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Something tells me it's not our school's name or the student body's lack of enthusiasm that kept DMB from performing on campus this spring, Rather, it was Dave's hefty $75,000 to $125,000 fee, the Indigo Girls' $50,000 fee and Wyclef's $45,000 fee. And as much as I would have liked to see one of those other bands, I think those prices are outrageous--especially if the council is paying the entire fee out of its own budget...
Something tells me it's not our school's name or the student body's lack of enthusiasm that kept DMB from performing on campus this spring, Rather, it was Dave's hefty $75,000 to $125,000 fee, the Indigo Girls' $50,000 fee and Wyclef's $45,000 fee. And as much as I would have liked to see one of those other bands, I think those prices are outrageous--especially if the council is paying the entire fee out of its own budget...
...largest challenges for these underrepresented musicians is finding a place to play. Over the past few years, houses and other scattered campus buildings have sacrificed their space, usually and thankfully fee-free, for these performers whose presence endears the campus music scene with credibility. Last Friday, The Advocate offered up the necessary space and time for a trio of rock groups, giving students an earshot of what lurks beneath the status quo of Sanders Theatre fare...
...seeing him a grand total of three times. "I don't know of anyone who's been doing it as long as she has," says Tyrone Simmons, who runs a shuttle service called Operation Prison Gap and rewards Mrs. Rosado's loyalty by charging her only half the $40 fee. During the course of a week, thousands of New Yorkers visit relatives in upstate and western New York prisons. On Friday and Saturday nights, dozens of buses and vans stack up at Columbus Circle. Mrs. Rosado, who retired as a seamstress four years ago, prefers to go on a weekday...
When he was first arrested after killing Ruiz Massieu, Aguilar seemed an unlikely hit man. Authorities described him as a bumpkin desperate for the $15,000 fee he reportedly earned for the murder. But Aguilar insists--and underworld colleagues confirm--that he is in fact a member of a sophisticated kidnapping ring that abducts not for ransom but for hire--usually by politicians, businessmen or criminals who want to scare rivals into submission. Aguilar was highly trained for the ring's SWAT-style ops--to fly single-engine planes, for instance, and belay from a helicopter. "We weren't like...