The Associated Students Organization has loaned the department start-up funds to bring back the annual College Rodeo, which was canceled last spring because of insufficient funds. This is the heritage of the college. The rodeo became a priority for the organization when the top three student - body officers elected in the spring were agriculture department students. Ron Wechsler, a college rodeo coach who organized the event for decades before this year, said he was happy to allow students to take over. I'm not going to be here forever.
Somebody needs to know how to do it to continue.
Land said she has big plans for the rodeo. To spark renewed interest from the community, she said she hopes to lure a country music artist and a comedian to entertain. Normally, the Associated Students Organization shares in the profits of a sponsored event, but this time the organization is requiring only that the initial loan be repaid, Land said. The rodeo, an intercollegiate invitational event, is a fund-raiser for the college's equine science program. The rodeo was canceled abruptly in March when Wechsler said ticket sales from recent years had not generated enough money to support it.