WAC embracing change and challenges

By Todd Fuller

March 29, 2011 No Comments

From position changes to cancelled concerts, Missouri Western’s WAC has been busy for the last month.

The new and current SGA executive vice president for WAC Brittany Taylor hit the ground running, dealing with scheduling a replacement for Keri Hilson when the performer backed out of her scheduled performance at Civic Arena here in St. Joseph.

According to Don Willis, assistant dean of student services, when Hilson backed out, offers were made to several artists, which were not accepted for a variety of reasons.

“Keri withdrew from our concert to participate in a tour being planned at that time in Australia,” Willis said.

When Hilson backed out, Taylor said the major concern WAC had was keeping the commitment to the students of providing them with a spring concert, so they went back to the drawing board. Using the list of available artists within Western’s price range several offers were made according to Taylor including J. Cole and Jeremih.

Taylor said that she and the members of her eboard went through so many artists she couldn’t remember the names, but was really glad J. Cole and Jeremih were both available.
With regard to having to reschedule a concert that had already been planned Taylor praised her eboard for the help they gave in finding a replacement.

“I have a fantastic eboard, they helped out, and they helped me to get ideas of who a different artist could be,” Taylor said. “Kathy Kelly helped us out a great deal, I really wasn’t too stressed about it, because I had such great help from Kathy and my eboard.

After J. Cole and Jeremih were announced as the replacements Taylor said the reaction has been great.

“A lot of students even said that they pretty happy he was coming over Keri Hilson,” Taylor said.
J. Cole and Jeremih were named as the replacement act for the spring concert within a week of Hilson cancelling showing exactly how quick WAC acted to schedule a replacement.