In past semesters, the Asylum, a student-run music club, has booked roughly two concerts per semester. That was the past.

This semester, the club has already put on one show. When power-pop quintet Paulson headlines on Saturday, it will be the second, and the club has plans for three more before winter break.

The key to this newfound efficacy has been delegation.

"The club has a lot more members now, and this is the best way to get everyone involved," Asylum president Andrew Visnovsky (junior-political science) said. "It's really easy as a president of a club to just want to do everything, especially when you're the most senior member of the club, but I have a lot of trust in my fellow officers and club members, and so far, they've been doing a lot of good work."

Austen Talbot (sophomore-psychology) is the Asylum member responsible for booking this weekend's headliner, whom he said was "very easy to work with." Initially, Talbot said Paulson was out of the club's price range, but the band was flexible and lowered its price to something that would allow the Asylum to pay the other bands in the lineup.

It's a good thing, too, Talbot said, because "this is the biggest show of the semester." The budget for this show was the biggest of any the Asylum will have this semester, and HUB-Robeson Center Heritage Hall will be the largest venue, he said.

"Being at the HUB and having a band like Paulson, who is getting rotation on mtvU, is a big deal," Visnovsky said.

Also on the card is Altoona-based Like a Movie. "They're really starting to make a name for themselves," Visnovsky said. "They are completely worth coming for, even if you don't like Paulson."

Asylum member Dom Frunzi (junior-arts and architecture) took care of booking Like a Movie."They're a poppy, Taking Back Sunday kind of band," Frunzi said. "They have a pretty good cult following in Altoona."

Paulson, a proggy, dancy, indie-ish band, is on Doghouse Records and shares a similar pop sensibility with labelmates Say Anything and Weatherbox.

A few weeks after Saturday's show, Paulson will begin an East Coast tour, making stops at three separate Pennsylvania venues, so this weekend won't be the last chance to see the band. It may, however, be the last chance to see it for nothing. "The show is free," Visnovsky said, "which is great for penny-pinching students like me."