While there were many clear indications that the April 1st edition of The Minaret was an April Fools’ Day prank, many people did not find the article “Spring Concert Canceled Again, B.O.B. Blames ‘Too Much Sun’” to be funny in any way.
As one of the 12 members who start planning Party in the Park in October, it is safe to say I am one of the people not laughing at this article.
Yes, the concert was canceled 25 minutes before it was scheduled to start last year due to the weather.
However upsetting it was for the students who were planning on attending, it was even more so for the members of Student Productions.
That was months of planning and hard work that went unnoticed. We were also the ones out there from 8 a.m. setting up barricades until midnight, taking the unused stage apart in one of the worst lightening storms of the year.
Of course there were many indicators that last week’s edition of The Minaret was a joke including the fact that it was “The Minirat”, but many people didn’t notice them. However, what they did notice was the huge headline on the front page claiming the concert was once again canceled. While some people may have then picked up the paper to read it, many did not, therefore not realizing that the cancellation was a joke.
Instead, these people approached members of Student Productions to blame us for poor planning again.
In addition, the placement of this article was rather confusing. When the main performer, B.o.B., was announced in February, it was one of the last pages of The Minaret’s quarterly issue. B.o.B. is by far the biggest act we have ever had for Party in the Park.
He was nominated for several Grammys and has had three No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. I don’t understand why the announcement of the band was not front-page news, but the fake cancellation was.
– Analisa Trstensky.
What a waste of time. I knew it would be bad.
Can’t wait to see you all there tomorrow!
Haha, not “butt-hurt” at all. I picked it up in the military. Guess it carried over. Not exactly sure where others might have picked it up.
When did “butt hurt” become a synonym for “offended”? And please don’t get butt hurt by me asking. I’m curious and not trying to be critical.
What is the point, other than spending more money? If I was in charge of SP, I would use the money for things like food or shelter for the homeless, or helping out an underprivileged kid go to school at UT. Anything but spending tens of thousands to bring someone to campus. You shouldn’t get butt-hurt when people voice their opinions. Instead, do something right for a change so they have nothing to say. Concert Board is a joke. Give the money to a program that needs it like the radio station or P.E.A.C.E.
If you have any questions you should direct them to the Concert Board Members, or the individuals in charge of the SP Office. We will tell you that B.O.B won the vote in the beginning of the year, so we do our best to bring to campus which ever artist the university votes for as a whole, understanding as well that some of you will be unhappy, and some of you will be excited, thats just how things work. If you are unhappy please apply for Concert Board next year so you can help with the planning, voting, and other exciting aspects of planning a major event on campus.
OOOOOh ok. sorry, didn’t catch that. My point is that they spend too much money that can be spent elsewhere. Someone needs to fix that. BOB blows. How much did he cost?
Good grief, some of you people are mean. *You* try putting weeks of hard work into planning something only to have someone’s “joke” end up directing a whole bunch of anger your way. You wouldn’t find it funny either, and that’s all the writer is saying.
whatever- quit complaining. No one really cares. You spend too much money on “artists” no one really likes. It could be used elsewhere.
Krystal, I think she was just acknowledging the April Fools article created some unwanted uproar for Concert Board members, rather than looking for recognition like you disrespectfully suggested.
No one in concert board has ever asked for recognition. This isn’t a job for any of us; we volunteer our time for it. What I said was that it sucked for the people that worked all year on it to have it canceled 25 minutes before it was to start. We were all so excited for it and were left devastated because all of our work went down the drain We got so much hate for it, and this article only caused more a year later. I’m pretty positive I referenced that this was an April Fools joke multiple times.
Also, writing this and sending it in, was a class assignment. I really couldn’t care less about this article.
It was the april fools joke, that’s why it wash front page. Don’t be so butthurt, you take a job on for the job not the glory. Want recognition? Find a new hobby.