http://statenews.com A race to sign the same headlining artist for concerts this spring is the latest in a history of conflicts between two of MSU’s student bodies. en-us Foundry4 Tue, 13 May 2008 09:28:43 -0400 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:36:32 -0400 webmaster@statenews.com http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12479/view This should have read: Nigel Scarlett, who is currently charged with rape, was caught in a blatant lie that he told to both ASMSU and MSU’s Department of Student Life. Scarlett led ASMSU, RHA and the Department of Student Life believe that he was on the verge of signing a major contract with Grammy award winning artist Common, but his disregard for the truth was exposed when Common’s agent revealed he had “never heard of him.” Adding to Scarlett’s misery was the revelation that while he was pretending to offer $250,000 of student tax dollars, Common was more than willing to play a show at MSU for under $50,000. “Perhaps Nigel was distracted by his pending jail time,” said John Doe, a Sociology Senior. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:24:21 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12479/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12480/view Kevin, While I am not a strong supporter of Nigel, I do want to set the record straight. Nigel never, at any time, represented that the artists he was pursuing would cost the entire $250,000. That number has been widely spread, and picked up on, but it simply represents the maximum dollar amount that could be allocated for an event. The number was originally reached during the discussion of creating a large 3-5 day event centered around advocacy week, voter registration and ivote. Also, the $50,000 that the artist would cost does not include the venue costs, sound/lighting costs, DPPS costs, security costs, transportation costs, catering costs…the list goes on and on for a event/artist like this. Trust me, RHA’s costs well exceed $50,000. ASMSU chose to earmark enough money to allow for that type of planning, should it evolve, without having to go back again and again to reallocate dollars. Having said that, Nigel made terrible mistakes and should no longer continue in his position for a number of reasons. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:23:14 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12480/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12483/view I also would like to tell ppl that Mark Dobson is definately the type of person who would try and bring common once he heard ASMSU was trying. I have worked with him before and know that it is always his goal to bring ASMSU down, which is really unfortunate that people do not know the truth about him and RHAs inappropriate and deliberate acts of tension. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:01:35 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12483/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12495/view Wow, what a bunch of egos. Shouldn’t you people know that student government is the worst kind of government. You don’t do ANYTHING. It’s a waste of my “fees”, and I wish I didn’t have to pay either group. If I meet someone who enjoys spending their free time in college attending student government meetings, I know you are probably a loser. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:41:41 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12495/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12499/view It should be noted that the ASMSU Common Concert was going to be FREE for students. How much is the RHA one going to cost…? Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:12:17 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12499/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12500/view Jason (and all others), Student tickets for the Common concert is listed at $15 and the public ticket price is $20. If you’re interested, they can be purchased at www.whartoncenter.com Because we don’t have an exceedingly large budget for our special events, we do indeed charge prices for most of our concerts. However, in setting those ticket prices we usually go for the lowest ticket price possible. We don’t set out to make a profit but to simply break even. This also allows us to bring more and different types of talent to campus. For example, the Will Ferrell show cost a great deal of money. But less than maybe $200 in miscellaneous expenses left any of our accounts because we were able to charge a moderate ticket price (which was lower than most other colleges/universities that had Will Ferrell – only 8 in total) to cover all of the expenses for the show. That way people that are interested in going can go and we can free up funds in our budget to provide other services that would appeal to other students. Our special events philosophy is to provide the best possible experience for our students at a relatively low cost. Take a look at our repertoire of special events and you’ll see a great deal of low cost talent that RHA has brought to campus. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:30:38 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12500/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12502/view Yes, student government folks are losers, the only person worse is those who post anonymous comments on the student newspaper’s website. Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule to let us know that. Keep up the good work. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:50:04 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12502/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12507/view To those complaining about fees. You are entitled to request them back. To this ‘controversy’. ASMSU needs to clean up its own affairs before getting in futile sparing matches. Based on the information provided from a generally unreliable source, namely the snews, it appears obvious that the claims of a contract with ASMSU are false and potentially an attempt at distraction Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:46:11 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12507/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12508/view To those complaining about fees. You are entitled to request them back. To this ‘controversy’. ASMSU needs to clean up its own affairs before getting in futile sparing matches. Based on the information provided from a generally unreliable source, namely the snews, it appears obvious that the claims of a contract with ASMSU are false and potentially an attempt at distraction Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:46:44 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12508/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12509/view To those complaining about fees. You are entitled to request them back. To this ‘controversy’. ASMSU needs to clean up its own affairs before getting in futile sparing matches. Based on the information provided from a generally unreliable source, namely the snews, it appears obvious that the claims of a contract with ASMSU are false and potentially an attempt at distraction Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:47:22 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12509/view http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12561/view I must say, I am disappointed in ASMSU. While the concert may have been free, one must ask if spendind a quarter of a million student dollars on 2 concerts is neccessarily appropriate spending, while RHA has had 3 artists so far with a fourth on the way. As far as the Mark Dobson comment, why would he care when Anthony Carlo does all of RHA’s contracts, and if Nigel Scarlett had been truthful in the first place, this wouldn’t be an issue. FUrthermore, I think it speaks volumes of Scarlett’s integrity when he tells MSU officials, and fellow students that he had a contract signed when he hadn’t even talked to the agent. It appears to me that this article is no more than an attempt to shift the focus of the people off of ASMSU’s troubles, and discredit RHA, a group that does a lot of good on this campus, like the Movie Offices where resident hall students cann rent free movies, and Campus Center, where they can go see a movie and enjoy popcorn for free. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:36:32 -0400 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/12561/view