Spring Break
HOP secures Rollins for Feb. 9
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Sponsored in part by the Johns Hopkins Organization for Programming (HOP), Rollins' show is one of the many additions to this year's big-ticket show schedule, which is seeing a growth in events due in part to HOP's 2002 budget increase.
"We didn't actually pursue him," said HOP's senior executive chair, Joseph Hanauer, "we were approached by a production company in Baltimore that represents Rollins, and were provided with the opportunity."
Now, Rollins dabbles in a bit of everything, characterizing himself as having "a minimum wage frame of mind," meaning he is willing to try just about anything that is new and that someone's willing to pay him for.
Ticket prices, however, will not be the usual super-discounted numbers students are used to, according to Hanauer.
"We're giving discounted tickets, but not at prices students [normally] expect," said Hanauer.
Although Rollins' performance did not cost HOP very much, the show's ticket prices have been set by Rollins' production company. HOP is, however, offering a reduced student charge of $15, while tickets will be sold to the public at $25 a piece.
Hanauer also alluded to one more major act HOP may be bringing to Homewood, but the details are not set in stone yet. According to Hanauer, HOP has been able to do a lot more for programming this year, as a result of their budget that started out at a little over $50,000. HOP is working with the Spring Fair Committee to bring another big name to campus this year. So far, Homewood has seen the likes of Eminem, Shaggy and, more recently, The Roots and Ben Folds.
HOP is currently on a mission to revitalize E-level and, as Hanauer put it, "make it a good time again." They plan on pushing for more local Baltimore performers to come to the ill-frequented Levering Union hangout.