Bona's students take school spirit to a new level
Elizabeth Grady
Issue date: 11/20/09 Section: Features
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On Wednesday, Nov. 10, students began lining up outside of the Reilly Center on the Richter Center side at 9 p.m., an hour before the doors were scheduled to open, in the hopes of getting a free T-shirt and a good seat at the pep rally. The first 1,000 students who entered the pep rally received T-shirts.
By 9:30, the line reached past the Richter Center.
Pep rally organizers tried a new system for handing out T-shirts this year. Signs were placed over each entry door specifying where each size lined up. Each size was supposed to be called one at a time. When the doors were about to open, students frantically pushed their way up against the doors to the Reilly Center.
According to Drew Brannan, a junior accounting major and ticket distributor for the event, this system did not go completely as planned.
"We were supposed to let each size in one at a time, but once one door was opened the rush was on," Brannan said.
Upon entry, students received a ticket with their size written on it. At the conclusion of the pep rally, students went to separate entrances to pick up their T-shirts.
Kyle Zappia, a sophomore journalism and mass communication major, said the distribution of T-shirts was organized better than previous years.
"Last year we just went straight to the gym and the performances were first," Zappia said. "(At the end), each corner had a size for the T-shirts. Everyone ran out and grabbed a shirt. People were grabbing two or three shirts, so not everyone got one."
Michelle Scannell, marketing and promotions coordinator for athletics, described the difficulty of distributing the T-shirts.
"Unfortunately, there was a rush," she said. "We told (students) we were opening the doors at 10 p.m. It was their choice to line up at 9 p.m."
Scannell said the doors did not open until 10 p.m. because the women's basketball team had practice until 9:45 p.m.
Stephen Ross, a sophomore accounting major, said students got rowdy while waiting in line.
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