Scheduling conflict not a big deal
The scheduling glitch that allowed a rap concert to be arranged for the same night as the Robins Awards is unfortunate, but not a big deal, organizers of both events say.
The Associated Students of USU is sponsoring the Robins Awards, which will start at 7:30 p.m. in the Taggart Student Center Ballroom, as well as the Spring Formal, which will run from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. in various rooms in the TSC.
Also being hosted that night will be an Old School concert in the Spectrum at 8:30 p.m. Organized by DJ NIK (Nick Thomas), who is featured on 94.5, the concert is sponsored by Lee’s Marketplace, Thomas Diamond Jewelers and norda.com.
“There was just a misunderstanding in scheduling,” said ASUSU Organizations Vice President Chelsie Crane.
Crane said the Physical Plant went ahead and scheduled the Spectrum for the night with the impression that it was cleared by ASUSU when it wasn’t. There was simply a lack of communication on both ends, she said.
Blake Hatch from Physical Plant said there was no conflict.
“We don’t have any problem with it,” he said.
Despite this scheduling difficulty, both events are expected to be well attended.
ASUSU Arts and Lectures Vice President Trine Thomas said she thinks the Robins Awards and Old School concert will attract two different crowds.
“I think both of them will be successful,” she said.
“I think, overall, both will go well,” said Activities Vice President Angie Domichel. “It will be the end of the year, and we’ll hit it off with a bang. Students can go to either and have a good time that night.”
ASUSU will be promoting the Robins Awards and Spring Formal but recognizes and supports students’ decision to attend the Old School concert.
“As a council, we support Robins Awards [and the Spring Formal], but we’re also open to students choosing what they want to do,” Trine Thomas said.
Long-standing university traditions like the Robin’s Awards should take precedence over other events, Trine Thomas said.
“But if it’s something that is going to enhance the university and the students’ experience here, then we support it,” she said.
Crane said ASUSU supports the Old School concert in what it’s doing for the students, but acknowledges that “[ASUSU] is also doing things for the students with the Robins Awards and Spring Formal.”
Students were asking for more formals besides Homecoming, “so [the Spring Formal] is for them, and we hope students will take advantage of it,” Crane said.
Nick Thomas also had students in mind when he organized Old School.
“Nothing ever happens here. Everybody in Logan has the same response: There is nothing to do. So I decided to get something going on,” he said.
Jonathan Badger, assistant manager of Lee’s Marketplace, as well as the entertainment chair over the Robins Awards, said the concert will be good for the valley.
“I think what Nick is trying to do is good for Utah State and Cache Valley. The last concert people really remember is the Beach Boys, and that was back in 1978,” he said.
“I’m trying to put us more on the map,” Nick Thomas said. “This kind of rap is all about having a good time. I’m trying to show we can have a good time in Logan without being stupid.”