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FallFest artist picked by students by john riedel jpriedel@uvm.edu
The lineup for this year’s FallFest has been locked in and the genre is hip-hop, junior Jack Hockman, a concert committee member for UVM Program Board, said. Students will be working around the clock from Oct. 13 until after the concert has ended Oct. 14, he said. “I’ll be on call for 27 hours,” Hockman said. “We have six hours to drop the stage, and everything is done by students and Dark Star.” The artists for FallFest are selected by the concert committee of UPB, who reach out to different artists each year based on who’s trending, he said. “We literally locked in the opener yesterday [Sept. 16],” Hockman said. Dark Star is a Vermont-based audio-and-visual lighting company that provides technical support for concerts and shows. Concerts can often cost up to $60,000, and artists, such as Future, charge well over $100 thousand to do a show, he said.
“Jay Z doesn’t step on stage for less than $1 million,” Hockman said. “My budget is $25,000 [for a talent]... it’s hard to work with this budget; the pricing of artists is ridiculous.” SGA gives UPB $50,000 for SpringFest and the rest comes from UPB’s own budget, he
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lected for UPB concerts are handpicked by students for students,” Katie Stango, assistant director for Campus Programs, said in an email. No advisers are involved when it comes to selecting artists to play, Stango said. “The members of our concert committee strive to select
Artists selected for UPB concerts are handpicked by students for students. KATIE STANGO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR CAMPUS PROGRAMS
said. “We don’t break even from the revenue selling tickets,” Hockman said. FallFest tickets for UVM students sell for $10, while students from other colleges have to pay $20, according to UPB’s website. The artists chosen to play are based on who is trending and who accepts UPB’s offers, Hockman said. “I would like students to understand that the artists se-
artists that UVM students will enjoy, which is not necessarily in line with their personal taste,” she said. “They’re selected as a group to put the interests of UVM students first.”
See students’ reactions to FallFest in Arts on page 12. Follow the Cynic on Twitter @VermontCynic and stay tuned for continued coverage of FallFest.
UPB concert committee member Jack Hockman sits in his SGA office Sept. 17. He was one of four student committee members who were tasked with booking FallFest acts. DEAN WERTZ/The Vermont Cynic
Students bring conservative voices forward by john riedel jpriedel@uvm.edu
Conservative students have new outlets to share their thoughts and engage in discussions with other students on campus. Students for Concealed Carry announced their arrival on campus while Turning Point USA and Young Americans for Liberty tabled for student support in the Davis Center Sept. 16. “Our organization is nonpartisan, nonprofit that works to educate students about conservative issues,” Helen Heath, eastern regional director for Turning Point USA, said. Heath emphasized the importance of having dialogue between students of different opinions. Young people should be getting together to talk about the future, she said. Turning Point organizes students into chapters across campuses in America to discuss government issues with other student groups in an open dialogue, Heath said. “Often times what you’ll find is different leaders are friends
Young Americans for Liberty tables inside the Davis Center Sept. 16. The group advocates for free speech and political discussion among students. PHOTO COURTESY OF Shane Quinn on campus,” she said. “It’s encouraging to see student leaders engage in conversation.” Senior Kate Lipman is the president of Turning Point’s UVM chapter and said the focus is to educate people on economic liberty. “We’re just starting out right now,” Lipman said. “It’s
really to give a place for conservative voices.” Some topics they focus on are student debt and corruption in government, she said. “I was expecting it to be difficult and have a lot of pushback,” Lipman said. “People have come from other groups and congratulated us, though
they may disagree with us.” Though Turning Point is a separate group from Young Americans for Liberty, the two groups work together occasionally to help open dialogues on campus, she said. Sophomore Andrew Charlestream, the president of the UVM Chapter for YAL, said
the group is trying to open up a dialogue on campus. “I would encourage anyone in the exchange of free ideas on campus,” Charlestream said. “That’s how things move forward, not by shutting someone up.” This was YAL’s first tabling event and the group received positive feedback, he said. “Our goal is to fight and get a hold of what is called the regressive left,” Charlestream said. “Young Americans for Liberty is a little more focused on social issues because Turning Point is focused on economic issues.” Both groups said they will be holding events to register students to vote this semester. Students for Concealed Carry is a national group promoting legislation that would allow students to carry firearms on campus. Students from the organization did not respond to requests for comment. Firearms are banned on UVM campus, according to UVM’s explosives and weapons policy.