regulating the purchase of used jewelry and precious met- jals within the city. P The new ordinance requires dealers to keep records of the name, address, physical descrip tion and driver’s license number of the seller of any used jewelry, | money, silverware or precious metal, a description of the proper- } ty purchased, and the date and time of purchase. Dealers will be required to pur- f chase a $50 annual city permit. They will also be required to [ obtain a signed warranty from the to his observation^ seller that the seller has the right so expensive tktf' to sell the property, afford it Themal ‘This (ordinance) will regulate Without the mat:! those selling precious metals i • rv v which perhaps does not belong to =laim of limiting e# .i May ^ r Gary Halter s ^, istry. The servitt ■ Under the new law, the dealer bit unrealistic, w W {U required to wait 72 hours i of the cost of Offl' after the purchase before he can tion. Even private alter or sell the property, and no pay the entire ® person below the age of 18 will be riding their private allowed to sell used jewelry or n\y subsidized ttei 'precious metals unless he has the operty owners oil ;writ ten consent of a parent or States. Let Mr, S" ^ u ^ dian - ,. . r i. il- -J ihe ordinance requires the am a is uni'' owner ofa temporary used jewelry 2st bargain in the jr {business in the city to deliver the sxas should be ttiaft-records of purchases to the chief of )n supported b) - police within 24 hours of terminat- to supply a fori 1 ing the temporary location, regurgitation oM The council agreed to cooperate us go about our lete! ‘ wit h the city of Bryan in a joint is lugubriate’s own level, Tom K,» as a laboratory mff". ’ ting and Communications, onceming any editmiil ditor. RS POLICY mid not exceed 300 ing cut if they are loijt’ ght to edit lettersforstite' effort to maintain ikeH 1 ! 1 ' ) be signed, show the liter. ials are also welcomeV ength constraints as rrespondence to: Edit#, mid, Texas A&M Uni# daily duringlexasAiJU' t for holiday and emef e$16.75persemesler, ■ full year. Advertisinj , 216 Reed McDonald! 1 ; College Station, TX® is entitled exelusiveljT' :ws dispatches credited c >ther matter hereiniw 1 '' it College Station, T)i7 effort to build an animal shelter. The shelter will be located on the 2200 block of Pinfeather Road in Bryan. It will be operated by the Humane Society and the Brazos County Animal Shelter founda tion and will provide practical ex perience for students at Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, Halter said. Eight civic organizations re quested support funds in a public hearing. These funds would be allocated from the city’s revenue sharing funds provided by the fed eral government and Hotel-Motel Occupancy Tax fund. Money in the Hotel-Motel Occupancy Tax fund comes from taxes collected by the city on re nted hotel and motel rooms. One- fourth of the fund must be used to promote tourism, and the rest may be used to promote tourism and the arts or develop businesses and industry, said City Manager North Bardell. In closed session, the council voted to add $7,200 to appropria tions for additional staff and office furniture for the City Planning . Department. TOWN IS NOW ACCEPTING NEW MEMBER APPLICATIONS! Application forms are available in Room 216 of the Memorial Student Center. Application forms will be available from * L March 23,1981 to March 30,1981. w Deadline for turning in the application will be 5:00 p.m. March 30, 1981. 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