LETTER: Veishea concert fees undermine the event
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The Veishea entertainment committee has failed us. Not only are we faced with fewer concerts than in previous years, but now they want to charge us to watch them. I admit: Five bucks is a small price to pay to watch even a single concert. But where does it stop? Are we soon going to start charging admission to every Veishea event? Do I need to pony up $2 to watch the SCUM show? Or $3 for the psychology department to showcase different forms of psychological analysis? Here's an idea - $4 admission to the parade. If we're trying to make money off Veishea, let's not stop at just the concerts!
Veishea is supposed to be a celebration of Iowa State. It brings people from all over the country to our campus as a showcase of both the landscape and the excitement only a college campus like ours can provide. Veishea should serve as a catalyst to bring more people to our campus. The parade brings a family appeal, college showcases like SCUM highlight the fun of academics, but it is the concerts that bring the true celebration.
Surprisingly enough, I don't like to wait in the four-hour line at midnight just for lukewarm, half-cooked pancakes. I don't like to fill my gullet with pounds of funnel cakes, by-the-slice pizza and, let's face it, gyros that come with no smiles. OK, I admit, I might attempt to convince my favorite female to come with me to "watch the fireworks" - I promise I'll explain what "campaniling" is later.
Why have I done this for the past two years? It wasn't because I felt cheated since when I was a freshman there was no Veishea. It wasn't because somebody told me I had to experience it to be a true Iowa Stater (OK, they did, but I didn't believe them). The reason I did it was because of the concerts. The reason people from all of the other Iowa colleges become Cyclones for the weekend is the concerts. The reason hundreds or thousands of recent graduates come back during this weekend is, you guessed it, the concerts. And now, none of those people will bother to come to help us celebrate. And in the 150th year of Iowa State, no less.
So come on, Iowa State, quit with this wristband stuff, let everyone attend all the concerts and let's keep Veishea the festival of Iowa State that it was created to be. We already pay for most of Veishea through student fees - quit nickel-and-diming us out of more of it and let us party with all of our friends.
Scott Ready
Senior
Management Information Systems
Veishea is supposed to be a celebration of Iowa State. It brings people from all over the country to our campus as a showcase of both the landscape and the excitement only a college campus like ours can provide. Veishea should serve as a catalyst to bring more people to our campus. The parade brings a family appeal, college showcases like SCUM highlight the fun of academics, but it is the concerts that bring the true celebration.
Surprisingly enough, I don't like to wait in the four-hour line at midnight just for lukewarm, half-cooked pancakes. I don't like to fill my gullet with pounds of funnel cakes, by-the-slice pizza and, let's face it, gyros that come with no smiles. OK, I admit, I might attempt to convince my favorite female to come with me to "watch the fireworks" - I promise I'll explain what "campaniling" is later.
Why have I done this for the past two years? It wasn't because I felt cheated since when I was a freshman there was no Veishea. It wasn't because somebody told me I had to experience it to be a true Iowa Stater (OK, they did, but I didn't believe them). The reason I did it was because of the concerts. The reason people from all of the other Iowa colleges become Cyclones for the weekend is the concerts. The reason hundreds or thousands of recent graduates come back during this weekend is, you guessed it, the concerts. And now, none of those people will bother to come to help us celebrate. And in the 150th year of Iowa State, no less.
So come on, Iowa State, quit with this wristband stuff, let everyone attend all the concerts and let's keep Veishea the festival of Iowa State that it was created to be. We already pay for most of Veishea through student fees - quit nickel-and-diming us out of more of it and let us party with all of our friends.
Scott Ready
Senior
Management Information Systems
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