Lil'palooza to Return This Weekend As Outdoor Event
St. Mary’s College of Maryland St. Mary’s campus weekly • 48th year, No. 22 April 29, 1997 • St. Mary’s City, MD 20686 Lil’palooza to return this weekend as outdoor event JOHN MCDONALD Ska, and the Country Gentlemen, as well staff w riter as local favorites Julius Bloom and This weekend marks the return of a Drumfish. beloved institution, Lil’palooza, to St. However, security remains a large con Mary’s College. The all-day concert, tra cern for the College. It will be provided ditionally held outdoors, was drastically this year by off-campus personnel, Cofield changed last year in order to accommo went on to explain. “We’re going to have date the MTV sensation Jewel. This sheriff deputies, I believe, patrolling the decision, and concerns over security, area. And... they have arresting power.” forced the concert inside, much to the This added security stems from the con annoyance of many students. cern of the administration that past Noting student opinion, this year the Lil’paloozas have been large alcohol-filled organizers eschewed the cost of a head bastions of debauchery. “What we want liner in favor of some of the bands that to do, basically, is advertise this as a non have graced the Lil’palooza stage in years alcoholic event,” Cofield said. past. As Rod Cofield, a Student Develop Whether or not this increased police ment events coordinator, stated, “We presence will serve to dampen the spirits wanted to bring it [Lil’palooza] back to of the college community remains to be tradition, on the admissions field..
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