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Campus concerts researched
This year’s Choralfest Concert will be held on Friday, April 27. It will be from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Directed by Jo Ellen Miano, it will be held in the E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium. General admission is $8, faculty/staff/non-Plattsburgh State students are $5 and PSUC students are $2.
Spring Awakening to open Friday
The College Theatre Association is holding its musical, Spring Awakening, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It will be from 7:30-9:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. and on Sunday from 2-3 p.m. Tickets are $2 for students and $5 general admission. They will be sold at the Angell College Center desk and the door. The musical will be in Hartman Theatre.
Walk to raise awareness on autism
The Autism Awareness walk will be held on Saturday, April 28, at 11 a.m. Registration begins at 10 a.m. for free. This event is open to the community and raises awareness for autism and funding for community programs supporting individuals with autism. The event focuses on individual donations and team fundraising.
Swimming, movies, more will be offered for children on campus
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Associate librarian Tim Hartnett surrounds himself with old campus concert photos, yearbooks, fliers and posters dating back from the ‘70s to the ‘90s when big-name acts were featured at Plattsburgh State.
For children ages 5 to 13, Kids’ Nite Out will offer games, movies, sports, swimming, and arts and crafts. It will be from 5:30-9 p.m. on April 28. The event will be $10 for children and $7 for each additional family member.
Associate librarian writes about concerts
During Saturday’s senior recital, PSUC student Yana Groves will play the piano for free. The recital will be in the Krinovitz Auditorium from 7:30-9 p.m.
Gathered underneath a cloud of smoke, the smell of beer and the soothing sounds of music at Memorial Hall housed one of Plattsburgh State’s concert venues. Associate Librarian Tim Hartnett, who experienced Plattsburgh’s concert scene as a teenager, is rolling down memory lane to tell the whole story. Hartnett is writing “Plattsburgh Rocks: 40 years of Campus Concerts,” a scholarly piece chronicling Student Association-sponsored concerts that took place between the ‘70s and early ‘90s. During that period, PSUC saw a wave of performances from local bands to big-name acts including Joe Cocker, Peter Frampton, Billy Joel and Alice Cooper. Hartnett, who moved with his family to Plattsburgh when he was 10 years old, said the idea to write about concerts stemmed from a conversation he had with friends a few months ago. “We were trying to remember all the shows we had seen, and then, it dawned on me that I have access to the college archives at the Special Collection,” Hartnett said. Hartnett referenced a variety of concert-related material, including contracts, posters, photos, reviews, advertisements and documents, from the Concert Committee, a former branch of the Student Association. In his writing, Hartnett points out that most of this material can’t be accessed in electronic format through the Internet. For some bands, Plattsburgh was one stop on a major tour. Joe Cocker, a Grammy-winning rock and blues performer, came to Plattsburgh in April 1970, a week after playing at New York City’s Fillmore East. “Mad Dogs and Englishmen,” a two-hour documentary about the tour, featured about seven minutes of footage shot in Plattsburgh. Hartnett wrote that Crocker’s performance marked a “turning point” when PSUC concerts became “a party atmosphere as Woodstock consciousness emerged.” “It (Joe Crocker’s band) was a rock ‘n’ roll circus that traveled from town to town,” Hartnett said. “It was very hip and very happening.”
Pianist to perform for free at recital
Bone marrow drive and PSUC baseball game join forces Tuesday
Brian Mehan Be the Match Day will include a bone marrow drive that will take place in the Warren Ballrooms from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Another bone marrow drive will also take place in the Lefty Wilson Field on Boynton Avenue in Plattsburgh from 6-7:30 p.m. The PSUC baseball game against Canton will begin at 7 p.m. in the Left Wilson Field for free.
Small Ensembles will perform for free at Chamber Ensemble Concert
From 7:30-9:30 p.m. on May 2, the Small Ensembles will perform in Krinovitz Auditorium for the Chamber Ensemble Concert. It will be free.
Professor to direct annual JazzFest
Rick Davies will direct the 36th annual JazzFest from 7:30-10:30 p.m. in the E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium. Tickets are $2 for Student Association students, $5 for faculty/ staff and $8 general.
