Problems may endanger future of campus rock

The future of hard rock con- security chief Matt Royal said certs on campus has been jeo- yesterday. pardized because of security pro- Royal said rock concerts at- blems, President M.G. Scarlett tract a "different crowd" and said yesterday. pose more of a security prob- Speaking to the faculty of the lem because of drugs. School of Basic and Applied Sci- "Security wise, we can pretty ences, Scarlett indicated inci- well handle it," Royal said. Drugs dents that have occurred at rock are the main problem, he added. concerts tend to damage MTSU's In a separate incident after the public image. concert, a campus security of- Scarlett blamed the incidents ficer suffered minor abrasions on "outsiders," not students, ac- in Monohan hall during a scuf- cording to several faculty mem- fle with a person who refused to bers in attendance. leave, Robert LaLance, dean of During Wednesday night's students, said. Mountain-James Gang concert, a A WGNS news report yesterday Photo by Larry Robinson Murfreesboro auxiliary police of- left the impression that a fight ficer joined two detectives pur- had occurred during the concert. Corky Laing, drummer for Mountain, keeps the beat for fellow suing a drug possessor and fell The incident involving the cam- band members Felix Pappalardi and Leslie West during Wed- down some stairs at Murphy Cen- pus security officer happened nesday's concert. See concert review on page five. ter suffering a broken jaw and "much later" than the concert. some minor abrasions, campus Miller said. sidelines middle tennessee state university Vol. 48 No. 23 Murfreesboro. Tennessee 37130 Thursday. November 22. 1974 Committee approves closing hour exemption by Michael Gigandet organizations sponsoring social have the power to regulate off that was not enough time to pro- Student organizations holding activities held "on campus with campus activity hours. cess them. social activities off campus will the use of campus facilities" will Several committee members Carter objected saying that no longer be covered by the 1 a.m. have to terminate their events at expressed concern as to whether some projects were organized on closing time due to a proposal 1 a.m. late, loud parties would hurt the the "spur of the moment." He passed by the Rules Committee Mike Carter, subcommittee A university's public image. asked if there was anyway some Wednesday night. chairman, said he could not un- Donnie Chambers, senior com- make some waivers, but if he The new proposal states that derstand why the university would mittee member, said city ordi- Some exceptions have been nances would apply to these social granted, LaLance said, but it Lack of student interest cancels functions. was becoming a rule. Eight committee members "I don't want this to be five dorm open house for semester voted in favorof changing thepro- days period concrete," Carter posal while two voted against, with said. Residence halls will sponsor no more open house weekends this Cantrell and Judy Smith associ- LaLance countered that with semester due to a "dramatic lack of interest by students," Pro- ate dean of students, abstaining. five days he would have time to gramming Director David Bragg said this week. Chambers proposed a change make some waivers, but if he Students in residence halls have not shown interest to continue which would require student or- only had three days he might have the work put forth when an open house is scheduled, Bragg explained. ganizations to notify the dean of to enforce them strictly. For example, only 16 out of 22 halls requested open house last students office five days in ad- The committee voted unan- weekend, he said. vance of a fund raising project. imously to accept the change. "It is difficult for haft officers to find people to work during open Robert laLance, dean of stu- The next meeting is scheduled house," Bragg pointed out. The same people work every open house. dents, said some organizations for Dec. 4 when the committee is "The system wasn't meant to work that way," he added. were coming in the afternoon be- expected to approve the final The program works only with the cooperation of the students, he fore their scheduled project and draft of the semesters revision*;. said. "Without cooperation, there can be no program." "It is not a question of the residence hall programming office cut- ting open house," Bragg said. "Thequestion is of the students lack Applications open for spring editor of responsibility and willingness to work that endangers continuation Applications for Sidelines editor-in-chief for the spring sem- of open house." ester are now available in the mass comminications department The programming office and the Inter-Hall President's Council office in the basement of the old gym. will set up specific dates for open house next semester and will ask Applicants must have experience in a major position with Side- for approval at one time, Bragg said. "If individual dorms don't par- lines or comparable professional experience lo be eligible. ticipate, it will be their own decision." Interviews with editor candidates will be conducted and the ed- The university is fortunate to have the "most liberal" open house itor chosen by the Council on Student Publications during the first j guidelines under the Board of Regents system, he said. week of December. The Board of Regents and the administration have done all they Applications must be returned to the mass communications of- . can," he said. If students want to be treated as adults, they must ac- fice no later than Dec. 2. . l cept the responsibilities these privileges incur, Bragg said.