The last on campus bash of thesemester, Springfest 2004, will take over the lawn of Mayberry Hall SaturdayApril 24.
The event is free and open to allSouthern University students with valid IDs. Gates will open at noon and entertainment will begin at 1p.m.
Headlining this year’s celebrationwill be Magic and members of the Concentration Camp, Avant featuring KekeWyatt, Devin the Dude, Scarface, and other special guest.
“We wanted to put together a showthat everyone would enjoy,” said Wayne Hayden, Jr., Student GovernmentAssociation president.
Crawfish, barbecue hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken, drinks and snowballs will be served. T-shirts and cups will alsobe distributed.
Security will be enforced and willsearch all bags upon entering.
Hayden said that he wanted to warnstudents against bogus fliers circulating around campus announcing a Springfestline-up featuring Cam’ron and the Diplomats, Memphis Bleek, The Clipse, LilWayne, Trillville and Eightball & MJG.
“The SGA did not commission UrbanKingz Universal to book our Springfest acts,” Hayden said. “This person has fraudulently used theuniversity’s name.”
After receiving calls from bookingagents, Hayden said he learned that a SU student was saying that they were incharge of booking acts for Springfest. He offered the artists a combined total of nearly $43,000 toperform–more than half the amount SGA budgeted for the show.
“It was clear that he had maliciousintent to fraud the artists and the university,” Hayden said. The scheme is under investigation.