SUNY News
SUNY leader in Obama meeting
In conjunction with SUNY’s inaugural Experiential Learning Summit, SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher announced the launch of full-scale cooperative education programs at nine SUNY campuses last Thursday. Cooperative education is a partnership between local employers and institutions of higher education that integrates academic coursework with paid work experience in a student’s field of study. According to SUNY, seven out of every 10 cooperative education students are offered positions by the employers for which they worked while partaking in the program. Last week’s announcement marks the latest effort on behalf of SUNY Works, a cooperative education initiative made possible through an $800,000 grant, received in 2010 from the Lumina Foundation for Education, a private organization devoted to expanding access and success for students in postsecondary education. Also announced during the summit was the exploration of more opportunities for service learning, which incorporates the requirements of a college program with unpaid participation in community-based projects. “Cooperative education and service learning provide students with character and career building opportunities, expand faculty portfolios, pair student volunteers with civic groups and generate job-ready college graduates for local employers,” Zimpher said. “The benefits of both programs are numerous and well-documented.” During the summit, participants, including more than 50 campus administrators, faculty members and New York state business leaders, received training from the World Association of Cooperative Education, an international organization devoted to developing work-integrated education programs.
CP Corrections
In the story “Movies vs. books,” in issue 9, it was stated that the film “The Night of the Hunter,” was based on the book “Huckleberry Finn,” this is not true, though the stories share similar themes. If you see an error in Cardinal Points, email cp@cardinalpointsonline.com
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Alice Cooper performed at the Memorial Hall gymnasium in spring, 1972. This concert led to $3,000 in damages to the gym. His writing also empha- from reaching Plattssizes the anti-war climate burgh on the day of the taking place throughout the performance. Chuck Bernation around the time Joe ry’s band ended up playCrocker performed at PSUC. ing a full set without him. Footage shot in On piano was PSUC includes a Long Island’s performance of “We were trying Billy Joel, who Crocker’s “Give to remember all at the time was Peace a Chance.” the shows we looking to land Peter Frampa solo deal with had seen, and Columbia Reton, on November 22, then it dawned cords. on me that I 1975, recorded Hartnett was part of his hitfirst introduced have access live album, to the college to Plattsburgh’s “Frampton concert scene archives at the in 1971 when Comes Alive,” in Plattsburgh. special collec- he was a teentions.” The album sold ager. Back then, more than six he saw Richie Tim Hartnett million copHavens, a folk Associate ies, according singer who Librarian to the Recordperformed at ing Industry Woodstock in Association of 1969. America. “It was a big deal for a high The Student Associa- school kid to go to a college tion’s Concert Commit- concert,” Hartnett said. tee worked closely with a As a teenager, Hartnett Boston-based concert pro- was not allowed to atmoting a company called tend all the concerts he Dawn Lawn. Hartnett said wanted to be a part of. the company would some- His parents forbade him times offer bands that to see shock-rocker Alice eventually became well- Cooper, whose stage anknown. tics include hanging and “We would see them, and decapitating props made then, six months later, they in his image. were on top of the charts,” “My parents thought it Hartnett said. was too violent,” Hartnett The famous English rock said. “I have friends who band, Yes, was once the sneaked out to see him, opening act at Plattsburgh. though.” Berry was scheduled to Nonetheless, Hartnett headline PSUC’s Winter continued to engage in the Fest concert on Febru- PSUC concert experience as ary 20, 1972. However, a college student. He gradua snow storm prevented ated in 1982. his flight out of Montreal Most bands performed at
Memorial Hall, where the basketball court is now located, Giltz Auditorium and the pub, which was located in what is now the basement of Macdonough Hall. Bands still performed at the pub after it relocated to the Angell College Center in the area now home to Subway. “Back then, drinking was allowed on campus and some of those things got to be pretty spirited,” Hartnett said. “No pun intended. “It was like a big frat party at times. What would you expect on a college campus during a concert?” The concert scene did not please everyone on campus, however. Hartnett said students would frequently send letters to the editor criticizing the Student Association’s decision to bring a certain group to campus. “There was always someone out there complaining,” Hartnett said. “Some students would say, ‘I did not get my act here.’” Nonetheless, Hartnett said most students enjoyed the various performances because many students enjoyed the same kind of music. Today, PSUC students’ taste in music seems diverse. PSUC student Tess Alexander said she enjoys listening to various genres of music. “I listen to everything except opera,” Alexander said. When asked who she would like to see perform in Plattsburgh, Alexander said she would want to see the Canadian rock band Theory of a Dead Man. PSUC student Ashley Tyree said she listens to pop and country music. When asked who she would like to see perform in Plattsburgh, Tyree said she would like to see a boy band called The Wanted. Hartnett said the Student Association brought about six bands to Plattsburgh a year and tickets for most shows were free or very affordable. PSUC’s concert scene may experience a revival in the near future. Inspired by pieces of Hartnett’s work which he shared with his library class, PSUC student Joe Barnard is working to organize an on-campus concert which could take place next year. However, Tyree, who is a member of the Student Association, said PSUC’s current policy includes a ban on concerts.