SCOPE may lose $2,000 if poor sales cause concert cancellation
By Peter Bylsma
Staff Writer
The Student Committee on Popular Entertainment may lose as much as $2,000 unless ticket sales for the LTD concert increase, said Lee Weingarden, director of student programs.
LTD, a disco band, is scheduled to perform in Bovard Auditorium on Feb. 25. The Bovard Major Concerts Committee of SCOPE determined that the band would be able to sell out two evening shows. However, low ticket sales made cancellation a possibility Wednesday, when possible cancellation was discussed by SCOPE and the committee organizers.
“The Associated Black Students of Southern California, the Black Women’s Caucus and Alpha Kappa Alpha have been doing promotion for the concert," Weingarden said. “It was their complaints that kept us from cancelling the.show. They feel that the promotion and coverage for the concert hasn’t taken hold yet, with only one DT ad yesterday and distribution of flyers and posters only beginning last weekend.”
Weingarden estimated that only 40 tickets had been sold as of Wednesday afternoon.
The band initially was contracted due to their rapidly rising single, Back In Love Again, and “because they were available,” said John Crichton, committee chairman.
The committee contracted the band for $10,000, and only received $6,000 to meet the costs, which were estimated by both Crichton and Weingarden as totaling $12,000, including promotional costs. Ticket sales were expected to meet the difference by selling out Bovard for two shows.
The concert will be canceled Tuesday if in-
creased promotion does not boost ticket sales. Ticket prices are $5 in advance and $7.50 at the door.
“The problem with Bovard is that it only seats 300, but when students want entertainment, say someone like Fleetwood Mac, which costs $35,000, SC constantly fights the problem of getting high quality entertainment in a facility which doesn’t seat enough people,” Weingarden said.
Crichton sees the problem not as one rooted in the committee or the performers they contract,
*	but in the students. “The student body wants miracles every week,” he said. “They want $20,000 acts for $5 tickets . . . they’re spoiled, very spoiled.”
“The question is whether or not we have reached the people who like this kind of music,” Weingarden said. “If the concert is canceled on Tuesday, SCOPE will lose at least $1,500, without a doubt, no matter when it’s canceled. The contract’s cancellation clause guarantees this much money for the band. Ads will cost as much as $300 or $400 altogether, which could raise the loss to as much as $2,000.	•
“The problem is that the student activities chairpeople aren’t striving for what would make a successful rock show. What they’re striving for is the personal satisfaction of hearing whatever is in their personal collection,” said Dana Strum, bass player for Bad Axe, a rock band. “Bad Axe was turned down by SCOPE as a substitute for England Dan and John Ford Coley last year because we were considered too hard rock. But it’s-all a matter of taste; we packed more people into the Starwood night club than any band ever, except Rick Derringer.”
Daily # Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXXIII, Number 8 Los Angeles, California	Thursday,	February	16,	1978
Advisory board to discuss residence of single parents in married housing
By Carole Long
Staff Writer
The Petition and Policy Advisory Board will meet today to discuss the possibility of allowing single parents to live in the Married Students Housing Complex.
The question of on-campus housing for single parents was raised in early January when an application for housing in the complex was filed by Sharon Smith, an unmarried fulltime student and mother of a three-year-old girl.
Smith was refused permission to apply by the Office of Residential Life. She appealed to the board.
The university regulation concerning housing in the married students complex states that families with children will be accepted only if both parents will be living in the apartment. Other on-campus housing
is only available to students without children. Smith said the university has denied on-campus housing to single parents with children, and that this is in violation of basic student rights.
In the past four years, Smith and one other student were the only people who tried to apply for housing as single parents, said Randy Rice, director of residence halls. This semester, however, two or three single parents applied for housing, said Sharon Kettler, coordinator of resident assignments.
In a survey conducted by Michael Smith, an instructional adviser for the university’s managment lab, current complex residents were asked whether they approved or disapproved of single parents living in the complex. Michael
Smith said the preliminary results showed the residents were in favor of letting single parents live in the complex.
The results of the survey will be discussed at the board meeting today, but no final resolutions will be made. The issue was discussed last month and a straw vote was taken among the board members present, said Hans Reichl, director of residential life. “At that time they voted in favor of adopting a new policy in the complex, but it’s impossible to say what their opinion is presently.”
Guy Hubbard, executive director of auxiliary services, said the final decision would be made by the staff of the residence halls. “Actually, the Petition and Policy Advisory Board does not have any jurisdiction in the matter,” Hubbard said.
HOT DOGGING — Skiers demonstrate jumping techniques at the Activities Faire Wednesday. The event was sponsored by Alpha Lambda Delta, the freshman honor society. DT photo by Paul Rodriguez.
Helpline will continue after facing shutdown
Helpline will continue operations for this semester after facing a possible shutdown due to a lack of funding.
To meet the costs of manning Helpline, pledges have been obtained from the Student Health Center and the Office of Student Affairs, but as yet no funds have been obtained, said Garreth Murray, a Helpline adviser.
Helpline is a phone-in service staffed by student volunteers, offering counseling, information and referrals to professional therapy agencies.
In November, Helpline was allocated $1,050 of the $2,350 requested from the Campus Activities Allocation Board to finance a spring training retreat for Helpline volunteers.
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Registration card may help commuters arrange carpools
By Sharon Kilmer
Staff Writer
A new card has been added to pre-registration packets this semester which may help commuters arrange carpools.
The card, a Commuter Computer ridesharing application, is part of Commuter Affairs’ efforts to help commuting students.
“We thought this would be the best way to make contact with commuters,” said Susan Brown, assistant director of Commuter Affairs.
“In the past we have arranged carpools for some 100 to 150 students,” Brown said. “But since the addition of the cards to the packets, the response has been overwhelming — 1,319 cards have been turned in.”
In addition to filling in basic information such as name, address and telephone number, students also fill out either a standard or a variable schedule
on the card.
The standard schedule applies for students who have a consistent, full-time daily schedule, arriving at 8 a.m. and leaving at 5 p.m., for example. The variable schedule applies to students who are only on campus half a day or who have an irregular schedule.
Upon receipt, Commuter Affairs sends the cards to Commuter Computer, an organization sponsored by federal and county funds, which arranges carpools for the county.
Students are matched according to their schedules and their areas of residence. “Problems arose when students failed to fill out the card correctly,” Brown said. “Many students neglected to fill out either a standard or variable schedule and consequently keypunch cards were not made for about 400 of the applications.”
Using a grid map of Southern California, Commuter Computer matches students with others who live within a 1^-square-mile radius. Students who preregistered and properly filled out the card received a list with the names of people living within their radius. In some cases, students who live in the general area were also listed. Students who went through regular registration will be receiving their lists soon.
Once a student has received the list, it is up to him to arrange the carpool. Brown suggested that people meet and check the compatability of their possible carmates before forming a carpool.
“You end up spending an awful lot of time with those people,” Brown said. “It’s important that everyone get along with each other.”
More people from the San Fernando Valley will receive matches this semes-
ter due to the number of applicants. Brown said. “In the past, finding carpools in that area has been a problem.” .
Brown said that based on past results, students in the Santa Monica, Montebello and Wilshire areas have a good chance of getting matches.
Students who filled out their cards incorrectly and others interested in forming carpools may contact Commuter Affairs, a component of the Office for Residential Life. “Even if it’s only 100 people, they’re still important,” Brown said. “I would be glad to do the matching by hand.”
Brown said students should also contact Commuted Affairs if any problems arise with their carpools.
“We’re really pleased with this response and we’ll continue to take cards and to help people out throughout the semester,” she said.