After what administrators are calling a \clerical oversight,"" university officials canceled a concert at the Union Saturday night and have agreed to pay a portion of the expenses incurred in order to reschedule the event.
Rapper Lloyd, whose hit single ""Southside"" featuring Ashanti hit No. 3 on the Billboard's R&B charts this year, was scheduled to appear at the Union Oct. 30.
Though the university rejected having a big-ticket concert early in the Halloween planning process, the concert was booked under university radar.
According to Wisconsin Union Director Mark Guthier, it was unclear who scheduled the event, and the concert was a result of miscommunication.
""There were not to be any additional events scheduled on Halloween after a certain point and that information didn't make it to the person who schedules the theater in the Union,"" Guthier said.
How Dan Hudson, former promoter of Halloween and the Mifflin Street Block Party, managed to schedule the concert without the university's knowing is somewhat of a mystery.
Although Special Assistant to the Chancellor Casey Nagy acknowledged Associated Students of Madison had some role in the scheduling of the concert, he said it was unclear whether it was part of the Halloween Planning Committee's jurisdiction.
Originally denying there was ever a concert scheduled or planned, Special Assistant to the Chancellor LaMarr Billups said, ""It wasn't ASM that was promoting the concert-it was maybe someone else, but it's been cancelled.""
Nagy said the concert would have stressed police and security staff beyond capacity while inviting more people into what is already going to be a congested environment on Halloween weekend.
""That concert from our assessment was going to act as an inducement to bring people to campus for Halloween, and that is something we are not encouraging,"" Nagy said.
Although the university will host musical act ""Barbwire Fence"" at the Rathskeller and a Radioactive Halloween Party and Costume Contest at Union South Saturday night, Nagy said these events will not attract the same clientele.
""[Those events have] not been a contributor to people getting to campus and using that event as a jumping-off point to joining the Halloween festivities,"" he said.
The university canceled the event three weeks ago, and after meetings with both ASM representatives and the promoter, the university said they will pay the expense of rescheduling the concert.
""We have worked with the promoter to offset out-of-pocket expenses incurred as a result of the rebooking,"" Nagy said.
Administrative Program Specialist for the Wisconsin Union Theater Bruce Ehlinger said he is working with members from ASM to reschedule the concert for early December.
